Third MotoGP testday in Sepang

30.01.2018
The first official MotoGP test of 2018 concluded this afternoon at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. In the morning Jorge Lorenzo lapped in a time of 1’58.830 to establish an unofficial new track record, and the Spaniard ended the day, and the three-day test, at the top of the timesheets. Andrea Dovizioso also put in a good performance today with a time of 1’59.169, which propelled him to fourth place both today and in the combined standings.

The two factory Ducati riders today focussed mainly on notching up the laps on their Desmosedici GP 2018 machines and, despite both having harmless crashes late in the morning, they were able to successfully finish the work programme defined with their respective teams.

The MotoGP field will be back on track from 16th to 18th February in the second official test session of 2018, for the first time in Thailand, at the Buriram circuit,.

Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team #99) – 1’58.830 (1st - 48 laps today)
“I leave Sepang very satisfied with the work that we have done over the last three days, not only because of the time that I set today, but also because I’m convinced that many aspects of the bike have improved since last year. Now I feel it’s better adapted to my riding style and I feel more at home when I’m riding it, but we still have to understand a few things to be able to get the best out of its potential. We are only at the start of the year but the sensations are already good and now it will be important to confirm them in the next test in Thailand.”

Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team #04) – 1’59.169 (4th - 51 laps today)
“These were three very interesting days of testing and we go away from Sepang with really good feelings. This morning’s crash complicated today’s programme a bit, but in the end we went out again for another run with the Desmosedici GP17 and were able to compare some data that confirmed the improvements of the new bike, especially in mid-corner. To be honest I didn’t expect such a clear improvement in this first test, and now we have to confirm that we are on the right path at the next tracks we go to.”

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
01.	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati	1:58.830	48
02.	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	+0,179	58
03.	Cal Crutchlow	LCR-Honda	+0,222	65
04.	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	+0,339	51
05.	Jack Miller	Pramac-Ducati	+0,516	36
06.	Alex Rins	Suzuki	+0,518	52
07.	Marc Marquez	Honda	+0,552	75
08.	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	+0,619	54
09.	Johann Zarco	Tech-3-Yamaha	+ 0,681	55
10.	Danilo Petrucci	Pramac-Ducati	+0,698	49
11.	Tito Rabat	Avintia-Ducati	+0,717	36
12.	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki	+0,785	62
13.	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	+1,132	52
14.	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR-Honda	+1,241	54
15.	Alvaro Bautista	Angel-Nieto-Ducati	+1,375	57
16.	Mika Kallio	KTM	+1,634	64
17.	Franco Morbidelli	Marc-VDS-Honda	+1,696	55
18.	Maverick Vinales	Yamaha	+1,717	71
19.	Karel Abraham	Angel-Nieto-Ducati	+1,744	48
20.	Xavier Simeon	Avintia-Ducati	+1,954	30
21.	Scott Redding	Aprilia	+1,982	56
22.	Bradley Smith	KTM	+2,139	77
23.	Sylvain Guintoli	Suzuki	+2,290	58
24.	Tom Lüthi	Marc-VDS-Honda	+2,296	52
25.	Yonny Hernandez	Tech-3-Yamaha	+2,393	31
26.	Testbike 3*	Yamaha	+2,555	17
27.	Testbike 2*	Yamaha	+2,849	30

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