Valencia MotoGP Test

[Triple J]

Also, Ducati loses some fuel capacity next season, right? Or was that this season? May not have quite the top end advantage any more...?

Ducati will be the same. The other factories gain 2 L though. They are all allowed 22L. I expect the Duc will still be one of the faster bikes on the grid, but the gap will be much smaller.

[duccarlos]

I have all my chips on Iannone winning a few races next year!

[triangleforge]

All four aliens identified the new Spec ICU as a bigger adaptation issue than the tires:

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/225051/1/rossi-marquez-2016-ecu-step-back-in-time.html

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/225052/1/lorenzo-new-ecu-poses-stiff-challenge.html

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/225055/1/pedrosa-there-is-a-lot-of-work-to-do.html

Something I read led me to believe that today Ducati factory bikes ran the new Michelin rubber, but the 2015 ECU on the bikes, which they will be testing tomorrow... But I can't find it now. Redding ran the 2016 tires and new ECU on the Pramac Ducati, and was pretty positive about the experience.

[duccarlos]

I just hope that the new ECU completely screws up Jorghey for the next 10 years.

[thought]

All four aliens identified the new Spec ICU as a bigger adaptation issue than the tires:

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/225051/1/rossi-marquez-2016-ecu-step-back-in-time.html

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/225052/1/lorenzo-new-ecu-poses-stiff-challenge.html

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/225055/1/pedrosa-there-is-a-lot-of-work-to-do.html

Something I read led me to believe that today Ducati factory bikes ran the new Michelin rubber, but the 2015 ECU on the bikes, which they will be testing tomorrow... But I can't find it now. Redding ran the 2016 tires and new ECU on the Pramac Ducati, and was pretty positive about the experience.

I posted the link and quote earlier in this thread about Duc/Suzuki not running the new ecu till tomorrow.

From Emmett's morning post about the times:

"The bikes out are a fair mixture, with Suzuki and Ducati sticking to their own electronics for the first day, while the other manufacturers have switched to the 2016 spec software"

https://motomatters.com/results/2015/11/10/2015_valencia_post_race_test_times_12_no.html

[thought]

Morning session test times:

Pos   No   Rider   Bike   Time   Diff   Prev
1   26   Dani Pedrosa   Honda RC213V   1:31.180       
2   41   Aleix Espargaro   Suzuki GSX-RR   1:31.212   0.032   0.032
3   93   Marc Márquez   Honda RC213V   1:31.494   0.314   0.282
4   99   Jorge Lorenzo   Yamaha M1   1:31.527   0.347   0.033
5   35   Cal Crutchlow   Honda RC213V   1:31.553   0.373   0.026
6   25   Maverick Viñales   Suzuki GSX-RR   1:31.647   0.467   0.094
7   44   Pol Espargaro   Yamaha M1   1:31.773   0.593   0.126
8   29   Andrea Iannone   Ducati GP15   1:31.820   0.640   0.047
9   38   Bradley Smith   Yamaha M1   1:31.969   0.789   0.149
10   45   Scott Redding   Ducati GP15   1:32.004   0.824   0.035
11   43   Jack Miller   Honda RC213V   1:32.143   0.963   0.139
12   9   Danilo Petrucci   Ducati GP15   1:32.294   1.114   0.151
13   46   Valentino Rossi   Yamaha M1   1:32.334   1.154   0.040
14   4   Andrea Dovizioso   Ducati GP15   1:32.341   1.161   0.007
15   53   Tito Rabat   Honda RC213V   1:32.462   1.282   0.121
16   76   Loris Baz   Ducati GP14.2   1:32.503   1.323   0.041
17   68   Yonny Hernandez   Ducati GP14.2   1:32.510   1.330   0.007
18   8   Hector Barbera   Ducati GP14.2   1:32.752   1.572   0.242
19   6   Stefan Bradl   Aprilia RS-GP   1:32.761   1.581   0.009
20   19   Alvaro Bautista   Aprilia RS-GP   1:32.847   1.667   0.086
21   50   Eugene Laverty   Ducati GP14.2   1:33.056   1.876   0.209
22   51   Michele Pirro   Ducati GP15   1:33.568   2.388   0.512
23   12   Nobu Aoki   Suzuki GSX-RR   1:37.031   5.851   3.463

[thought]

Final Day 2 times:

Pos   No   Rider   Bike   Time   Diff   Prev
1   93   Marc Márquez   Honda RC213V   1:31.060       
2   25   Maverick Viñales   Suzuki GSX-RR   1:31.163   0.103   0.103
3   26   Dani Pedrosa   Honda RC213V   1:31.180   0.120   0.017
4   41   Aleix Espargaro   Suzuki GSX-RR   1:31.212   0.152   0.032
5   99   Jorge Lorenzo   Yamaha M1   1:31.282   0.222   0.070
6   35   Cal Crutchlow   Honda RC213V   1:31.494   0.434   0.212
7   46   Valentino Rossi   Yamaha M1   1:31.498   0.438   0.004
8   44   Pol Espargaro   Yamaha M1   1:31.619   0.559   0.121
9   29   Andrea Iannone   Ducati GP15   1:31.619   0.559   0.000
10   38   Bradley Smith   Yamaha M1   1:31.694   0.634   0.075
11   9   Danilo Petrucci   Ducati GP15   1:31.717   0.657   0.023
12   76   Loris Baz   Ducati GP14.2   1:31.796   0.736   0.079
13   45   Scott Redding   Ducati GP15   1:31.901   0.841   0.105
14   8   Hector Barbera   Ducati GP14.2   1:31.937   0.877   0.036
15   4   Andrea Dovizioso   Ducati GP15   1:31.967   0.907   0.030
16   43   Jack Miller   Honda RC213V   1:32.100   1.040   0.133
17   50   Eugene Laverty   Ducati GP14.2   1:32.377   1.317   0.277
18   53   Tito Rabat   Honda RC213V   1:32.402   1.342   0.025
19   6   Stefan Bradl   Aprilia RS-GP   1:32.492   1.432   0.090
20   68   Yonny Hernandez   Ducati GP14.2   1:32.510   1.450   0.018
21   19   Alvaro Bautista   Aprilia RS-GP   1:32.847   1.787   0.337
22   51   Michele Pirro   Ducati GP15   1:33.568   2.508   0.721
23   22   Takuya Tsuda   Suzuki GSX-RR   1:33.797   2.737   0.229
24   63   Mike Di Meglio   Aprilia RS-GP   1:34.372   3.312   0.575
25   12   Nobu Aoki   Suzuki GSX-RR   1:37.031   5.971   2.659

[duccarlos]

Wow, either the Suk really works well with the new tires and electronics and maverick just pulled a scorching lap out of nowhere.

[DarkMonster620]

The Ducs seem "just a bit" faster than on Sunday and the Suks are "flying"

[duccarlos]

The Ducs seem "just a bit" faster than on Sunday and the Suks are "flying"

Yeah, I stopped at Maverick, but Aleix also put down an excellent lap. I'm sure that both Yamaha and Honda will work out the kinks, but it's great to see that Suzuki is at least trying to improve significantly.

[DarkMonster620]

IMO Aleix is a "more conservative" than Mavewrick

[kopfjäger]

My boy 

[Speeddog]

I don't think the Suzukis were running the 2016 electronics.

[DarkMonster620]

I don't think the Suzukis were running the 2016 electronics.

How bout the Ducs?

[Speeddog]

Factory Honda, Yamaha, Ducati using 2016 electronics.

Suzuki and satellites on 2015 electronics.

https://motomatters.com/analysis/2015/11/11/2015_valencia_post_race_day_2_round_up_n.html