MotoGP – Good morning dear readers of FormulaPassion.it and welcome back to the direct text of the MotoGP tests on the Valencia track. It will be a single day: it will start at 9.30 and will continue until 17.30. Undoubtedly it will be an interesting session: the teams will test the new features in view of 2023 and the riders who change teams will get on their new bikes for the first time. There will also be the world champion Francesco Bagnaia, who won the world title on this track on Sunday, finishing ninth under the checkered flag.
• Session in progress
13.45 – The only rider so far capable of falling below his time in qualifying when changing teams was Raul Fernandez (Aprilia RNF), now 20th in 1’31.638. On Saturday with KTM Tech3 he stopped at 1’31.676.
13.30 – Ranking after mid-shift, 4 hours, times:
No lunch break, on the track Nakagami (Honda LCR), Pol Espargarò (Honda), Raul Fernandez (Aprilia RNF) and Augusto Fernandez (KTM Tech3).
13.15 – The morning commitment of Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) reaches 60 laps, meanwhile in the space of a second we find 17 riders.
13.05 – Bastianini (Ducati) is now on the track with a carbon-colored frame. The flaps appear on the rear of Fabio Quartararo’s Yamaha.
🏍️ @ Beast23 has over 30 laps under the belt on the @ducaticorse bike 🔴
There are less than 20 minutes to the lunch break! # SprintingInto2023 | #ValenciaTest pic.twitter.com/5xikfZQdSr
– MotoGP ™ 🏁 (@MotoGP) November 8, 2022
13.00 – Top 10 ranking after 3 and a half hours of testing:
1. Vinales 1’30.325
2. Aleix Espargarò +0.7
3. Martin +0.2
4. Bastianini +0.2
5. Marini +0.2
6. Zarco +0.3
7. Marc Marquez +0.3
8. Bezzecchi +0.4
9. Oliveira +0.6
10. Brad binder +0.7.
54 rounds 🤯@ FabioQ20 this morning he worked tirelessly 🔥# SprintingInto2023 | #ValenciaTest pic.twitter.com/1SxJ4eEJYK
– MotoGP ™ 🏁 (@MotoGP) November 8, 2022
12.50 – Only five riders on the Cheste track: Bezzecchi (Ducati VR46), Aleix Espargarò (Aprilia), Pol Espargarò (KTM Tech3), Miller (KTM) and Rins (Honda LCR).
12.40 – Top 5 of the most committed drivers on the track:
1. Quarterly
2. Raul Fernandez 44
3. Martin 44
4. Morbidelli 41
5. Vinales 39.
12.35 – Enea Bastianini (Ducati) climbs to fourth position in 1’30.592, at the stroke of his 27th lap across the finish line.
12.30 – Top 10 ranking after three hours on the track, there are two Aprilia in front of everyone:
1. Vinales 1’30.325
2. Aleix Espargarò +0.07
3. Martin +0.2
4. Marine +0.2
5. Zarco +0.3
6. Marc Marquez +0.3
7. Bezzecchi +0.5
8. Oliveira +0.6
9. Bastianini +0.6
10. Brad binder +0.7.
12.20 – Another look at the drivers who have changed teams:
6. Oliveira (Aprilia RNF) +0.6 – 32 laps
7. Bastianini (Ducati) +0.6 – 22 laps
10. Alex Marquez (Ducati Gresini) +0.8 – 27 laps
14. Pol Espargarò (KTM Tech3) +1.0 – 25 laps
17. Mir (Honda) +1.2 – 30 laps
19. Miller (KTM) +1.6 – 21 laps
20. Raul Fernandez (Aprilia RNF) +1.8 – 35 laps
21. Rins (Honda LCR) +1.9 – 25 laps
23. Augusto Fernandez (KTM Tech3) +2.6 – 23 laps.
Martin and Zarco (Ducati Pramac) are on track with a new fairing, Bagnaia (Ducati) with an updated engine. We have seen a wider fairing on Quartararo’s Yamaha.
Technical problem for Bezzecchi (Ducati VR46) in the first sector.
