Alex Marquez leads Bagnaia as Sepang MotoGP check concludes

Alex Marquez led the way in which on the third and remaining day of the Sepang MotoGP check, as Ducati riders occupied 4 of the highest 5 spots within the classification.

Using final 12 months’s GP24, Gresini’s Marquez set a greatest time of 1m56.493s initially of the working on Friday to edge out manufacturing unit Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia by 0.007s.

The Spaniard’s lap was seven tenths faster than the time with which Franco Morbidelli topped Thursday’s session, and solely 0.156s off the last word lap file set by Bagnaia throughout final 12 months’s Malaysian Grand Prix qualifying.

Lap occasions tumbled shortly on Friday morning, with various riders in a position to eclipse the 1m57s barrier within the first hour, together with Morbidelli, Fabio Quartararo and Bagnaia.

Nevertheless, neither might handle the tempo of Marquez, who took the highest spot within the second hour and wasn’t usurped for the remainder of the day.

Bagnaia settled into second, whereas Quartararo secured a robust third place for Yamaha with a 1m56.724s forward of Morbidelli in fourth.

Six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez jumped to fifth within the afternoon on the manufacturing unit Ducati bike, nevertheless it was his long-run tempo that caught the eye, as he recorded a median time of 1m57.930s over a 10-lap dash simulation.

Pedro Acosta led the way in which for KTM in sixth place, whereas Johann Zarco was likewise the quickest Honda rider in seventh.

Marco Bezzecchi racked up 61 laps on the manufacturing unit Aprilia to finish up eighth, simply fractionally faster than HRC’s Joan Mir and the Yamaha of Alex Rins, who accomplished the highest 10.

The quickest rookie on Friday was Gresini’s Fermin Aldeguer, who was categorised eleventh and 0.908s down on his pacesetting team-mate.

Former Ducati star Andrea Dovizioso made his first look within the Sepang check with Yamaha, however completed twenty second and final with a time that was 3.5s off the tempo. He accomplished practically 60 laps on the M1.

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Photographs from Sepang Check – Day 3