Marc Márquez set the best time once again in the third and final day of preseason testing in Sepang.
The MotoGP World Champion dominated again in this final session and beat the record time of Casey Stoner in 2012 with a 1’59.533. The official Yamaha bikes were stronger today and Valentino Rossi finished two tenths behind Márquez, followed by his teammate Jorge Lorenzo, three tenths away from the best time.
Aleix Espargaró impressed again with his Open bike and finished in fourth place, four tenths behind Márquez. The Honda bikes of Stefan Bradl and Dani Pedrosa couldn’t break the two minutes barrier and finished in fifth and sixth position. The top ten was completed by Andrea Dovizioso, Pol Espargaró, Andrea Iannone and Álvaro Bautista.
Results:
| 1 | MARQUEZ, Marc | Repsol Honda Team |
1:59.533 |
10 / 40 |
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| 2 | ROSSI, Valentino | Yamaha Factory Racing |
1:59.727 |
0.194 |
0.194 |
11 / 55 |
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| 3 | LORENZO, Jorge | Yamaha Factory Racing |
1:59.866 |
0.333 |
0.139 |
2 / 65 |
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| 4 | ESPARGARO, Aleix | NGM Mobile Forward Racing |
1:59.998 |
0.465 |
0.132 |
7 / 43 |
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| 5 | BRADL, Stefan | LCR Honda MotoGP |
2:00.112 |
0.579 |
0.114 |
11 / 38 |
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| 6 | PEDROSA, Dani | Repsol Honda Team |
2:00.223 |
0.690 |
0.111 |
29 / 55 |
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| 7 | DOVIZIOSO, Andrea | Ducati Team |
2:00.370 |
0.837 |
0.147 |
10 / 40 |
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| 8 | ESPARGARO, Pol | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 |
2:00.655 |
1.122 |
0.285 |
8 / 65 |
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| 9 | IANNONE, Andrea | Pramac Racing |
2:00.725 |
1.192 |
0.070 |
13 / 57 |
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| 10 | BAUTISTA, Alvaro | GO&FUN Honda Gresini |
2:00.788 |
1.255 |
0.063 |
3 / 63 |
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| 11 | SMITH, Bradley | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 |
2:00.896 |
1.363 |
0.108 |
10 / 65 |
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| 12 | CRUTCHLOW, Cal | Ducati Team |
2:01.057 |
1.524 |
0.161 |
58 / 58 |
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| 13 | HAYDEN, Nicky | Drive M7 Aspar |
2:01.514 |
1.981 |
0.457 |
21 / 59 |
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| 14 | EDWARDS, Colin | NGM Mobile Forward Racing |
2:01.731 |
2.198 |
0.217 |
41 / 47 |
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| 15 | PIRRO, Michele | Ducati Test Team |
2:01.782 |
2.249 |
0.051 |
12 / 67 |
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| 16 | AOYAMA, Hiroshi | Drive M7 Aspar |
2:02.383 |
2.850 |
0.601 |
61 / 66 |
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| 17 | DE PUNIET, Randy | Suzuki Test Team |
2:02.486 |
2.953 |
0.103 |
17 / 67 |
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| 18 | HERNANDEZ, Yonny | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing |
2:02.556 |
3.023 |
0.070 |
31 / 65 |
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| 19 | AKIYOSHI, Kosuke | HRC Test Team |
2:02.619 |
3.086 |
0.063 |
3 / 58 |
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| 20 | NAKASUGA, Katsuyuki | Yamaha Factory Test Team |
2:02.788 |
3.255 |
0.169 |
13 / 38 |
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| 21 | REDDING, Scott | GO&FUN Honda Gresini |
2:02.833 |
3.300 |
0.045 |
42 / 60 |
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| 22 | LAVERTY, Michael | Paul Bird Motorsport |
2:03.187 |
3.654 |
0.354 |
12 / 41 |
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| 23 | BARBERA, Hector | Avintia Racing |
2:03.204 |
3.671 |
0.017 |
49 / 54 |
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| 24 | PARKES, Broc | Paul Bird Motorport |
2:03.402 |
3.869 |
0.198 |
40 / 43 |
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| 25 | DI MEGLIO, Mike | Avintia Racing |
2:04.516 |
4.983 |
1.114 |
28 / 58 |
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| 26 | AOKI, Nobuatsu | Suzuki Test Team |
2:05.686 |
6.153 |
1.170 |
10 / 12 |
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| 27 | ABRAHAM, Karel | Cardion AB Motoracing |
2:05.974 |
6.441 |
0.288 |
6 / 12 |
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