Sepang Shakedown Testing 🇲🇾

[Kopfjager]

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/935659/1/pol-fastest-shakedown-ends-lorenzo-rides-yamaha



Pol Espargaro â€" KTM 1m59.444
Aleix Espargaro â€" Aprilia 1m59.622
Miguel Oliveira â€" KTM 1m59.748
Dani Pedrosa â€" KTM 1m59.841
Michele Pirro â€" Ducati 1m59.922
Brad Binder â€" KTM 2m00.099
Alex Marquez â€" Honda 2m00.270
Stefan Bradl â€" Honda 2m00.441
Mika Kallio â€" KTM 2m00.472
Jorge Lorenzo â€" Yamaha 2m00.506
Sylvain Guintoli â€" Suzuki 2m00.655
Bradley Smith â€" Aprilia 2m01.240
Iker Lecuona â€" KTM 2m01.659
Yamaha Test1 â€" 2m01.908
Yamaha Test2 â€" 2m02.704
Lorenzo Savadori â€" Aprilia 2m02.795
Yamaha Test3 â€" 2m02.843

[Blackout]

I wanna see Rossi walk by and flick his ear. 

[duccarlos]

Even though it's great to see the KTM at the top of the timing sheet, it seems that all the other manufacturers improve their bikes by similar rates, so in the end KTM gets better, but so do Ducati, Yamaha and Suzuki. The only manufacturer that can afford to get worse and still compete is Honda, since they have MM riding the crap out of any turd he's given.

[Kopfjager]

COMBINED 2020 SEPANG MOTOGP TEST TIMES


1   Fabio Quartararo   FRA   Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1)   1m 58.349s   3
2   Cal Crutchlow   GBR   LCR Honda (RC213V)   +0.082s   3
3   Alex Rins   SPA   Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)   +0.101s   3
4   Francesco Bagnaia   ITA   Pramac Ducati (GP20)   +0.153s   3
5   Valentino Rossi   ITA   Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)   +0.192s   3
6   Danilo Petrucci   ITA   Ducati Team (GP20)   +0.257s   3
7   Pol Espargaro   SPA   Red Bull KTM (RC16)   +0.261s   3
8   Jack Miller   AUS   Pramac Ducati (GP20)   +0.267s   3
9   Dani Pedrosa   SPA   KTM Test Rider (RC16)   +0.313s   2
10   Aleix Espargaro   ITA   Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)   +0.345s   3
11   Joan Mir   SPA   Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)   +0.382s   2
12   Miguel Oliveira   POR   Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)   +0.415s   3
13   Marc Marquez   SPA   Repsol Honda (RC213V)   +0.423s   3
14   Franco Morbidelli   ITA   Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1)   +0.482s   2
15   Andrea Dovizioso   ITA   Ducati Team (GP20)   +0.510s   3
16   Maverick Viñales   SPA   Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)   +0.544s   2
17   Johann Zarco   FRA   Reale Avintia (GP19)   +0.602s   3
18   Alex Marquez   SPA   Repsol Honda (RC213V)*   +0.693s   3
19   Brad Binder   RSA   Red Bull KTM (RC16)*   +0.755s   3
20   Tito Rabat   SPA   Reale Avintia (GP19)   +1.200s   3
21   Jorge Lorenzo   SPA   Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1)   +1.348s   3
22   Bradley Smith   GBR   Aprilia Test Rider (RS-GP)   +1.492s   3
23   Takaaki Nakagami   JPN   LCR Honda (RC213V)   +1.511s   3
24   Iker Lecuona   SPA   Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)*   +1.549s   3
25   Sylvain Guintoli   FRA   Suzuki Test Rider (GSX-RR)   +1.751s   3
26   Mika Kallio   FIN   Red Bull KTM (RC16)   +1.799s   3
27   Yamaha Test 3   JPN   Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1)   +2.442s   2
28   Yamaha Test 1   JPN   Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1)   +2.571s   2
29   Yamaha Test 2   JPN   Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1)   +3.395s   1
30   Lorenzo Savadori   ITA   Aprilia Test Rider (RS-GP)   +4.801s   1
31   Takuya Tsuda   JPN   Suzuki Test Rider (GSX-RR)   +5.325s   3

[Speeddog]

[duccarlos]

If Fabio can stay consistent during races, he should be able to give MM fits.

[Kopfjager]

Ok. This one won't get pulled.

[duccarlos]

An hour and a half for After the Flag? 

[duccarlos]

Sounds like Ducati is having all sorts of issues with the new Michelin rear

[duccarlos]

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/935911/1/ducati-playing-catchup-after-sepang-test

[koko64]

The close margin is great with the new Michelin, but a concern for Ducati. I appears Ducati made another jump in power too.

[duccarlos]

I believe they're hoping that the issues were mainly due to being in Sepang (hot and humid conditions). Ducati has done well in Qatar in recent years. My main concern is that Ducati did great in the Sepang test, which probably propelled them into Qatar. If they can't come to grips (see what I did there) with the new Michelin, they're in deep shit.

[koko64]

Yep. Jack was running the hard rear which helped.

[duccarlos]

yeah, but when you're trying a time attack, only a few can pull it off with the hard rear. The good news is that the top riders were really close. Dovi never goes for all out speed during these tests, but considering how MM dominated last season with likely a better Duc on paper and both Yamaha and Suzuki looking like they took a big step forward with the new tires...

[koko64]

MM can ride around it for sure.