Sepang –
Preseason test MotoGP 2023 in Sepang have completed the first day. Honda riders Marc Marquez admitted, his mount was still far behind from its rivals.
The MotoGP pre-season test at Sepang on the first day was held on Friday (10/2/2023). As a result, racer Mooney Marco Bezzecchi topped the list with the best time of 1 minute 58.47 seconds.
Marquez himself finished the session in 12th position with a difference of 0.952 seconds from Bezzecchi. The eight-time world champion’s best record came in the 23rd round out of a total of 58 rounds.
Meanwhile, Ducati appeared to dominate by placing its seven riders in the top 10 fastest racers. Aprilia racer Maverick Vinales thwarted a clean sweep by Ducati in the top five after finishing second behind Bezzecchi.
The MotoGP pre-season test at Sepang will continue on Saturday (11/2). Marc Marquez showed dissatisfaction with the performance of his motorbike because there were no significant changes from the post-season test in Valencia last November.
“The feeling now is more or less the same as Valencia, because the bike is more or less the same,” said the Spaniard Autosport. “Now, tomorrow and the following days we will start working and especially in Partimao something new will come.”
“However, we need to continue working in our garage, trying to get more information, improving little by little because at the moment we are still far from the leading riders.”
“Of course you want more and you always want more speed. However, they have told me that we will take it step by step.” Marc Marquez add.
MotoGP pre-season test results at Sepang 2023
Post-Racer-Team-Time-Lap-Top Speed
1 Marco Bezzecchi ITA Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) 1m 58.47s 54/55 335.4
2 Maverick Viñales SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP 23) +0.130s 65/67 333.3
3 Enea Bastianini ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP23) +0.262s 42/54 336.4
4 Jorge Martin SPA Pramac Ducati (GP23) +0.267s 21/67 335.4
5 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP23) +0.387s 23/58 334.3
6 Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP 23) +0.471s 44/49 332.3
7 Johann Zarco FRA Pramac Ducati (GP22) +0.496s 46/56 333.3
8 Fabio Di Giannantonio ITA Gresini Ducati (GP22) +0.551s 45/47 332.3
9 Alex Marquez SPA Gresini Ducati (GP22) +0.566s 47/53 332.3
10 Franco Morbidelli ITA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.648s 54/59 333.3
11 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.952s 47/58 334.3
12 Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.954s 23/58 333.3
13 Luca Marini ITA Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) +0.999s 21/50 334.3
14 Miguel Oliveira POR RNF Aprilia (RS-GP 22) +1,260s 39/50 331.2
15 Raul Fernandez SPA RNF Aprilia (RS-GP 22) +1.343s 52/54 331.2
16 Jack Miller AUS Red Bull KTM (RC16) +1.356s 48/53 330.2
17 Joan Mir SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +1.362s 47/53 330.2
18 Alex Rins SPA LCR Honda (RC213V) +1.493s 49/66 331.2
19 Augusto Fernandez SPA Tech3 GASGAS (RC16)* +1.557s 23/58 326.2
20 Pol Espargaro SPA Tech3 GASGAS (RC16) +1.608s 40/58 331.2
21 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +1.615s 18/60 330.2
22 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) +2.734s 27/49 328.2
23 Katsuyuki Nakasuga JPN Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) +2.769s 45/58 327.2
24 Stefan Bradl GER Honda Test Rider (RC213V) +5.031s 2/3 325.3
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