Day 3 Of The 2024 Official Sepang MotoGP Test Comes Approximately

 

Gapteks.com - Taking after a Press that included test riders, racers from Honda and Yamaha, as well as KTM rookie Pedro Acosta, the three days of Official MotoGP testing at Sepang come to an conclusion Wednesday night. 

2023 Pramac Ducati's second-place wrap up On the essential day, Jorge Martin was the speediest from Acosta; but, late on the minute day, Enea Bastianini of Ducati Lenovo took the lead with a unused all-time casual lap record of 1 little and 57.134 seconds. 

Day three got out to a "cool," cloudy start, which contributed to the first-ever 1m 56s two-wheeled laps of the Malaysian Awesome Prix track completed by the pioneer, Francesco Bagnaia; the runner-up, Jorge Martin; and Alex Marquez of Gresini, inside the more prepared GP23. 

In no time around 11am, Enea Bastianini as well need to be a portion of the 1m 56s club. Bunches at that point moved to testing with antiquated tires and a number of longer race amusement runs as the temperature rose.  

Overhaul - Typical lap time in the midst of long runs these days:    

1. di Giannantonio (Ducati) 1m 58.237s (over 10 laps)* 
2. Martin (Ducati) 1m 58.390s (over 10 laps)  
3. Bastianini (Ducati) 1m 58.437s (over 10 laps) 
4. Bagnaia (Ducati) 1m 58.457s (over 10 laps) 
5. A. Espargaro (Aprilia) 1m 58.499s (over 9 laps) 
6. Vinales (Aprilia) 1m 58.545s (over 9 laps)
7. M. Marquez (Ducati) 1m 58.556s (over 10 laps)
8. Cover (KTM) 1m 58.639s (over 9 laps)
9. Acosta (KTM) 1m 58.644s (over 10 laps)
10. A. Marquez (Ducati) 1m 58.811s (over 10 laps)
11. Marini (Honda) 1m 59.083s (over 6 laps)  12. Mir (Honda) 1m 59.234 (over 10 laps)
12. Rins (Yamaha) 1m 59.288s (over 9 laps)
13. Zarco (Honda) 2m 0.079s (over 10 laps) 

Set late inside the evening, cooler temps.   On day two, Martin still favored the past see, whereas Bagnaia and accomplice Enea Bastianini enchanted within the unused Ducati fairing.

On the ultimate day, Martin claimed to have succeeded in getting the unused fairing to function.   There were two full-time riders truant.

Raul Fernandez of Trackhouse Aprilia was murdered taking after a basic highside early inside the to start with day of competition, and Franco Morbidelli of Pramac will miss the testing in Sepang and Qatar due to conspicuousness kept up in a Superbike planning incident at Portimao. 

Test riders Michele Pirro of Ducati and Lorenzo Savadori of Aprilia took Morbidelli's position.   Track movement ran from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., with sharpen sessions in between.   The final 2024 preseason test is arranged for February 19–20 in Qatar.

Fastest Day 2 lap time:

Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo) 1m 57.134s

Fastest Day 1 lap time:

Jorge Martin (Pramac Ducati) 1m 57.951s

Fastest Shakedown lap:

Pedro Acosta (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3) 1m 58.189s

Official Sepang MotoGP records

Best lap: Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo) 1m 57.491s (2023)

Fastest race lap: Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) 1m 58.979s (2022)

Source: crash.net