The Valencia test is almost over. Stay tuned for f🐼ull timings.
Marquez has said "with this bike we can't win the c🌄hampionship" 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 rid💜er - an👍d the first by any rider today - while testing with the new fairing.
The Italian, currently 9th fastest, was momentarily trapped under his bike, but is now helping pusﷺh the bike ou꧅t of the gravel.
After a rough second-half to his rookie MotoGP season, Fabio di Giannantonio has made a promising start on the GP22 with ne꧃w crew chief Frankie Carchedi (formerly with Joan Mir at Suzuki).
Sunday's Suzuki race winner Alex Rins is currently onl🦩y 21st on the the timesheets for LCR Honda, having set almost exactly the same lap time (+1.577s) as former team-mate Joan Mir.
Marco Bezzec𓂃chi moves into second place behind team-mate Luca Marini.
While Marini is staying on a GP22 next season, Rookie of the Year Beꦍzzecchi is being upgraded from the GP21.
Bez then does🔜 a massive stoppie as he pulls into pit 𝔍lane.
A pretty Miller-esque stoppie from Bezzecchi
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Our Rookie of The Year is keeping us well e🥀ntertained |
The former Red Bull KTM rider makes a big jump up the timesheets on his new RNF Aprilia with 90-miওnutes of 🐬testing to go.
Only Luca Mariniꦯ and Maverick Vinales are currently quicker than Oliveira.
"I haven't mis🐓sed a race since 198♍5! Not one! One day it will happen.
"It will be weird sitting at home watching my g🦂uys.
"Life is like a tree - truꦬnk and branches. The trunk is your passion. The brances? You have other interests in your life.
"The trunk will die one day.
"I love swimming, riding, being at home!"
"We will be independent from the orange but,🦄 together, we will grow."
Repsol Honda man is one of eight riders currently on the track. He has𒉰 put in a lot of work today...
"In 2023 we will hav꧒e four r꧟iders - Ducati and Pramac - on 2023 spec.
"Four riders - Gresini and VR46 - on 😼spec from the end of 2022.
"Pecco ♐will learn a lot from his mistakes. Enea wants to show 🔜that he can be champion too.
"Jorge Martin wants to show us that we ha⭕ve made a mistake not to bring him into the factory team.
"Alex Marಞquez wants 🀅to show that what he did with another manufacturer was not his fault!
"I expecꦦt improvement from Bezzecchi🥀, Marini, Di Giannantonio..."
"It hasn'🍒t sunk in yet. Since yesterda💖y we are focused on improving the bike and defending the title.
"T🦂he plan today is a part of our plan in the winter test.ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Electronics, chassis...
"We have to test here, something different in Malaysia, finally w𝕴e will decide about the 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 curre✤ntly having lunch but the Marquez brothers, Binder and Fernandez 🦩are on track.