The Valencia test is almost over. Stay tunedﷺ for full timings.
M♋arquez has said "with this bike we 𓆉can't win the championship" after today's test!
He's on track now - and currently ninth fastest.
We finish at 16.30 UK - 17.30 local.
Enea Bastianini has suffered his first fall as a factory Ducati rider - and the first by any rider today - w𒁏hile testinꦓg with the new fairing.
The Italian, currently 9th faꦰstest, was momentarily trapped under his bike, but is now helping push the bike out of the gravel.
After a roug🧸h second-half to his rookie MotoGP season, Fabio di Giannantonio has made a promising stꩲart on the GP22 with new crew chief Frankie Carchedi (formerly with Joan Mir at Suzuki).
Sunday's Suzuki race winner Alex Rins is currently only 21st on the the timesheets for LC𝔉R Honda, having set almost exactly the same lap time (+1.577s) as former team-mate Joan Mir.
Ma💎rco Bezzecchi moves into s൲econd place behind team-mate Luca Marini.
While Marini is stay𒐪ing on a GP22 next season, Rookie of the Year Bezzecchi is being upgradeღd from the GP21.
Bez then does a maꩲssive stoppie as𓂃 he pulls into pit lane.
A pretty Miller-esque stoppie from Bezzecchi
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Our Rookie of The Y𝓀ear is keeping us well entertained |
The former Red Bull KTM rider makes🏅 a big jump up the timesheet🤪s on his new RNF Aprilia with 90-minutes of testing to go.
Only Luca🍌 Marini and M☂averick Vinales are currently quicker than Oliveira.
"I haven't missed a race since 19♛85! Not one! One day it will happ꧃en.
"It will be weird sitting at home watching m💖y guys.
"Life is like a tree - trunk and branches. The trunk is your passion. The brances? You have other inꦏterests in your life.
"The trunk will die one day.
"I love swimming, riding, being at home!"
"We will be independent from the or🅘ange but, togeꩲther, we will grow."
Repsol Honda man is one of eight riders currently on the track. ✱He has put in a lot of work tod🅰ay...
"𒁃In 2023 we will have four riders - Ducati and Pramac - oꦿn 2023 spec.
"Four riders - Gresi🍌ni and VR46🐓 - on spec from the end of 2022.
"Pecco will learn a lot from his mistakes. Enea wants to show that he can be ﷽champion too.
"Jorge Martꦗin wants to show us that we have made a mistake not to bring him into the factory team.
"Alex Marquez wants to show that what he did with another manufa♕cturer was not his fault!
"I expect improvement from Bezzecchi, Marini, Di Giannanton👍io..."
"It hasn't sunk in yet. Since yest🙈erday we are focused on improving the bike and defending the title.
"The pl💙an today is a part of our plan in the winter test. Electronics, chassis...
"We ha💙ve to test here, something different in Malaysia,🅰 finally we will decide about the 2023 bike.
"Aerodynamics can be improved. Our 🌄weak point is turning - other bikes 𒆙turn better than us."
Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi are on track.
Top rider by brand:
Aprilia: Maverick Vinales (1st)
Ducati: Jorge Martin (3rd)
Honda: Marc Marquez (7th)
KTM: Brad Binder (10th)
Yamaha: Fabio Quartararo (11th)
Most riders are c꧋urrently having lunch but the Marquez brothers, Binder and Fernandez💦 are on track.