The Valen📖cia test is almost over.๊ Stay tuned for full timings.
Marquez has said "with🍎 this bike we can't win the cha🌄mpionship" after today's test!
He's on track now - and currently ninth fastest.
We finish at 16.30 UK - 17.30 local.
Enea Bastianini♍ has suffered his first fall as a factory Ducati rider - and the first by any rider today 🌃- while testing with the new fairing.
The Italianไ, currently 9th fastest, was momentarily trapped under his bike, but is now helping push the bike out of the gravel.
After a rough second-half to his rookie MotoGP season, Fabio di Giannantonio has ma♓de a promising st🎶art on the GP22 with new crew chief Frankie Carchedi (formerly with Joan Mir at Suzuki).
Sunday's Suzuki race winner Alex Rins is currently only 21st on the the timeshꦅeets for LCR Honda, having set almost exactly the same lap time (+1.577s) as former team-mate Joan Mir.
Marco Bezzecchi moves into second place beh༺ind team-mate Luca Marini.
Whi🎀le Marini is staying on a GP22 next season, Rookie of the Year Bezzecchi ꧂is being upgraded from the GP21.
Bez then does a massive stoppie as🎃 he pulls in🌌to pit lane.
A pretty Miller-esque stoppie from Bezzecchi
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Our R♏ookie of The Year is keeping u🐓s well entertained |
The former Red Bull KTM rider makes a bi🍷g jump up the timesheets on his new RNF Aprilia with 90-minutes of testing to go.
Only Luca Marini and Maverick Vinales are currently quicker th🐼an Ol🌟iveira.
"I 🎀haven't missed a race since 19෴85! Not one! One day it will happen.
"It will be wei🉐rd sitting at home w💟atching my guys.
"Life is like a tree - trunk an𒉰d branches. The trunk is your passion. The brances? You have ot𝔉her interests in your life.
"The trunk will die one day.
"I love swimming, riding, being at home!"
"W💞e will be independent from the orange but, t𝔍ogether, we will grow."
Repsol Honda m🌟an is one of eight riders currently on the🌄 track. He has put in a lot of work today...
"In 2023 we𝔉 will have f꧅our riders - Ducati and Pramac - on 2023 spec.
"Four riders ﷽- Gresini and VR46 - on spec from the e🤪nd of 2022.
"Pecco will learn a lot from his mistakes. Enea wants to show that he can be champion to♛o.
"Jorge 💦Martin wants to show us that we have made a mistake not to bring him into the factory team.
"Alex Marquez wants to show that what he did with another manufacturer was notꦺ his fault!
"I expect improvement from Bezzecchi, Marini𝐆, Di Gi🌠annantonio..."
"It hasn't sunk in yet. 💞Since yesterday we are focused on improving the bike and defending the title.
"The plan today is a part of ou🐠r plan in the winter test. Electronics, cha൩ssis...
"We have to test here, something different in Malaysia, finally🦩 we will decide about t♏he 2023 bike.
❀"Aerodynamics can be improved. Our weak point is turning - other bikes turn better than us."
Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi are on track.
Top rider by brand:
Aprilia: Maverick Vinales (1st)
Ducati: Jorge Martin (3rd)
Honda: Marc Marquez (7th)
KTM: Brad Binder (10th)
Yamaha: Fabio Quartararo (11th)
Most riders are currently having lಞunch but the Marquez brothers, Binder and Fernandez are ✅on track.