A mechanical problem ruins Bezzecchi’s morning session ⚠️# SprintingInto2023 | #ValenciaTest pic.twitter.com/A7kP9EsIHJ
– MotoGP ™ 🏁 (@MotoGP) November 8, 2022
12.10 – Marc Marquez (Honda) is working on three bikes in his garage, one of them has an updated clutch.
Lots of new bits on the @HRC_MotoGP bicycles 🔍@ marquez93 he’s fitting an updated clutch to one of the three bikes he’s working on today 🔧# SprintingInto2023 | #ValenciaTest pic.twitter.com/HZovyC7nPY
– MotoGP ™ 🏁 (@MotoGP) November 8, 2022
12.00 – Fast lap for Maverick Vinales (Aprilia), 1’30.325, new limit of the morning. After 2 and a half hours this is the top 10:
1. Vinales 1’30.325
2. Martin +0.2
3. Zarco +0.3
4. Marc Marquez +0.3
5. Marini +0.5
6. Bastianini +0.6
7. Aleix Espargaro +0.6
8. Brad binder +0.7
9. Bagnaia +0.9
10. Morbidelli +0.9.
11.45 – Lots of news from Yamaha, Franco Morbidelli is on the track with a new frame, Fabio Quartararo instead is using a new aerodynamics.
Morbidelli climbed back to ninth position in 1’31.289.
11.30 – Top10 after 2 hours on the track, there is a new leader:
1. Martino 1’30.576
2. Zarco +0.05
3. Vinales +0.1
4. Marine +0.2
5. Bastianini +0.3
6. Aleix Espargarò +0.4
7. Marc Marquez +0.6
8. Bagnaia +0.6
9. Quarterback +0.7
10. Pol Espargarò +0.7.
🔥 @ 88jorgemartin goes faster in front @ JohannZarco1!# SprintingInto2023 | #ValenciaTest pic.twitter.com/CsReXOHNBq
– MotoGP ™ 🏁 (@MotoGP) November 8, 2022
11.20 – Still Zarco (Ducati Pramac) leader of the morning.
A look at the drivers who changed teams:
4. Bastianini (Ducati) +0.3 – 8 laps
10. Pol Espargarò (KTM Tech3) +0.7 – 16 laps
14. Oliveira (Aprilia RNF) +0.9 – 18 laps
17. Alex Marquez (Ducati Gresini) +1.2 – 15 laps
18. Miller (KTM) +1.3 – 13 laps
19. Mir (Honda) +1.9 – 18 laps
21. Raul Fernandez (Aprilia RNF) +2.3 – 20 laps
22. Rins (Honda LCR) +2.6 – 13 laps
23. Augusto Fernandez (KTM Tech3) +3.5 – 13 laps.
11.15 – Encouraging the return to KTM of Pol Espargarò (Tech3 team renamed GasGas), the Spaniard is now ninth in 1’31.368.
11.10 – Fourth position for Enea Bastianini (Ducati) in 1’32.805, three tenths from the leader Zarco (Ducati Pramac).
11.00 – Top 10 ranking after 90 minutes:
1. Zarco 1’30.626
2. Vinales +0.08
3. Marini +0.2
4. Aleix Espargaro +0.3
5. Marc Marquez +0.5
6. Bastianini +0.6
7. Martino +0.7
8. Quarterback +0.7
9. Brad binder +0.9
10. Nakagami +0.9.
Augusto Fernandez’s first laps in MotoGP (KTM Tech3) see him 23rd and last, 3 ″ 5 from the leader.
10.55 – Enea Bastianini’s adventure begins on the factory team’s flaming red Ducati, with the fuchsia 23 on the front fairing. For the first time the rider from Rimini will get on the GP22 used by the test team, after a season with the updated GP21 of the Gresini team.
🔴 @ Beast23 freak out! # SprintingInto2023 | #ValenciaTest pic.twitter.com/Q4g3ezpUXB
– MotoGP ™ 🏁 (@MotoGP) November 8, 2022
10.50 – Miguel Oliveira (Aprilia RNF) finds the tenth position, 1’31.606, nine tenths behind the session leader Zarco. The Portuguese is also making his debut on the bike from Noale, after his long experience in KTM. World champion Francesco Bagnaia is now really on track with the Ducati ’63’.
10.40 – Step forward for Zarco (Ducati Pramac), first in 1’30.626. At the moment the best of the riders who have changed teams is Alex Marquez (Ducati Gresini), twelfth in 1’31.898.
New office for @jackmilleraus to @KTM_Corse # SprintingInto2023 #Motorcycle @motogp pic.twitter.com/eiEbgyYjTh
– Ricardo Tormo Circuit (@CircuitValencia) November 8, 2022
10.33 – Zarco (Ducati Pramac) is now second, 0 ″ 263 behind the leader Vinales (Aprilia). The first impressions of Alex Marquez (Ducati Gresini) are defined by the team “Super positive, especially under braking”.
10.30 – In the meantime, Martin (Ducati Pramac) was placed in third place at six tenths:
1. Vinales 1’30.715
2. Marc Marquez +0.4
3. Martino +0.6
4. Quarterback +0.7
5. Zarco +0.7
6. Brad binder +0.8
7. Nakagami +0.8
8. Di Giannantonio +1.0
9. Alex Marquez +1.1
10. Pol Espargarò +1.1.
A Marquez on a Ducati just doesn’t feel good yet! pic.twitter.com/FWMGaERRff
– Simon Patterson (@denkmit) November 8, 2022
10.15 – In this quarter of an hour the track has become populated, with most of the riders becoming familiar with the cold asphalt of Valencia. Currently in the lead is Vinales (Aprilia) in 1’30.715, followed by Marc Marquez (Honda) in 1’31.231 and Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) in 1’31.451.
10.00 – Ranking after 30 minutes:
1. Quartermaster 1’31.903
2. Pyrrhus (23) +1.1
3. Pyrrhus (63) +1.3
4. Mir +2.1
5. San Martino
6. Morbidelli st
9.50 – Michele Pirro (Ducati) is still on track, this time to test Enea Bastianini’s bike. Joan Mir is taking measurements in the Valencia curves of his carbon black Honda.
🏁 @JoanMirOfficial also sprint into the new season with @HRC_MotoGP # SprintingInto2023 | #ValenciaTest pic.twitter.com/9DkRePuAs8
– MotoGP ™ 🏁 (@MotoGP) November 8, 2022
9.45 – Fabio Quartararo takes off on the Valencia track, riding his trusty Yamaha M1. His initial lap is 1’34.545, the second is 1’32.503.
Start a busy day @ FabioQ20 also! 💪# SprintingInto2023 | #ValenciaTest pic.twitter.com/xSBexOgoQY
– MotoGP ™ 🏁 (@MotoGP) November 8, 2022
9.40 – Pirro (Ducati) alone took to the track, his current limit is 1’33.231.
9.34 – The first timed lap of Pirro (Ducati) is 1’34.972, the following 1’33.768. His new teammate Enea Bastianini is getting ready for the pits.
Hello, @ Beast23! 👏
The Beast is ready to get on his @ducaticorse bike 🔴# SprintingInto2023 | #ValenciaTest pic.twitter.com/zbJd06IqCy
– MotoGP ™ 🏁 (@MotoGP) November 8, 2022
9.30 – Green light for the Valencia Test – The morning session will last four hours, the lunch break is scheduled at 13.30. The first to enter the track is Michele Pirro (Ducati) on the “63” of Bagnaia.
🔴 @PirroRider starts @Pecco Bagnaiathe championship winning bike! # SprintingInto2023 | #ValenciaTest pic.twitter.com/JWN7hx1DZP
– MotoGP ™ 🏁 (@MotoGP) November 8, 2022
• Not even the time to properly celebrate the world title, which Francesco Bagnaia and Ducati are called to the track for the Valencia tests, the last of this 2022, in which we will already think about 2023. In addition to the news on the bikes, many the riders who will make their debut in their respective new teams: Bastianini (Ducati), Alex Marquez (Ducati Gresini), Mir (Honda), Rins (Honda LCR), Raul Fernandez (Aprilia RNF), Oliveira (Aprilia RNF), Miller (KTM) , Pol Espargarò (KTM Tech3), Augusto Fernandez (KTM Tech3).
