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.

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Marquez’s brothers today riding with Honda in Cheste.

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. 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