2022 MotoGP Pre-season Test Results At Sepang: Batianini Fastest On Last Day

Gresini Racing team driver, Enea Bastianini. (Photo: Twitter/GresiniRacing)

JAKARTA - Gresini Racing team rider Enea Bastianini completed the 2022 MotoGP pre-season test in Sepang, Malaysia on the peak of the last day's record time on Sunday.

Bastianini scored a time of 1:58,131 to beat Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro by a margin of 0.026 seconds. That time was also an unofficial record for the Sepang Circuit, beating the fastest lap of Danilo Petrucci of Ducati in 2019. The second and final day of the test was blocked by heavy rain around at 14:00 local time, but some of the riders, such as Darryn Binder (RNF Yamaha), Marco Bezzecchi (VR46 Ducati), Raul Fernandez (Tech3 KTM) and Fabio DI Giannantonio (Gresini) still took to the track to test their bikes in track conditions wet.

World champion Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha), along with Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia and Alex Marquez of the LCR Honda team also tested the wet tires that day. "We were very fast both yesterday and today," said Bastianini. again, today we worked at pace. But because of the rain we were only able to do one time attack, but it went well." which completes the top five with Aprilia, according to the official MotoGP website.

Bagnaia finished sixth ahead of Quartararo, while Marc Marquez was the fastest Honda rider in eighth, ahead of Johann Zarco of the Pramac team and his HRC team mate Pol Espargaro. , as well as a similar tool they have for the rear suspension that was used last season. Meanwhile Suzuki tested their new engine and the 2022 upgrade package in general on the Mingu. Mir, despite falling today, said that he felt "good potential" from the package that Suzuki brought. The 2022 MotoGP pre-season test will continue on 11-13 February at the Mandalika Circuit, Indonesia. The results of the second day of the 2022 MotoGP pre-season test at Sepang:

1 Enea Bastianini Gresini Ducati (GP21) 1:58,131

2 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) +0.0263 Jorge Martin Pramac Ducati (GP22) +0.1124 Alex Rins Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.1305 Maverick Vinales Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) +0, 1306 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo (GP22) +0.1347 Fabio Quartararo Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.1828 Marc Marquez Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0,2019 Johann Zarco Pramac Ducati (GP22) +0.28210 Pol Espargaro Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.28911 Luca Marini Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) +0.29912 Joan Mir Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.39813 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda (RC213V) +0.47614 Jack Miller Ducati Lenovo (GP22 ) +0.51415 Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.57016 Marco Bezzecchi Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)* +0.57917 Alex Marquez LCR Honda (RC213V) +0.66918 Brad Binder Red Bull KTM (RC16) + 0.88519 Raul Fernandez KTM Tech3 (RC16)* +1.04920 Fabio di Giannantonio Gresini Ducati (GP21)* +1.06621 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) +1.13122 Andrea Dovizioso WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR- M1) +1,15323 Remy Gardner KTM Tech3 (RC16)* +1,21724 F ranco Morbidelli Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +1,23425 Darryn Binder WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)* +1,72626 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki Test Rider (GSX-RR) +1,86527 Takuya Tsuda Suzuki Test Rider (GSX- RR) +7,547