Marc Márquez set the fastest time again in the second day of preseason testing in Sepang, Malaysia.
The MotoGP World Champion broke the two minutes barrier with a time of 1:59.926, only three tenths away from Casey Stoner’s preseason time from 2012. Márquez was four tenths ahead of his teammate Dani Pedrosa. The Honda top three was completed by Stefan Bradl, only three thousandths away from Pedrosa.
Valentino Rossi finished the day as the best Yamaha bike in fourth place. Jorge Lorenzo was sixth with Aleix Espargaró between the two official Yamaha bikes and being the best Open bike. Bradley Smith, Andrea Iannone, Álvaro Bautista and Pol Espargaró closed the top ten.
Results:
| 1 | MARQUEZ, Marc | Repsol Honda Team |
1:59.926 |
38 / 65 |
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| 2 | PEDROSA, Dani | Repsol Honda Team |
2:00.336 |
0.410 |
0.410 |
12 / 62 |
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| 3 | BRADL, Stefan | LCR Honda MotoGP |
2:00.339 |
0.413 |
0.003 |
13 / 52 |
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| 4 | ROSSI, Valentino | Yamaha Factory Racing |
2:00.464 |
0.538 |
0.125 |
18 / 61 |
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| 5 | ESPARGARO, Aleix | NGM Mobile Forward Racing |
2:00.547 |
0.621 |
0.083 |
16 / 42 |
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| 6 | LORENZO, Jorge | Yamaha Factory Racing |
2:00.573 |
0.647 |
0.026 |
27 / 49 |
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| 7 | SMITH, Bradley | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 |
2:00.603 |
0.677 |
0.030 |
27 / 66 |
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| 8 | IANNONE, Andrea | Pramac Racing |
2:00.855 |
0.929 |
0.252 |
9 / 49 |
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| 9 | BAUTISTA, Alvaro | GO&FUN Honda Gresini |
2:00.897 |
0.971 |
0.042 |
51 / 55 |
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| 10 | ESPARGARO, Pol | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 |
2:01.061 |
1.135 |
0.164 |
4 / 49 |
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| 11 | DOVIZIOSO, Andrea | Ducati Team |
2:01.146 |
1.220 |
0.085 |
8 / 45 |
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| 12 | CRUTCHLOW, Cal | Ducati Team |
2:01.396 |
1.470 |
0.250 |
11 / 48 |
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| 13 | PIRRO, Michele | Ducati Test Team |
2:02.177 |
2.251 |
0.781 |
6 / 56 |
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| 14 | HAYDEN, Nicky | Drive M7 Aspar |
2:02.287 |
2.361 |
0.110 |
25 / 58 |
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| 15 | EDWARDS, Colin | NGM Mobile Forward Racing |
2:02.545 |
2.619 |
0.258 |
8 / 35 |
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| 16 | HERNANDEZ, Yonny | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing |
2:02.675 |
2.749 |
0.130 |
13 / 45 |
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| 17 | AKIYOSHI, Kosuke | HRC Test Team |
2:02.692 |
2.766 |
0.017 |
8 / 68 |
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| 18 | AOYAMA, Hiroshi | Drive M7 Aspar |
2:02.825 |
2.899 |
0.133 |
65 / 66 |
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| 19 | NAKASUGA, Katsuyuki | Yamaha Factory Test Team |
2:02.970 |
3.044 |
0.145 |
49 / 56 |
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| 20 | DE PUNIET, Randy | Suzuki Test Team |
2:03.064 |
3.138 |
0.094 |
73 / 96 |
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| 21 | REDDING, Scott | GO&FUN Honda Gresini |
2:03.117 |
3.191 |
0.053 |
39 / 53 |
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| 22 | LAVERTY, Michael | Paul Bird Motorsport |
2:03.528 |
3.602 |
0.411 |
37 / 41 |
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| 23 | BARBERA, Hector | Avintia Racing |
2:04.551 |
4.625 |
1.023 |
2 / 37 |
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| 24 | PARKES, Broc | Paul Bird Motorport |
2:04.619 |
4.693 |
0.068 |
42 / 43 |
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| 25 | ABRAHAM, Karel | Cardion AB Motoracing |
2:05.261 |
5.335 |
0.642 |
21 / 32 |
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| 26 | DI MEGLIO, Mike | Avintia Racing |
2:05.355 |
5.429 |
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