The heat has not subsided since the end of the 2015 season, but attention is already focused on the 2016 season. Thus, the racers and teams passed the first day of official testing of the 2016 season. they will be supplied by Michelin next season has been marked by many falls.
Marc Marquez was the first to fall in search of the border, and his front tire on his Honda slipped in the fourth lap after the first hour. A lap earlier, the Spaniard set the fastest time to date, namely 1: 32.077, which was improved in the next hour by Cal Crutchlow and Dani Pedrosa with their Hondas.
After three hours, Marquez climbed to the top of the tables again with a round of 1: 31.551. Time remained the fastest until the end of the day as the Spaniard switched to a motorcycle for next season.
Later, Ducati racer Andrea Iannone took second place, with only a 0.088 second slower lap. The Italian fell in the third turn about 20 minutes before the end of the seven-hour test day.
Pedrosa was the third fastest in the end. He was 0.180 seconds slower than Marquez, followed by Maverick Vinales with Suzuki.
Newly baked world champion Jorge Lorenzo was the fastest racer on Yamaha with a fifth time. He was a good three tenths of a second behind the fastest.
Crutchlow was sixth at the end of the day, followed by Pol Espargaro, Bradley Smith, Aleix Espargaro and Andrea Dovizioso.
Valentino Rossi set only the twelfth time of the day. In the last hour of the 2016 Yamaha, he drove his fastest lap 1: 32.401, thus approaching Marquez in less than a second. Testing continues tomorrow.
Racer | Motor | Hour | The difference | No. circles | |
1 | Marc Marquez | Honda | 1'31.551 | 47 | |
2 | Andrea Iannone | Ducati | 1'31.639 | 0.088 | 61 |
3 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 1'31.681 | 0.130 | 49 |
4 | Maverick Vinales | Suzuki | 1'31.720 | 0.169 | 59 |
5 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 1'31.767 | 0.216 | 41 |
6 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1'31.911 | 0.360 | 54 |
7 | Espargaro Pol | Yamaha | 1'31.937 | 0.386 | 40 |
8 | Bradley Smith | Yamaha | 1'31.997 | 0.446 | 67 |
9 | Alex Espargaro | Suzuki | 1'32.005 | 0.454 | 47 |
10 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'32.073 | 0.522 | 66 |
11 | Scott Redding | Ducati | 1'32.214 | 0.663 | 52 |
12 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 1'32.401 | 0.850 | 57 |
13 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati | 1'32.442 | 0.891 | 47 |
14 | Hector Barbera | Ducati | 1'32.468 | 0.917 | 38 |
15 | Jack Miller | Honda | 1'32.594 | 1.043 | 47 |
16 | Esteve Rabat | Honda | 1'32.673 | 1.122 | 84 |
17 | Stefan bradl | Aprilia | 1'32.721 | 1.170 | 46 |
18 | Loris Baz | Ducati | 1'32.943 | 1.392 | 53 |
19 | Yonny Hernandez | Ducati | 1'33.046 | 1.495 | 57 |
20 | Alvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 1'33.061 | 1.510 | 66 |
21 | Eugene Laverty | Ducati | 1'33.253 | 1.702 | 46 |
22 | Takuya Tsuda | Suzuki | 1'34.591 | 3.040 | 55 |
23 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki | 1'36.338 | 4.787 | 24 |
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