MotoGP has put an end to the shakedown of three days held in Sepang as an appetizer before the official test of the weekend. With the testers, ‘rookies’ and the two official Aprilia riders, due to the concessions enjoyed by the brand, this test session has closed its doors with the best time of Maverick Viñales at the controls of the Aprilia RS-GP. The Catalan rider has posted a time of 1:58.942, a record with which He has surpassed his teammate Aleix Espargaró by just over a tenth.
Aprilia has made perfect use of the concessions available to it and if Maverick Viñales was the one who took the controls of his MotoGP yesterday, Aleix Espargaró has also accompanied him today. The Aprilia duo has occupied the first two positions in the time table, while Raúl Fernández has completed the ‘top 3’ of the day as the best rookie at the controls of the KTM RC16 of the Tech3 team. The man from Madrid was almost three tenths faster than the next ‘rookie’, the Italian Marco Bezzecchi.
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Despite the three tenths that have separated Fernández and Bezzecchi, the Italian’s performance has been really promising and on this third day he even overtook Michele Pirro, Ducati’s test rider. Behind both were Remy Gardner, Stefan Bradl, Syvlain Guintoli and Darryn Binder, while the ‘top 10’ was completed by the first of the official KTMs, labeled at the ‘transponder’ level as ‘Kallio 1’. The truth is that Both Mika Kallio and Dani Pedrosa exchanged their bikes throughout the day.
With fourteen pilots on the track, the only noteworthy absence was that of Fabio Di Giannantonio. The Italian pilot was no longer on the asphalt in yesterday’s session due to Stomach problems that have not yet been resolved, so you will have to wait for the official test that takes place in Sepang this weekend, between February 5 and 6, to get back on the Desmosedici of the Gresini team to continue with its adaptation to the queen category.
Although Viñales and the oldest of the Espargaró have been present on the asphalt, the truth is that they have not been the only official riders who have been seen by Sepang, although still without the fire-retardant suit. Jack Miller has been one of the factory riders who has visited the track after overcoming COVID-19 waiting to be able to get on his Ducati GP22 from Saturday. The goal for Jack and his partner Pecco Bagnaia is to keep the Italian home MotoGP as the most competitive bike.