MotoGP test Sepang J2: Mid-day update with Jorge Martin on fire

After the first day of testing dedicated to Sepang for MotoGP 2024, Jorge Martin dominated the schedule. All riders were present at the track with the exception of Franco Morbidelli, still recovering from the crash at Portimao, where he was riding the Ducati Panigale V4R Road. Morbidelli was rescued by brothers Alex and Marc Marquez and taken first to a medical center and then to a hospital as he lost consciousness.

Michelle Piro replace
Morbidelli on Ducati PramacJoining the vice-world champions Jorge Martin. The Spaniard was the fastest of the day, marked by the fall of Pekko Bagnaiya At the start of the session (the driver was unharmed) and through technical problems
Ducati No Mark Marquezwhich then crashed without consequence at the age of 15.

Raul Fernandez But fell spectacularly, with the high side victims Team Trackhouse’s Aprilia RS-GP

In which there was a fire. Despite the shock,
Fernandez is unsafe. Falls of
Bagnaia And Fernandez Turn 11 occurred, where a mixture of water and dirt from the previous night’s rain had made the track slippery.

Jorge Martin Achieved best time of day with 1’57.951Followed closely by Rookie
Pedro Acosta In just 0.269 seconds.
AcostaTeam GASGAS shows an increasingly comfortable, good performance on Tech3’s KTM RC16, although calm reigns in the team garage. Hervé Poncheral. In Sector 1 and 3,
Acosta The fastest is when
Martin Best in sector 2 and 4. In terms of top speed, Acosta, Luca Marini (Repsol Honda Team) and Mark Marquez leading with
336.4 km/hrfollows closely
Fabio Quartararo On the Yamaha M1. Signed the tricolor for the third time of the day, then
Fabio Di Gianantonio on the Ducati VR46 Racing Team and Aenea Bastianini at the factory
Ducati.

the best Aprilia it is
Maverick Vinales Sixth place, then Ducati NoAlex Marquez
(Grassini Racing) and Marco Bezecchi (VR46 Racing Team), and Mark MarquezWhich is ninth after technical issues. Luca Marini
(Repsol Honda Team) next, in 17th Alex Rins on Yamaha, Brad Binder On KTM, Alex Espargaro And John Mir,
Miguel Olivera At the Aprilia Trackhouse, and
Pekko Bagnaiya

At the Ducati factory.

Jack Miller on another KTM Factory Finished 18th, then Cal Crutchlow on Yamaha, Takaki Nakagami
On the Honda LCR, Augusto Fernandez On KTM GASGAS Tech3, Raul FernandezAt the Aprilia Trackhouse, and Michelle Piro on Ducati.

Chronos Sepang J1:

Here we are on another day. With what result at half-time? Remember that there are no tests for Franco Morbidelli . Fresh from it Bad fall during training in PortimaoHe was advised to period Rest for 3 weeks. It will skip these tests and the following tests in the queue come back Directly to Losail from March 8 to 10 for the first race of 2024.
Pirou Incumbents in their place.
Raul Fernandez
but is absent : The trackhouse pilot sustained some minor bone fractures yesterday
hip Because of the hard elevation at turn 11. He went home. It will return for testing
Queue. It replaces the Aprilia Test Rider
Caution.

More than three hours later the next day, Jorge Martin At the top of the rankings: Vice-World Champion achieved one time 1:57.273 Less than two tenths off the Bagnia track record set last year (1’57.491).

After that is the vice world champion Binder
(+0.054), Espargaro (+0.173),
Bagnaia (+0.196), Di Gianantonio
(+0.346), a. Marquez (+0.399),
Acosta (+0.453). ), Bezechi
(+0.594), Mir (+0.599) and
quarters (+0.615). Interesting fact about
MirThe best lap is (1:57.872). Best time recorded at Sepang by a driver
Honda.

In the eleventh place we find of Bastianiin front of Zarco, M. Marquez, Rins, Miller, Nakagami, Marini, Vinales, Oliveira, A. Fernandez, Crutchlow, Pirro and Savadori. No Jorge Martin At first place
Miguel Olivera In 19th place, there is only 1.2 seconds.

Pedro Acosta Crashed at turn 9, driver ok. of Bastiani Works on aerodynamics. However, it still only ranks 13th. Mark Marquez Round after round goes. Now with 39 laps, he clearly has the most under his belt. Good news for the six-time MotoGP champion.

Bagnia Tested New Ducati Fairing . Turinese also achieved the first of the year, temporarily placing themselves in 4th place 1:57.469. Also new shell for Aenea Bastianini, compared to which
Bagnaiya (already dyed red) Always carbon black. Ania currently holds the 11th best time.

Jorge Martin Also started using New Ducati Fairing . The ‘Martinator’, author of the session’s best time so far, achieved his performance with a 2024 engine but a 2023 hull.

All that remains isAlex Rins Teams on the track now begin their lunch break. A new pilot Yamaha The official said of his team yesterday: ” We test a lot of things. The way it works is great: I love it, that’s for sure
! » See you at 11:00 am for the finale!

MotoGP test Sepang J2: Mid-day lap times

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