Repsol Honda conclude test with Marquez top and Pedrosa 7th

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MotoGP 2015

Sepang Test 2

MotoGP 2015

Repsol Honda conclude test with Marquez top and Pedrosa 7th

The second official test in Malaysia has concluded with World Champion Marc Marquez fastest after three days, and teammate Dani Pedrosa in 7th.

The riders wasted no time in taking to the Sepang track this morning at 10am and the customary time attack ensued whilst track conditions and ambient temperatures are more bearable. With several riders posting times under 2'00, Marc laid down the fastest lap with his time of 1'59.115 on lap 13 of 73 (the most laps by any rider today) and this time remained unbeaten for the remainder of this final day. He evaluated two chassis options and worked on engine mapping before completing a very positive race simulation this afternoon with only three laps above 2'00. Teammate Dani Pedrosa spent this final day concentrating on electronics settings and completed 51 laps. He was one of only two riders (himself and Hernandez) to improve their time from this morning in the late afternoon. His fastest time of 1'59.912 on lap 49 placed him 7th overall. It's been a very productive test for the Repsol Honda riders, who have collected important data for the HRC engineers to take back to Japan. Tomorrow the Factory riders will remain in Sepang for their first outing on Michelin tyres in preparation for the 2016 season, before returning to Europe for some recovery time ahead of the final test in Qatar, scheduled from the 14-16 March.

Marc Marquez⁹³

1st 1'59.115 (73 laps)

"I'm happy because this morning we set a good lap, which is something important, but mostly I am pleased that we have completed all the work we had left pending from the first day. We're finished today with our homework done and I even had time to do a race simulation this afternoon, with a track temperature of 49°C. We have accomplished all the objectives we had set for this test, and now at the Qatar test our work will be more focused on the Grand Prix and fine tuning the setup of the bike. I do not think there are many more new things to try."

Dani Pedrosa²⁶

7th 1'59.912 (51 laps)

"Overall this second test went well. Today we were trying many different combinations for the electronics setup and we have managed to take a few positive steps forward. Obviously we still need to improve some things, but the good thing is that we are clearer about the setup we have to use and the areas in which we need to make further progress at the next test. It's been a pretty intense few days and now we have to try to adapt our findings in the best way we can, in order to continue progressing at the next test and the races."

Results Session

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	MARQUEZ Marc	93	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1'59.115
2	LORENZO Jorge	99	SPA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	1'59.437
3	CRUTCHLOW Cal	35	GBR	CWM LCR Honda	Honda	1'59.658
4	IANNONE Andrea	29	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	1'59.722
5	ROSSI Valentino	46	ITA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	1'59.833
6	SMITH Bradley	38	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	1'59.883
7	PEDROSA Dani	26	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1'59.912
8	BARBERA Hector	8	SPA	Avintia Racing	Ducati	2'00.244
9	ESPARGARO Aleix	41	SPA	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	2'00.275
10	DOVIZIOSO Andrea	4	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	2'00.468
11	ESPARGARO Pol	44	SPA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	2'00.490
12	PETRUCCI Danilo	9	ITA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	2'00.556
13	HERNANDEZ Yonny	68	COL	Pramac Racing	Ducati	2'00.603
14	VINALES Maverick	25	SPA	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	2'00.604
15	BRADL Stefan	6	GER	NGM Forward Racing	Forward Yamaha	2'00.685
16	REDDING Scott	45	GBR	Marc VDS Racing Team	Honda	2'00.695
17	HAYDEN Nicky	69	USA	Drive M7 Aspar	Honda	2'00.813
18	PIRRO Michele	51	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	2'00.875
19	BAUTISTA Alvaro	19	SPA	Factory Aprilia Gresini	Aprilia	2'01.310
20	DI MEGLIO Mike	63	FRA	Avintia Racing	Ducati	2'01.487
21	ABRAHAM Karel	17	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing	Honda	2'01.536
22	MILLER Jack	43	AUS	CWM LCR Honda	Honda	2'01.593
23	LAVERTY Eugene	50	IRE	Drive M7 Aspar	Honda	2'01.815
24	BAZ Loris	76	FRA	NGM Forward Racing	Forward Yamaha	2'02.587
25	DE ANGELIS Alex	15	RSM	NGM Forward Racing	Forward Yamaha	2'03.300
26	NAKASUGA Katsuyuki	T1	JPN	Yamaha Test Team	Yamaha	2'03.448
27	MELANDRI Marco	33	ITA	Factory Aprilia Gresini	Aprilia	2'03.569