2021 Qatar MotoGP Test II, Losail - Friday lap times (FINAL)
2021 pre-season MotoGP testing has come to a dusty conclusion with Danilo Petrucci quickest out of just five riders to set a lap time on a blusteღry final day.
Most of those laps were done duri🦩ng the final hour, with only Petrucci and Pol Esparga🎃ro braving the conditions from 2pm-7:45pm.
Monster Yamaha riders Maverick Vinales an🌄d Fabio Quartararo also left the pits to do practice starts♐, working on the clutch, but didn't set a lap time today.
CLICK HERE for the combined best lap times over all 3 days.
The MotoGP regulars were again joined by Factory test riders Bradl (Honda) - also substituting for the injured Marc Marquez - new Yamaha signing Cal Crutchlow, Dani Pedrosa (KTM), Sylvain Guintoli (Suzuki) and Michele Pirro (Ducati).
Crutchlow was sharing M1s with Yamaha's Japanese test riders Katsuyuki Nakasuga and Kohta Nozane. The three bikes were labelled '#T1', '#T2' and '#T3'. Official timing only listed the bike, not the rider, although one of Crutchlow's (Factory-spec) bikes was in a special 60th anniversary Ya♔maha livery for t🙈he final test
Testing took place from 2pm to 9pm eachꩵ day, followed by ten minutes reserved for practice starts. The next time riders will be on track is during opening practice for the March 26-28 race weekend.
2021 Qatar MotoGP Test II - Friday (FINAL) Rider Nat Team Time Lap 1 Danilo Petrucci ITA KTM Tech3 (RC16) 1m 58.157s 7/9 2 Stefan Bradl GER Repsol Honda (RC213V) +1.275s 3/3 3 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) +1.657s 6/12 4 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +2.984s 5/11 5 Pol Espargaro SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +3.146s 2/8
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marqꦇuez’s injury issues🐎.
