[motorcycle.com] - Marquez And Pedrosa Reflect On Day 1 Of Sepang MotoGP Test

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Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa are further down the timesheets than you might expect after the first day of MotoGP testing in Sepang. Below are their thoughts.

Begin Press Release:

Repsol Honda Team commence first pre-season test at Sepang

Good weather conditions (max temperature: 31° C air, 42° ground) favoured day one of the first MotoGP pre-season test in Sepang, Malaysia, until rain began falling at 4 p.m.

The track had opened at 10 a.m., and Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa headed out 15 minutes later to get to work defining the setup of the RC213V, trying different engine configurations and spending also time testing new Michelin tyres. The afternoon downpour also gave Marc and Dani the opportunity to complete a few laps with a wet configuration.

Their best lap times for the day were 2’00.738 on lap 25 of 56 for Marquez (ninth) and 2’00.970 on lap 25 of 44 for Pedrosa (13th). Testing will continue for two more days.

Marc Marquez

9TH* 2’00.738

“The feeling today wasn’t so bad considering that the first day after the holiday break is always a bit demanding for the rider and the team! We’ve been testing two bikes with different engine configurations, but we mainly concentrated on one, playing with electronics, geometry, setup and so on. We gathered a lot of information, and now we’ll keep working. We also decided to make the best of the situation when the rain arrived and did some laps in the wet, but we look forward to continuing testing in the dry tomorrow to better understand and exploit the potential of our bike.”

Dani Pedrosa

13TH* 2’00.970

“Today I basically got reacquainted with riding my bike, with the track and the tyres, and I also rode for the first time on the new asphalt here at Sepang. We’ve started working on the bike as we have two different engine configurations to test. We mainly worked with one bike. We also had the chance to ride in the wet on that bike, and we got good information. Hopefully it won’t rain tomorrow, and I think we’ll be able to go more deep in the testing than we were today.”

MotoGP 2017 Monday, January 30th 2017

Testing *Sepang Official Test


Results Session



MOSTLY SUNNY

Track Temp
42°C


Air Temp
31°C






Pos.RiderNumNationTeamConstructorTime/Gap1STONER*Casey27AUSDucati Test TeamDucati1’59.6802DOVIZIOSO*Andrea4ITADucati TeamDucati0.1173VINALES*Maverick25SPAMovistar Yamaha MotoGPYamaha0.4494BAUTISTA*Alvaro19SPAPullandBear Aspar TeamDucati0.4545IANNONE*Andrea29ITATeam Suzuki EcstarSuzuki0.8096CRUTCHLOW*Cal35GBRLCR HondaHonda0.8897FOLGER*Jonas94GERMonster Yamaha Tech 3Yamaha0.9638ROSSI*Valentino46ITAMovistar Yamaha MotoGPYamaha1.0149MARQUEZ*Marc93SPARepsol Honda TeamHonda1.05810BARBERA*Hector8SPAAvintia RacingDucati1.06311PETRUCCI*Danilo9ITAOcto Pramac YakhnichDucati1.17012REDDING*Scott45GBROcto Pramac YakhnichDucati1.17313PEDROSA*Dani26SPARepsol Honda TeamHonda1.29014ZARCO*Johann5FRAMonster Yamaha Tech 3Yamaha1.54415ESPARGARO*Aleix41SPAAprilia Racing Team GresiniAprilia1.59216ESPARGARO*Pol44SPARed Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM1.65817LORENZO*Jorge99SPADucati TeamDucati1.66918BAZ*Loris76FRAAvintia RacingDucati1.67219TSUDA*Takuya22JPNSuzuki Test TeamSuzuki2.13220RINS*Alex42SPATeam Suzuki EcstarSuzuki2.21021ABRAHAM*Karel17CZEPullandBear Aspar TeamDucati2.24622MILLER*Jack43AUSEstrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDSHonda2.26323NOZANE*Kouta31JPNYamaha Test TeamYamaha2.50724NAKASUGA*Katsuyuki21JPNYamaha Factory Racing TeamYamaha2.61125RABAT*Tito53SPAEstrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDSHonda2.63526LOWES*Sam22GBRAprilia Racing Team GresiniAprilia3.26327SMITH*Bradley38GBRRed Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM3.353

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