Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) was Monday’s fastest rider in the post-GP Valencia test, with the day also featuring MotoGP™ World Champion Marc Marquez showing his brother Alex Marquez how to ride a premier class prototype.
Lorenzo’s fastest time of 1’30.975 was the best of the day as he and his teammate Valentino Rossi worked on various updates to their YZR-M1. Rossi was fourth fastest and 0.275s off Lorenzo’s time, the Italian behind Monster Yamaha Tech3 pair Pol Espargaro and Bradley Smith as Yamaha locked out the top four.
Alex Marquez got a nice present for winning the Moto3™ title on Sunday as his brother Marc Marquez rode a few laps with him on the elder brother’s Repsol Honda RC213V machines. Marquez’s Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa was sixth fastest overall, 0.627s down on Lorenzo.
Bridgestone brought the same tyre specifications as the race weekend to help the teams with cross-referencing their data, with only the harder rear tyre featuring a slightly different spec.
Andrea Dovizioso was seventh fastest and new factory Ducati Team colleague Andrea Iannone was fifth, as they worked with a similar package to that which they ended the 2014 season on. Their 2015 bike will only be available from Sepang testing after the winter break and they therefore ended their test on Monday.
Yonny Hernandez was 10th and his new Pramac Racing teammate Danilo Petrucci was 13th as they tested only the GP14, whilst Hernandez will switch to the GP14.2 from Tuesday.
The new look CWM LCR Honda team were hard at work with new recruits Cal Crutchlow and Jack Miller both on track. Crutchlow ended the day eighth on his new RC213V, with Miller further down the timesheet notching up 61 laps on a 2014 Open Honda as he adapted to MotoGP. Scott Redding (Marc VDS Racing Team) ended the day 15th, as he too tested the RC213V and lapped two seconds slower than Lorenzo.
Spanish pair Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Viñales started their Suzuki adventure with rookie Viñales in 17th – roughly a second behind his more experienced new teammate. Espargaro was 14th overall and 1.34s off P1 pace.
Evolving Aprilia machines were tested by Alex Hofmann, with Marco Melandri making an appearance late in the day for the new Factory Aprilia Gresini team. Alvaro Bautista also featured, with the Italian manufacturer experimenting with differing air intake options and a new pneumatic valve engine.
NGM Forward Racing welcomed Stefan Bradl and Loris Baz as the team focused their work on chassis and suspension, with the new riders adapting to the Forward-Yamaha package.
The test will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday (10am-5pm) in Cheste.
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Results:
| Pos. | Nº | Rider | Team | Motorbike | Laps | Time | Gap | |
| 1 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 45 | 1:30,975 | |
| 2 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | SPA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 49 | 1:31,118 | + 0,143 |
| 3 | 38 | Bradley Smith | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 59 | 1:31,204 | + 0,229 |
| 4 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 42 | 1:31,250 | + 0,275 |
| 5 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 39 | 1:31,465 | + 0,490 |
| 6 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 33 | 1:31,602 | + 0,627 |
| 7 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 46 | 1:31,644 | + 0,669 |
| 8 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | CWM LCR Honda | Ducati | 53 | 1:31,847 | + 0,872 |
| 9 | 51 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Ducati Test Team | Ducati | 37 | 1:32,054 | + 1,079 |
| 10 | 68 | Yonny Hernández | COL | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing | Ducati | 34 | 1:32,146 | + 1,171 |
| 11 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | SPA | Avintia Racing | Avintia | 54 | 1:32,190 | + 1,215 |
| 12 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | GER | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | 50 | 1:32,209 | + 1,234 |
| 13 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 56 | 1:32,314 | + 1,339 |
| 14 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | SPA | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 40 | 1:32,315 | + 1,340 |
| 15 | 45 | Scott Redding | GBR | Marc VDS Racing Team | Honda | 36 | 1:32,998 | + 2,023 |
| 16 | 15 | Alex De Angelis | RSM | Octo IodaRacing Team | ART | 56 | 1:33,132 | + 2,157 |
| 17 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 64 | 1:33,268 | + 2,293 |
| 18 | 17 | Karel Abraham | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing | Honda | 57 | 1:33,446 | + 2,471 |
| 19 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | FRA | Avintia Racing | Avintia | 30 | 1:33,594 | + 2,619 |
| 20 | 76 | Loris Baz | FRA | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | 55 | 1:33,834 | + 2,859 |
| 21 | 50 | Eugene Laverty | GBR | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | 45 | 1:34,320 | + 3,345 |
| 22 | 43 | Jack Miller | AUS | CWM LCR Honda | Honda | 61 | 1:34,633 | + 3,658 |
| 23 | 19 | Alvaro Bautista | SPA | Factory Aprilia Gresini | Aprillia | 14 | 1:34,919 | + 3,944 |
| 24 | 66 | Alexander Hofmann | GER | Aprillia Test Team | Aprillia | 26 | 1:35,646 | + 4,671 |
| 25 | 33 | Marco Melandri | ITA | Factory Aprilia Gresini | Aprillia | 9 | 1:35,959 | + 4,984 |
| 26 | 93 | Marc Márquez | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 12 | 1:36,181 | + 5,206 |
| 27 | 93 | Alex Márquez | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 12 | 1:36,658 | + 5,683 |
| NC | 69 | Nicky Hayden | USA | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | 0 | 1:30,975 | + 0,000 |
