MotoGP LIVE, Sepang 2020 Test real-time updates: Quartararo finished first ahead of Morbidelli. 4th Crutchlow

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11.11 Thank you for following us and have a good day.

11.07 Today’s final ranking:

1 QUARTARARO, Fabio Petronas Yamaha SRT 1:58.945 22 / 52
2 MORBIDELLI, Franco Petronas Yamaha SRT 1:58.996 0.051 0.051 43 / 62
3 RINS, Alex Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1:59.195 0.250 0.199 24 / 56
4 CRUTCHLOW, Cal LCR Honda CASTROL 1:59.234 0.289 0.039 28 / 39
5 MILLER, Jack Pramac Racing 1:59.236 0.291 0.002 46 / 47
6 VIÑALES, Maverick Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 1:59.367 0.422 0.131 33 / 49
7 ESPARGARO, Aleix Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1:59.427 0.482 0.060 4 / 43
8 ESPARGARO, Pol Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 1:59.536 0.591 0.109 24 / 48
9 MIR, Joan Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1:59.568 0.623 0.032 46 / 51
10 ROSSI, Valentino Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 1:59.569 0.624 0.001 17 / 48
11 DOVIZIOSO, Andrea Ducati Team 1:59.666 0.721 0.097 29 / 35
12 MARQUEZ, Marc Repsol Honda Team 1:59.676 0.731 0.010 7 / 37
13 MARQUEZ, Alex Repsol Honda Team 1:59.918 0.973 0.242 25 / 38
14 PETRUCCI, Danilo Ducati Team 1:59.939 0.994 0.021 23 / 42
15 PEDROSA, Dani Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 2:00.017 1.072 0.078 5 / 45
16 OLIVEIRA, Miguel Red Bull KTM Tech 3 2:00.131 1.186 0.114 46 / 49
17 BAGNAIA, Francesco Pramac Racing 2:00.136 1.191 0.005 23 / 53
18 GUINTOLI, Sylvain SUZUKI Test Team 2:00.371 1.426 0.235 11 / 48
19 ZARCO, Johann Reale Avintia Racing 2:00.464 1.519 0.093 50 / 54
20 LECUONA, Iker Red Bull KTM Tech 3 2:00.511 1.566 0.047 23 / 44
21 BINDER, Brad Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 2:00.519 1.574 0.008 28 / 58
22 RABAT, Tito Reale Avintia Racing 2:00.750 1.805 0.231 26 / 54
23 NAKAGAMI, Takaaki LCR Honda IDEMITSU 2:00.815 1.870 0.065 25 / 31
24 TEST 1, Yamaha Yamaha Test Team 2:01.080 2.135 0.265 47 / 50
25 TEST 2, Yamaha Yamaha Test Team 2:01.744 2.799 0.664 21 / 22
26 SAVADORI, Lorenzo Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 2:03.150 4.205 1.406 3 / 31

11.00 Checkered flag! The first day of testing for MotoGP in Malaysia ends here.

10.55 Five minutes from the end of the shift, they’ve all returned to the pits and hardly anyone will return to spin.

10.50 Rins and Bagnaia return to the pits, while Rossi joins Dovizioso and takes to the track with ten minutes to go.

10.42 Miller tries a time-attack! The Australian Ducati Pramac improves but is still fifth at 0.313 from Quartararo.

10.39 Valentinon Rossi scored a brilliant 1’59.916 on the Yamaha. To understand the wear status of the tires used by the “Doctor” to make this time.

10.34 The short run of Quartararo closes here, while Morbidelli, Vinales, Rins, P.Espargarò and Bagnaia return to shoot. The work of the riders on the track is currently still focused on the race pace with used tyres. Rossi is preparing to start another run.

10.28 Quartararo is very fast in the first two sectors, but loses three tenths in T3 and T4 remaining at 155 thousandths from his best time of the day.

10.19 Alex Rins flies with the Suzuki! Two consecutive laps under 2 minutes for the Iberian, who is also very competitive on the pace.

10.15 Rossi started to push and crossed the finish line in 2:00.8, very well Rins in 2’00.6 with the Suzuki.

10.11 Dovizioso completes his run and returns to the pits like teammate Petrucci. It should be noted that Marc Marquez has not yet returned to the track after the rain.

