Label: testing

Feb62022 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Bastianini with a track record at the top of the last test day in Sepang

Enea Bastianini finished with a track record in Sepang at the top of the second test day in Sepang. He set the fastest time of 1: 58.131 at the beginning of the day, when the conditions were the most favorable. The racers used the first part of the day to achieve fast times, and then the track was covered by rain. Towards the end of the day it stopped raining, but no one improved the morning time. The fact that as many as 18 racers finished within one second testifies to the great equality. The second time this time was set by the fastest from the first day Aleix Espargaro. The fastest Ducati was Jorge Martin in third place ahead of Alex Rins and Maverick Vinales. Last season's best racers Francesco Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo placed sixth and seventh, respectively. Marc Marquez finished again as an axis

Feb52022 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Marquez: This year's motorcycle is completely different from last year's

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Marc Marquez was riding a MotoGP motorcycle today for the first time since the Misano race. He premiered this year's Honda motorcycle specification at the Sepang racetrack. The prototype of the RC213V motorcycle was tested by other Honda racers at post-season tests in Jerez. The Spaniard tested both this year's and last year's motorcycle today for the possibility of a better comparison. He finished the day in eighth place as the best Honda racer with a lag of 0,916 seconds behind the fastest Aleix Espargaro. However, he also recorded two falls, the first in the ninth morning and the last turn in the afternoon. Nevertheless, he took them away unharmed in both cases. As he confided to reporters at the end of the day, the second fall was due to his own mistake, but he could not explain the first fall and the fact that

Feb52022 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Quartararo: Nothing has changed

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After the first test of Yamaha's motorcycle, Fabio Quartararo admitted that at least as far as the final speed itself was concerned, nothing has changed compared to last year. The French racer, who brought the Iwate team its first championship title since 2015 last season, was very critical of this in last year's post-season tests. Due to his criticism and demands for an improved drivetrain, speculation has already surfaced during the winter that the Frenchman could leave the team in the future if his wish is not met. However, it seems that there has been no significant progress, at least according to the current world champion. Its top speed measured today was 332.3 km / h, compared to the Miller, which reached 337,5 km / h. According to him, this did not reflect the true picture, as Fra

Feb52022 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Espargaro and Vinales fastest first test day in Sepang

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After a well-deserved winter break, the best motorcycle racers in the world are gathered in Sepang, where they passed the first official test day today. The fastest time of the first day was set by Aleix Espargaro. The Spaniard has been on top practically entirely from the start of the day. Achieving the fastest times is clearly not a priority of testing, but it should be noted that 1: 58.371, set by Espargaro, is the sixth fastest time in history on this track (among motorcyclists). Teammate Maverick Vinales broke into second place in the last fifteen minutes. The third time was put by Alex Rins in front of Eneo Bastianini, who was otherwise in second place most of the day. The second best Ducati this time was Johann Zarco in fifth place ahead of current world champion Fabio Quartararo and Joan Mir. First

Jun72021 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

MotoGP: Vinales and Quartararo fastest in testing in Catalonia

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Factory racers Yamaha, Maverick Vinales and Fabio Quartararo were the fastest in Monday’s tests after the Catalan GP. The test day was interrupted after about 45 minutes when Luca Marini fell, but fortunately he was not injured, and we did not see Aleix Espargaro on the track, who has problems with his arm after a recent operation due to compression syndrome. Franco Morbidelli had nothing new on his 2019 Yamaha M1, so he focused on the settings, and racer Petronas Yamaha kept the best time after two hours. The new world champion Joan Mir was also on the track without any novelties, and he also tested various settings of the motorcycle and electronics. Sylvain Guintoli replaced the injured Alex Rins. Quartararo set the fastest time after six hours of testing. Fr.

Mar122021 by Marko HanželicNo Comments

Testing BAHRAIN, Day 1: Desert Storm, fast MAX and MERCEDES technical problems

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If it was still sunny and thirty degrees Celsius on the outskirts of Manama in the morning, at thirty-five degrees in the shade of the afternoon, the sun hid from the sandstorm that blew across the Sakhir Desert. Max Verstappen was the best on the first day of testing, setting the best time of the day in Red Bull RB16B in windy conditions with 1: 30.674, thus overtaking the competition by almost half a second. Closest to him were Lando Norris (McLaren MCL35M) and Esteban Ocon (Alpine A521). Interestingly, despite the sovereign first place, Verstappen was three and a half seconds behind the time taken by Lewis Hamilton for the pole position at the Bahrain GP last year, which can be attributed mainly to the "wind margin" and the abundance of sand on the track. Sebastian Vettel is still getting used to Sebastian's car

Mar52021 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

The first MotoGP tests of this year are starting

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Today, for the first time this year in Qatar, test riders and newcomers in the MotoGP caravan will be on the same track, as they will pass the so-called shakedown test, and tomorrow, Saturday, March 6, they will be joined at the Losail racetrack by regular racers. the first official test day. However, to make it a little easier to follow the tests, we have prepared a brief overview of the changes in the racing teams that took place after the end of last season. Valentino Rossi to Petronas Yamaha One of the biggest changes is certainly the move of Valentino Rossi to the Petronas Yamaha SRT team, where the nine-time world champion with Franco Morbidelli forms an entirely Italian racing team. Fabio Quartararo transferred from the Malaysian team to the Yamaha factory team, so he and Rossi are basically just replacements

Jan122021 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Korona took MotoGP testing in Sepang

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The long-awaited first MotoGP winter tests in Sepang have been canceled. Testing is expected to take place next month, but has now been canceled due to uncertainty about the Covid19 virus corona epidemic. The umbrella organization FIM, Dorna and IRTA said in a press release that both the testing and the so-called shakedown test were canceled. Despite the cancellation of events in Malaysia, the next tests in Qatar, which are expected to take place between March 10 and 12, are not endangered for the time being. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1349010539545026568

Jul152020 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Vinales on top of the afternoon part of the testing

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Maverick Vinales finished with a time of 1: 37.793 at the top of the afternoon part of the tests in Jerez. In second place, Fabio Quartararo came closest to him. The French racer was a good tenth of a second behind him. The fastest from the morning work, Marc Marquez set the third time. Vinales and Quartararo were the only ones to fall below the 1:38 mark today, in addition to Marquez. The fourth and fifth time put the Suzuki racer, Rins ahead of Mir. The best Ducati this time was Francesco Bagnaia in sixth place ahead of Johann Zarco. Aleix Espargaro, who despite the difficulties managed to set the eighth time and thus finished just before his brother Paul. Franco Morbidelli finished the top ten. Jack Miller and Andrea Dovizioso were last in the second place, respectively, in eleventh and twelfth, respectively

Jul152020 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Marquez fastest in the morning part of the tests in Jerez

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Marc Marquez finished with a time of 1: 37.941 at the top of the morning part of the tests in Jerez. The current world champion was thus the only one to fall below the 1:38 mark. The second time was set by Alex Rins. The Suzuki racer was a good two tenths behind in second place. Valentino Rossi took third place at the very end. Four different motorcycles were in the first four places, as Aleix Espargaro finished in fourth place just before Fabio Quartararo and Cal Crutchlow. The best Ducati this time was Jack Miller in seventh place, and Miguel Oliveira, Franco Morbidelli and Francesco Bagnaia also finished in the top ten. Andrea Dovizioso, who sat on a motorcycle for the first time after a collarbone injury, finished in nineteenth place. As many as 14 racers finished inside