Qatar 1 MotoGP Test Saturday 6pm Times: Aleix Espargaro Leads On New Aprilia RS-GP

Submitted by David Emmett on Sat, 2021-03-06 15:50

The track has been busy on the first day of testing for MotoGP. At 6pm, around the time the sun goes down, it was Aleix Espargaro fastest, three tenths off the race lap record, but 1.7 seconds slower than the outright lap record. Honda test rider Stefan Bradl was second quickest, ahead of Fabio Quartararo on the Yamaha. Miguel Oliveira was first KTM in fourth, ahead of Valentino Rossi in fifth.

Times at 6pm:

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev
1	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'55.259
2	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1'55.362	0.103	0.103
3	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1'55.796	0.537	0.434
4	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1'55.810	0.551	0.014
5	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1'55.893	0.634	0.083
6	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1'55.913	0.654	0.020
7	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1'56.172	0.913	0.259
8	44	Pol Espargaro	Honda	1'56.301	1.042	0.129
9	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1'56.342	1.083	0.041
10	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1'56.407	1.148	0.065
11	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1'56.561	1.302	0.154
12	82	Yamaha Test2	Yamaha	1'56.736	1.477	0.175
13	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1'56.748	1.489	0.012
14	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1'56.846	1.587	0.098
15	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1'56.957	1.698	0.111
16	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1'56.973	1.714	0.016
17	9	Danilo Petrucci	KTM	1'57.185	1.926	0.212
18	73	Alex Marquez	Honda	1'57.295	2.036	0.110
19	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	1'57.335	2.076	0.040
20	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Suzuki	1'57.557	2.298	0.222
21	89	Jorge Martin	Ducati	1'57.594	2.335	0.037
22	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	1'57.612	2.353	0.018
23	26	Dani Pedrosa	KTM	1'57.617	2.358	0.005
24	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1'58.026	2.767	0.409
25	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati	1'58.917	3.658	0.891
26	81	Yamaha Test1	Yamaha	1'59.110	3.851	0.193
27	83	Yamaha Test3	Yamaha	1'59.293	4.034	0.183
28	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'59.494	4.235	0.201
29	85	Takuya Tsuda	Suzuki	1'59.693	4.434	0.199