Yamaha finished day one of the Sepang Shakedown test on top of the timesheets, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Cal Crutchlow taking on😼e of three test machines to the topও by the time a mid-afternoon downpour soaked the circuit.

The Yamaha test bikes do♓ not specify a rider name (Katsuyuki Nakasuga and Kohta Nozane are also expected to test) but the Englishman, twelft♐h in last year's Malaysian Grand Prix as a stand-in at RNF, is understood to have been on the 'T2' machine when it set a 2m 1.146s.

While the track steadily dried after the rain shower had 🍌passed, and many riderജs returned to the circuit, they remained on wet tyres to the 6pm finish.

Factory test riders from all five MotoGP manufacturers, plus 2023 rookie 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Augusto Fernandez (GASGAS ඣTech3) are eligible to take part in the Shakedown, which runs from Sunday u𒀰ntil Tuesday.

Moto2 🌞champion Fernandez finished just 0.185s behind Crutchlow in second place, completing 28 laps on his main bike and 6 on the other.

Like Yamaha, the test riders from the other four factories are also using multiple bikes, with Stefan Bradl's best good enough for fourth for Honda (+0.459𝓀s), Michele Pirro seventh for Ducati (+0.969s) and L♌orenzo Savadori tenth (+1.700s) for Aprilia.

New aerodynamic parts, kept under wraps during recent team launches, are expected to be one of the main talking points of the Malaysian tests and there were plenty of ne𒆙w carbon fibre-black fairings on show during day one, plus a new swingarm at Yamaha.

Jonas Folger was not only on track in his newly confirmed role as an 'official' KTM test rider but the only rider listed for the various RC16s, although Dani Pedrosa took part ⛦in some riding duties without a transponder fitted.

The best time listed for Folger was +2.5s for 12th, but there are reports that Pedrosa might have be🍨en even faster than Crutchlow...

Top Speeds

In ꩵterms of top speeds, the fastest recorded was 332.3km/h by Savadori (Aprilia), followed by 33🤡0.3km/h for both the Yamaha and Bradl (Honda).

That compares with a race best of 335.4km.h by Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia at the Malaysian Grand Prix, while the new Yamaha engine effect൲ively matched the 330.2km/h set by Fabio Quartararo in qualifying and the race.

However, Quartararo's best speed during qualifying for example was almost two seconds faster than today. That suggests the Frenchman would have ꧟been exiting the final corner quicker and, if the top spee🔯d improves in proportion to the lap time, the new 2023 engine should have something extra. Time will tell...

The 2023 engine had shown promising top speed at Barcelona and Mis🐼ano, but Quartararo and Morbidelli were left disappointed by its performance at Valencia last November.

The Shakedown test runs from Sunday un𝓀til Tuesday, with the track open from 10am to ☂6pm each day.

The Official Sepang 🐓MotoGP Test, for all race riders, will then be held at the Malaysian Grand Prix venue from February 10-12.

Official Sepang MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Jorge Martin SPA Ducati 1m 57.790s (2022)
Fastest race lap:
Jorge Martin SPA Ducati 1m 59.634s (2022)