Sepang MotoGP test times - Saturday (FINAL) - crash.net

The second day of official 2020 MotoGP action took place at Sepang in Malaysia on Saturday.

Quartararo, quickest for Petronas Yamaha on day one while still using a 2019 bike, made his debut on the 2020 Factory-Spec M1 today.

The Frenchman - who said yesterday he would just be learning the new bike and didn't expect to be fast - spent most of the day at the lower end of the top ten, before shooting to the top in the final hour.

Suzuki's Mir had led the early running with Miller then putting his Pramac Ducati at the top of both the lap and top speed standings for most of the day, until Quartararo's charge.

KTM test rider Pedrosa turned heads by snatching a late third place. The 31-time MotoGP race winner was just 0.090s from Quartararo, whose team-mate Morbidelli (using the A-Spec Yamaha) was fifth.

Vinales made it three Yamahas in the top six, with world champion Marquez the leading Honda in ninth despite a fall.

Aprilia's Espargaro made it all six manufacturers inside the top eleven on the 2020 RS-GP.

Triple MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo, who began his new role as a Yamaha test rider at the Shakedown, is due to ride on the final day of the Official Test.

Testing, which ran from 10am to 6pm, concludes on Sunday evening.

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Sepang MotoGP test times - Saturday (Final)
		Rider	Nat	Team	Time	Lap
1	^8	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1)	1m 58.572s	63/72
2	˅1	Jack Miller	AUS	Pramac Ducati (GP20)	+0.069s	15/51
3	^13	Dani Pedrosa	SPA	KTM Test Rider (RC16)	+0.090s	53/54
4	˅2	Joan Mir	SPA	Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)	+0.159s	11/54
5	˅2	Franco Morbidelli	ITA	Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+0.259s	37/60
6	˅2	Maverick Viñales	SPA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+0.321s	41/69
7	˅2	Alex Rins	SPA	Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)	+0.406s	25/63
8	˅2	Pol Espargaro	SPA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+0.417s	3/49
9	˅2	Marc Marquez	SPA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	+0.525s	10/47
10	˅2	Valentino Rossi	ITA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+0.544s	38/60
11	˅1	Aleix Espargaro	ITA	Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)	+0.652s	26/43
12	^3	Cal Crutchlow	GBR	LCR Honda (RC213V)	+0.675s	59/64
13	˅2	Danilo Petrucci	ITA	Ducati Team (GP20)	+0.685s	7/59
14	˅2	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Pramac Ducati (GP20)	+0.741s	11/59
15	˅2	Andrea Dovizioso	ITA	Ducati Team (GP20)	+0.770s	16/55
16	˅2	Miguel Oliveira	POR	Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)	+0.793s	10/42
17	=	Alex Marquez	SPA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)*	+1.089s	11/66
18	=	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)*	+1.208s	38/59
19	=	Johann Zarco	FRA	Reale Avintia (GP19)	+1.253s	16/51
20	^3	Tito Rabat	SPA	Reale Avintia (GP19)	+1.617s	77/77
21	˅1	Sylvain Guintoli	FRA	Suzuki Test Rider (GSX-RR)	+1.714s	3/58
22	˅1	Takaaki Nakagami	JPN	LCR Honda (RC213V)	+1.775s	16/47
23	˅1	Iker Lecuona	SPA	Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)*	+1.824s	12/41
24	=	Yamaha Test 3	0	Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1)	+2.219s	23/35
25	=	Yamaha Test 1	0	Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1)	+2.348s	20/44
26	=	Bradley Smith	GBR	Aprilia Test Rider (RS-GP)	+2.547s	19/61

*Rookie
Key:
^X Rider is X positions higher than previous hour.
= Rider is same position as previous hour.
˅X Rider is X positions lower than previous hour.

Fastest day one time:
Fabio Quartararo FRA Yamaha 1m 58.945s

Official Sepang MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Fabio Quartararo FRA Yamaha 1m 58.576s (2019)
Fastest race lap:
Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha 1m 59.661s (2019)

Unofficial Sepang MotoGP record:
Danilo Petrucci ITA Ducati 1m 58.239s (2019 testing)

2020 Sepang Shakedown Test:
Pol Espargaro SPA KTM 1m 59.444s

By Peter McLaren

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