#ValenciaTest, Fabio Quartararo tops Day 1
Yamahas and especially Fabio Quartararo keeps showing his pace even in Valencia’s test, with the French who has been quick and did a lot of laps; behind him we have Maverick Vinales and Franco Morbidelli
2019 MotoGP season is over but there is not too much time to rest as usual as long as 2020 is already started in Valencia with the test following the last GP of the season. Surely we have a really interesting two days of testing in Spain where riders will try some new parts for their bikes to be competitive for next season; Andrea Dovizioso, Fabio Quartararo, Maverick Vinales, Valentino Rossi and many other riders will try to end Marc Marquez’s dominance, but it is not gonna be an easy job for them.
Anyway, the most interesting thing to see today was probably the debut of Alex Marquez, Moto2 World Champion over than Marc’s brother, but the day for him did not start really well as long as the Spaniard crashed in the early stages of the day; approaching a new bike is not easy, especially for a guy who is even changing category. Also Marc had his problems, with the World Champion who crashed too during the first day of test but ended in 5th. Even Stefan Bradl, Honda tester, crashed, with the German who ended the session in 22nd.
We had a lot of crashes in a difficult and cold track and so it was also for Fabio Quartararo, who hade a huge crash without any consequences and topped the day, showing us that he is already in charge for next season; we could say the same for Maverick Vinales, 2nd, and Franco Morbidelli, who ended day 1 in 3rd. Behind him we have Andrea Dovizioso, while Suzuki duo composed by Joan Mir and Alex Rins is 6th and 7th. Pol Espargaro finished ahead of Valentino Rossi, while Jack Miller closes top 10. Not a lucky day for Danilo Petrucci who is suffering some pain to his shoulder and he could miss day 2 tomorrow.
Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap | Lead. Gap | Prev. Gap | Laps | Last lap | |
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1 | QUARTARARO, Fabio | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1:30.163 | 73 / 82 | ||||
2 | VIÑALES, Maverick | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1:30.327 | 0.164 | 0.164 | 58 / 66 | ||
3 | MORBIDELLI, Franco | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1:30.650 | 0.487 | 0.323 | 30 / 71 | ||
4 | DOVIZIOSO, Andrea | Ducati Team | 1:30.665 | 0.502 | 0.015 | 48 / 58 | ||
5 | MARQUEZ, Marc | Repsol Honda Team | 1:30.698 | 0.535 | 0.033 | 33 / 60 | ||
6 | MIR, Joan | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1:30.811 | 0.648 | 0.113 | 61 / 63 | ||
7 | RINS, Alex | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1:30.958 | 0.795 | 0.147 | 57 / 76 | ||
8 | ESPARGARO, Pol | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1:30.974 | 0.811 | 0.016 | 29 / 58 | ||
9 | ROSSI, Valentino | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1:31.012 | 0.849 | 0.038 | 57 / 73 | ||
10 | MILLER, Jack | Pramac Racing | 1:31.130 | 0.967 | 0.118 | 20 / 43 | ||
11 | CRUTCHLOW, Cal | LCR Honda CASTROL | 1:31.183 | 1.020 | 0.053 | 63 / 69 | ||
12 | PETRUCCI, Danilo | Ducati Team | 1:31.433 | 1.270 | 0.250 | 9 / 10 | ||
13 | LECUONA, Iker | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1:31.645 | 1.482 | 0.212 | 55 / 57 | ||
14 | IANNONE, Andrea | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1:31.674 | 1.511 | 0.029 | 28 / 54 | ||
15 | RABAT, Tito | Reale Avintia Racing | 1:31.775 | 1.612 | 0.101 | 50 / 53 | ||
16 | ESPARGARO, Aleix | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1:31.815 | 1.652 | 0.040 | 20 / 45 | ||
17 | PEDROSA, Dani | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1:31.863 | 1.700 | 0.048 | 38 / 52 | ||
18 | PIRRO, Michele | Pramac Racing | 1:32.016 | 1.853 | 0.153 | 23 / 38 | ||
19 | ABRAHAM, Karel | Reale Avintia Racing | 1:32.034 | 1.871 | 0.018 | 44 / 47 | ||
20 | SMITH, Bradley | Aprilia Factory Racing | 1:32.090 | 1.927 | 0.056 | 46 / 50 | ||
21 | BINDER, Brad | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1:32.645 | 2.482 | 0.555 | 61 / 70 | ||
22 | BRADL, Stefan | Repsol Honda Team | 1:32.833 | 2.670 | 0.188 | 25 / 25 | ||
23 | MARQUEZ, Alex | LCR Honda | 1:32.873 | 2.710 | 0.040 | 52 / 53 | ||
NC | KALLIO, Mika | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing |