Valencia –
Rider Aprilia Maverick Vinales So the fastest in the official 2023 Valencia MotoGP test. Marc Marquez showed a positive signal with Gresini after finishing fourth.
The MotoGP post season test took place at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit, Valencia on Monday (28/11) from 10.00 to 17.00 local time.
Marquez took the spotlight for riding a Ducati motorbike on the race track for the first time after spending 11 years with Honda. Reported Crash, The eight-time world champion seemed to immediately adapt to the GP23.
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Marc Marquez had a good start by being in third position at the start of the session. The Spanish rider then posted the fastest time of around 1 minute 29 seconds on the 46th lap of the 49 laps completed.
Marquez then improved his time before Vinales, who consistently went fast, took over at the top of the rider list.
The spotlight is also directed at Luca Marini, the younger brother of MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi. Marini made his debut on a Honda motorbike after officially leaving the VR46 racing team. Still from Crash, the Italian racer showed decent speed as the test progressed before finishing tenth.
Meanwhile back to back MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia did quite well when trying out the new Ducati GP24 motorbike. Even though Bagnaia only finished this trial in eleventh position, above Fabio Quartararo. Meanwhile, 2023 MotoGP runner-up Jorge Martin is said to have quite good speed despite falling twice.
The next official MotoGP test will only be held in February 2024 at the Sepang Circuit, Malaysia.
2023 Valencia MotoGP Test Results
Post-Racer-Name-Team-Time-Lap-Speed
1 Maverick Viñales SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) 1m 29.253s 73/86 330.5
2 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.028s 51/51 337
3 Marco Bezzecchi ITA VR46 Ducati (GP) +0.093s 58/62 337
4 Marc Marquez SPA Gresini Ducati (GP) +0.171s 46/49 335.4
5 Raul Fernandez SPA Aprilia (RS-GP) +0.263s 58/64 333.7
6 Alex Marquez SPA Gresini Ducati (GP) +0.385s 53/56 332.1
7 Fabio Di Giannantonio ITA VR46 Ducati (GP) +0.409s 51/60 330.5
8 Enea Bastianini ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP) +0.543s 53/56 333.7
9 Jack Miller AUS Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.648s 56/62 330.5
10 Luca Marini ITA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.703s 68/72 328.9
11 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP) +0.717s 35/51 337
12 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.769s 59/63 332.1
13 Joan Mir SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.798s 58/69 333.7
14 Augusto Fernandez SPA Tech3 GASGAS (RC16) +0.824s 66/72 327.4
15 Jorge Martin SPA Pramac Ducati (GP) +0.899s 36/51 335.4
16 Franco Morbidelli ITA Pramac Ducati (GP) +0.953s 60/69 332.1
17 Johann Zarco FRA LCR Honda (RC213V) +1.030s 45/61 330.5
18 Pedro Acosta SPA Tech3 GASGAS (RC16)* +1.223s 70/70 332.1
19 Alex Rins SPA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +1.311s 45/54 330.5
20 Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) +1.512s 63/74 330.5
21 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) +1.723s 54/63 328.9
22 Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) +3.059s 8/17 328.9
23 Lorenzo Savadori ITA ApriliaTest Rider (RS-GP) +3.431s 8/27 325.8
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