Mandalika MotoGP Day Two Test Results: Fastest Luca Marini, Marquez Follows In 2nd Position

Luca Marini (TWITTER @ VR46RacingTeam)

JAKARTA – Luca Marini managed to become the fastest on the second day of the MotoGP test at the Mandalika Circuit. The VR46 team racer was ahead of Marc Marquez.

The 24-year-old Italian racer completed the test with a time of 1 minute 31.289 seconds. Meanwhile, Marquez, who was trailing behind Luca Marini, was just 0.192 seconds away.

Maverick Vinales of Aprilia managed to improve his time from day one. He finished the second day of the test with a gap of 0.227 seconds from the pole position thus entitled to third place.

On the first day Vinales finished the test in seventh position with a time of 1 minute 33.147 seconds.

Fabio Quartararo who filled fifth place on the first day successfully followed Vinales in fourth place on the second day of the test. Meanwhile, Joan Mir completes the top five.

Meanwhile, Pol Espargaro, who became the best on the first day, dropped to eighth position. Meanwhile, his older brother, Aleix Espargaro, dropped deep to 14th place after trailing his younger brother in second on Friday.

With track conditions already vastly improved, Alex Rins instantly surpassed Pol Espargaro's 1min 32.466 laptime in the first hour of testing on Saturday.

Yamaha world champions Fabio Quartararo and KTM's Brad Binder then beat the Suzuki rider at 11.00 WIB. Meanwhile, Binder who couldn't improve his lap time dropped from first position to 11th.

The Mandalika test official will end on Sunday, February 13 tomorrow. After the final test, the 2022 MotoGP will start the season at the first grand prix in Qatar on March 6.

Here are the results of the second day of the 2022 MotoGP Mandalika test:

Luca Marini 1 minute 31.289 secondsMarc Marquez +0.192Maverick Viñales +0.227Fabio Quartararo +0.275Joan Mir +0.297Johann Zarco +0.297Enea Bastianini +0.310Pol Espargaro +0.316Jorge Martin +0.376Francesco Bagnaia +0.436