1. Will Ducati repeat its Sepang domination?

Whether you looked at one-off lap times or average p꧟ace, 🌠Ducati riders dominated the opening test of the year at Sepang in February.

Seven of the fꦯastest nine riders were on Desmosedicis, with only Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales (third) and Aleix Espargaro (sixth) mixing up the pack.

“If you looked at the [average] pace, me, Martin, Pecco, Bez and Enea were the fastest,” confirmed VR46’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Luca Marini, who also set the quickest outright lꩲap time on last year’s GP22.

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2. How many Hondas will Marc Marquez have?

While Ducati and Aprilia appeared to have made light modifications to their well-rounded machines, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez whittled four different Hondas down to one preferred bike during a relentless run of data g𝄹athering that included riding without wings.

But the eight-time world champion warned even the preferred bike, which he took to tenth place ♛(just behind brother Alex on a year-old Gresini Ducati) was not good enough to win the title and Honda needs to deliver mꦫore for Portimao.

3. Can Yamaha solve its qualifying ‘nightmare’?

After a scare at Valencia, Yamaha riders 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli were pleased with their 2023 engine power and top speed in Malaysia, sele♏cting a final version for the racing season.

But while Quartararo’s pace was competitive the bike ‘didn’t work꧅’ in qualifying spec, with low fuel 🔯and new tyres, leaving the Frenchman 17th and Morbidelli 20th.

“With old tyres I'm feeling super🐽 happy,” said 2021 world champion Quartararo. “Then we put a new 📖tyre, and it's a nightmare.”

Solving the qualifying issue, as well as a final decision on aero and chassis parts, will be among Yamaha’s priorities in Por🍸timao.

4. Home star Oliveira a dark horse?

Plenty of home attention will be on 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Miguel Oliveira, gearing up for his debut season at RNF Aprilia.

The Portuguese impressed with fourth on his RS-GP debut at Valencia in November, but 🍸was only 15th fastest at Se♌pang.

However, the methodical multi-time MotoGP race winner was close൲r to the top ten for average pace and, having taken♌ a runaway victory at his home track in 2020, could surprise this weekend.

5. Can KTM catch-up?

KTM/GASGAS struggled the most on paper at Sepang with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pol Espargaro best of the RC16s in 13th place followed by Brad Binder (14th), 💯Jack Miller (18th) and rookie Augusto Fernandez (22nd).

But having had several weeksജ to pour over the data from the range of new parts on offer, 🥂;will the Austrian factory put the right pieces together and bounce back at Portimao?