https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/935659/1/pol-fastest-shakedown-ends-lorenzo-rides-yamaha
Pol Espargaro â€" KTM 1m59.444
Aleix Espargaro â€" Aprilia 1m59.622
Miguel Oliveira â€" KTM 1m59.748
Dani Pedrosa â€" KTM 1m59.841
Michele Pirro â€" Ducati 1m59.922
Brad Binder â€" KTM 2m00.099
Alex Marquez â€" Honda 2m00.270
Stefan Bradl â€" Honda 2m00.441
Mika Kallio â€" KTM 2m00.472
Jorge Lorenzo â€" Yamaha 2m00.506
Sylvain Guintoli â€" Suzuki 2m00.655
Bradley Smith â€" Aprilia 2m01.240
Iker Lecuona â€" KTM 2m01.659
Yamaha Test1 â€" 2m01.908
Yamaha Test2 â€" 2m02.704
Lorenzo Savadori â€" Aprilia 2m02.795
Yamaha Test3 â€" 2m02.843
I wanna see Rossi walk by and flick his ear. ;D
Even though it's great to see the KTM at the top of the timing sheet, it seems that all the other manufacturers improve their bikes by similar rates, so in the end KTM gets better, but so do Ducati, Yamaha and Suzuki. The only manufacturer that can afford to get worse and still compete is Honda, since they have MM riding the crap out of any turd he's given.
COMBINED 2020 SEPANG MOTOGP TEST TIMES
1 Fabio Quartararo FRA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1m 58.349s 3
2 Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) +0.082s 3
3 Alex Rins SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.101s 3
4 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Pramac Ducati (GP20) +0.153s 3
5 Valentino Rossi ITA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.192s 3
6 Danilo Petrucci ITA Ducati Team (GP20) +0.257s 3
7 Pol Espargaro SPA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.261s 3
8 Jack Miller AUS Pramac Ducati (GP20) +0.267s 3
9 Dani Pedrosa SPA KTM Test Rider (RC16) +0.313s 2
10 Aleix Espargaro ITA Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) +0.345s 3
11 Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.382s 2
12 Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) +0.415s 3
13 Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.423s 3
14 Franco Morbidelli ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.482s 2
15 Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (GP20) +0.510s 3
16 Maverick Viñales SPA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.544s 2
17 Johann Zarco FRA Reale Avintia (GP19) +0.602s 3
18 Alex Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V)* +0.693s 3
19 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16)* +0.755s 3
20 Tito Rabat SPA Reale Avintia (GP19) +1.200s 3
21 Jorge Lorenzo SPA Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) +1.348s 3
22 Bradley Smith GBR Aprilia Test Rider (RS-GP) +1.492s 3
23 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) +1.511s 3
24 Iker Lecuona SPA Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)* +1.549s 3
25 Sylvain Guintoli FRA Suzuki Test Rider (GSX-RR) +1.751s 3
26 Mika Kallio FIN Red Bull KTM (RC16) +1.799s 3
27 Yamaha Test 3 JPN Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) +2.442s 2
28 Yamaha Test 1 JPN Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) +2.571s 2
29 Yamaha Test 2 JPN Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) +3.395s 1
30 Lorenzo Savadori ITA Aprilia Test Rider (RS-GP) +4.801s 1
31 Takuya Tsuda JPN Suzuki Test Rider (GSX-RR) +5.325s 3
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If Fabio can stay consistent during races, he should be able to give MM fits.
Ok. This one won’t get pulled.
https://youtu.be/aW1nW8OF9SA
An hour and a half for After the Flag? :o
Sounds like Ducati is having all sorts of issues with the new Michelin rear
https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/935911/1/ducati-playing-catchup-after-sepang-test
The close margin is great with the new Michelin, but a concern for Ducati. I appears Ducati made another jump in power too.
I believe they're hoping that the issues were mainly due to being in Sepang (hot and humid conditions). Ducati has done well in Qatar in recent years. My main concern is that Ducati did great in the Sepang test, which probably propelled them into Qatar. If they can't come to grips (see what I did there) with the new Michelin, they're in deep shit.
Yep. Jack was running the hard rear which helped.
yeah, but when you're trying a time attack, only a few can pull it off with the hard rear. The good news is that the top riders were really close. Dovi never goes for all out speed during these tests, but considering how MM dominated last season with likely a better Duc on paper and both Yamaha and Suzuki looking like they took a big step forward with the new tires...
MM can ride around it for sure.
My concern is that Yamaha looks like they fixed their traction issues and/or received a gift from Michelin with this new tire. I would be less concerned with Suzuki since their riders are not as consistent as Fabio, MV and Vale. A healthy MM can ride a tricycle to a win.