While most of Ducati’s star-studded MotoGP contingent is busy testing at Portimao aboard their Panigale V4 S machines, a number of full-time riders 𝐆will get a head start on the rest of the fie🎐ld by mounting their prototype bikes this week.

A three day test at Sepang lies in store befꦬore the entire grid will be riding at the official Sepang test between February 6-8.

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The full-tim🍒e riders that will be in action include Yamaha duo Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins.

Quartarar🍬o and Rins will be taking part in the Shakedown test as a result of the new concession❀ rules.

That means Quartararo and Rins will get three days of test🐷ing aboard their M1 before most of the grid has even begun.

Like Yamaha, Honda are set to greatly benefit fro𒐪m the concession rules and will be in large attendance as a result.

Along with Quartararo𝓀, Rins and Yamaha test rider Cal Crutchlow, Luca Marini, Joan Mir, Johann Zarco, Takaaki Nakagami, Stefan Bradl and Takumi Takahashi will also be riding.

Marini, who is also a🐻t Portimao today as he tests a CBR1000RR-R, impressed at the one day Valencia outing at the end of last💙 season.

Quartararo, Rins, Marini and Mir are the headline names as 🌳they look to bring their factories back into the mix with Ducati, KTM and Aprilia.

However, all💛 ey༺es will again be on Pedro Acosta, who is jumping aboard the GASGAS Tech 3 KTM for the second time in his career.

KTM’s ultra talented test team of Dan🌱i Pedrosa and Pol Espargaro will be in action during the Shakedown test, as will Ducati’s Michele Pirro and Aprilia’s Lorenzo Savadori.