Submitted by David Emmett on
The majority of the MotoGP paddock is back in action on Monday morning, with all of the teams bar the satellite Ducatis (Pramac, Avintia, Aspar) taking to the track for the post-race test. They have a lot of things to be testing: Yamaha have a new aerodynamic package, Maverick Viñales has a frame to test, Andrea Dovizioso is trialling the aerodynamic package raced by Jorge Lorenzo, Sam Lowes has a new fairing on the Aprilia, and Michelin has a two front tire constructions and a rear tire they want the riders to test.
Shortly after lunchtime, Maverick Viñales was fastest, a fraction quicker than Cal Crutchlow, and nearly half a second faster than yesterday's race winner, Marc Marquez. With blue skies overhead and good conditions expected, testing is likely to last all day.
Times shortly after 12pm:
Pos | No | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
1 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Yamaha M1 | 1:55.679 | ||
2 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda RC213V | 1:55.768 | 0.089 | 0.089 |
3 | 93 | Marc Marquez | Honda RC213V | 1:56.169 | 0.490 | 0.401 |
4 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati GP17 | 1:56.458 | 0.779 | 0.289 |
5 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda RC213V | 1:56.546 | 0.867 | 0.088 |
6 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki GSX-RR | 1:56.714 | 1.035 | 0.168 |
7 | 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia RS-GP | 1:56.921 | 1.242 | 0.207 |
8 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati GP17 | 1:56.925 | 1.246 | 0.004 |
9 | 43 | Jack Miller | Honda RC213V | 1:56.968 | 1.289 | 0.043 |
10 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Yamaha M1 | 1:57.031 | 1.352 | 0.063 |
11 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Yamaha M1 | 1:57.095 | 1.416 | 0.064 |
12 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki GSX-RR | 1:57.216 | 1.537 | 0.121 |
13 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha M1 | 1:57.453 | 1.774 | 0.237 |
14 | 44 | Pol Espargaro | KTM RC16 | 1:57.496 | 1.817 | 0.043 |
15 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Honda RC213V | 1:57.655 | 1.976 | 0.159 |
16 | 38 | Bradley Smith | KTM RC16 | 1:58.013 | 2.334 | 0.358 |
17 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Aprilia RS-GP | 1:58.627 | 2.948 | 0.614 |
18 | 12 | Takuya Tsuda | Suzuki GSX-RR | 1:59.749 | 4.070 | 1.122 |
Comments
Strange
I can understand LCR's Crutchlow being there because he's HRC's test mule.
What I don't get is Tech3's participation - what exactly are they testing?
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