Marquez goes quickest on day two at Sepang
Marc Marquez returned to the top of the timing sheets on the second day of testing at the Sepang circuit.
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The double MotoGP champion was the first rider to lap under the two-minute barrier this week, with Jorge Lorenzo also improving by three places today to end up in second and the Ducati GP15 machine of Andrea Iannone in third.
Marquez was quick to get up to speed and was immediately fas, and with the forecast at the Malaysian track predicting thunderstorms for the afternoon, the Honda rider made sure he put in a brace of fast times early on, in which came his time of 1:59.844, with Lorenzo the only other rider to break the two-minute mark with a lap of 1:59.90s.
Despite not being able to match the top two riders’ times, Ducati will be very happy with factory riders Iannone and Andrea Dovizioso, who finished in third and fourth respectively following a last-gasp effort from Iannone late in the day.
Dani Pedrosa (2:00.275) progressed well but could not match the pace of the front men as was the story with Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi (2:00.308) who led early on but fell off the pace later on and end today in sixth place.
Bradley Smith ended the day in seventh place for the Tech 3 Yamaha team, the British rider getting the better of teammate Pol Espargaro today by the tune of three places with Espargaro grabbing the tenth best time today but both riders continue to successfully chip away at lowering their laptimes.
LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow is continuing to adapt to his factory RC213V machine and finished with a best lap of 2:00.509 to see him in eighth today while Aleix Esapargaro continues to improve the pace of the Suzuki MotoGP machine with the ninth fastest time.
Pos. | Rider | Bike | Time | Gap | Laps |
1. | Marc Marquez | Honda | 1:59.844 | 63 | |
2. | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 1:59.902 | +0.058 | 71 |
3. | Andrea Iannone | Ducati | 2:00.098 | +0.254 | 58 |
4. | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 2:00.250 | +0.406 | 58 |
5. | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 2:00.275 | +0.431 | 57 |
6. | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 2:00.308 | +0.464 | 61 |
7. | Bradley Smith | Yamaha | 2:00.329 | +0.485 | 50 |
8. | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 2:00.333 | +0.489 | 61 |
9. | Aleix Espargaro | Suzuki | 2:00.409 | +0.565 | 57 |
10. | Pol Espargaro | Yamaha | 2:00.689 | +0.845 | 44 |
11. | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati | 2:00.713 | +0.869 | 57 |
12. | Maverick Viñales | Suzuki | 2:00.731 | +0.887 | 61 |
13. | Scott Redding | Honda | 2:00.762 | +0.918 | 57 |
14. | Hector Barbera | Ducati | 2:00.847 | +1.003 | 53 |
15. | Yonny Hernandez | Ducati | 2:01.012 | +1.168 | 46 |
16. | Stefan Bradl | Yamaha Forward | 2:01.131 | +1.287 | 58 |
17. | Nicky Hayden | Honda | 2:01.633 | +1.789 | 57 |
18. | Michele Pirro | Ducati | 2:01.897 | +2.053 | 41 |
19. | Eugene Laverty | Honda | 2:01.944 | +2.100 | 56 |
20. | Karel Abraham | Honda | 2:01.945 | +2.101 | 40 |
21. | Jack Miller | Honda | 2:01.968 | +2.124 | 65 |
22. | Mike Di Meglio | Ducati | 2:02.006 | +2.162 | 42 |
23. | Alvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 2:02.221 | +2.377 | 40 |
24. | Loris Baz | Yamaha Forward | 2:02.426 | +2.582 | 37 |
25. | Alex De Angelis | Art | 2:03.499 | +3.655 | 51 |
26. | Katsuyuki Nakasuga | Yamaha | 2:03.755 | +3.911 | 45 |
27. | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 2:04.313 | +4.469 | 49 |
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