Valencia MotoGP: Maverick Vinales fastest as Marc Marquez sends message to rivals on Ducati debut

On a day where many riders impressed, Marquez made his much-anticipated Ducati debut and gelled straight away🦩 with the GP23.
The eight-time world ෴champion made🐠 a strong start as he jumped up to third after his opening stint.
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But it was after lunch that Marquez really put on a show as he went fastest with a low 1m 29ꦆs lap.
Marquez then ಌimproved further before Vinales, who was♓ consistently fast, went back atop the leaderboard.
Also enjoying a strong showing wit🐟h his new team was MotoGP rookie Pedro Acosta, as the GASGAS Tech 3 KTM rider was ju𓂃st 1.2 seconds down on the top time before a late fall at turn two.
Two-time MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia had a solid outing as tested the new GP24♛ bike, as did Jorge Martin although the Pramac rider suffered two falls. The first of those came very soon after jumping onto the new Ducati bike.
Bringing a new RC213V to the fore, Honda ha𝔉d a strong day as Luca Marini found good pace as the test went on.
Joan Mir was a constant presence around the top ten as well, while Jo♑hann Zarco enjoyed a decent showing aside from a slip off in the morning.
Providing a late charge was Brad Binder who moved up to second, but a♏fter setting another 𒀰red sector to begin his next lap, the KTM rider then crashed at turn five after entering the corner slightly off-line.
Marco Bezzecchi had a strong test and finished as the top Ducati ahead of Marc Marquez.&🍰nbsp;
The same was also true for Raul Fernandez, who managed to rival Vina✨les for pace at different stages of the one-day test.