9.58 Below is the updated leaderboard 60 minutes from the end of the session:

1 = Fabio Quartararo FRA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1m 58.945s 22/37
2 ^2 Franco Morbidelli ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.051s 43/46
3 ˅1 Alex Rins SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.250s 24/39
4 ^9 Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) +0.289s 28/33
5 ˅2 Jack Miller AUS Pramac Ducati (GP20) +0.383s 26/29
6 ^4 Maverick Viñales SPA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.422s 33/34
7 ˅2 Aleix Espargaro ITA Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) +0.482s 4/31
8 ˅2 Pol Espargaro SPA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.591s 24/35
9 ˅2 Valentino Rossi ITA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.624s 17/33
10 ˅2 Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.660s 34/35
11 ˅2 Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.731s 7/34
12 ˅1 Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (GP20) +0.826s 13/23
13 ˅1 Alex Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V)* +0.973s 25/38
14 ^1 Danilo Petrucci ITA Ducati Team (GP20) +0.994s 23/27
15 ˅1 Dani Pedrosa SPA KTM Test Rider (RC16) +1.072s 5/32
16 = Francesco Bagnaia ITA Pramac Ducati (GP20) +1.191s 23/29
17 = Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) +1.369s 5/30
18 = Sylvain Guintoli FRA Suzuki Test Rider (GSX-RR) +1.426s 11/30
19 = Iker Lecuona SPA Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)* +1.566s 23/29
20 = Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16)* +1.574s 28/40
21 = Tito Rabat SPA Reale Avintia (GP19) +1.805s 26/32
22 = Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) +1.870s 25/26
23 = Johann Zarco FRA Reale Avintia (GP19) +2.388s 25/34
24 = Yamaha Test 1 0 Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) +2.448s 14/34
25 = Yamaha Test 2 0 Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) +3.066s 5/11
26 = Lorenzo Savadori ITA Aprilia Test Rider (RS-GP) +4.205s 3/24

9.51 Rossi, A.Espargarò and Rabat are the only ones currently engaged on the track. The track conditions still do not allow to mark competitive times as in the morning.

9.47 Rossi recorded a time of 2:01.7 in the first lap with his Yamaha, while Aleix Espargarò scored a very good 2’00.7 with Aprilia.

9.45 Andrea Dovizioso and Valentino Rossi are finally back on track! Dovi also scores a very good T1 but then slows down in the following sectors.

9.39 Valentino Rossi is also expected to enter the track shortly to continue working on the development of the bike.

Rossi’s Yamaha being warmed up in pit lane. pic.twitter.com/W5POAyfPR1

— Peter McLaren (@McLarenMotoGP) February 7, 2020

9.32 Good lap for Vinales who passes the finish line with 2.1 delay from today’s best time of Quartararo. Times are getting down considerably for everyone else as well.

9.27 The asphalt of Sepang is now totally dry and as a result Pedrosa, Vinales and Rabat also take to the track.

9.24 Bagnaia continues to improve and drops below the time of 2:02″, Miller is approaching his best dry times.

9.22 Jack Miller joins teammate Bagnaia and enters the track in the saddle of the other Ducati Pramac. All the other drivers are still stuck in the pits.

9.15 After an extremely cautious first lap, Bagnaia improves but remains over 5″ behind the best time of the day.

9.10 Francesco Bagnaia is the first of the World Championship drivers to come out of the pits with his Ducati Pramac.

9.04 The track is almost completely dry, but there is still no action on the Sepang track.

9.00 We start again in Sepang after the rain! A Yamaha test driver on the track!

8.55 Among the various rookies on the scene in these tests, in addition to Alex Marquez, we are following Brad Binder and Iker Lecuona with the KTM. For the moment they are twentieth and 19th respectively, while Alex Marquez is thirteenth at 973 thousandths just 242 from his brother.

8.46 The track is gradually drying out in the sun. It won’t take long to see action on the track again. We’re just over 2 hours away from the end and we’ll still be watching a lot of action on the Malaysian track!

8.42 Great balance in Sepang. The first 14 drivers are enclosed in just 994 thousandths. Apart from Quartararo and Morbidelli, also, from Rins, third, to Petrucci, 14th, the gap is just 744 thousandths.

8.37 Yamaha sat quite well, with four bikes in the top nine positions. The duo of the Petronas team took the lead, while Vinales was sixth and Rossi was ninth.

8.35 Currently the drivers are stationary in the pits. It rained in Sepang, but now the sun is back. The track is rapidly drying out.

No action right now, as a downpour hit the @sepangcircuit just after lunch time ?#ForzaDucati #SepangTest pic.twitter.com/dthtnuD8C8

— Ducati Corse (@ducaticorse) February 7, 2020

8.32 Here’s the ranking after the morning session.

1 = Fabio Quartararo FRA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1m 58.945s 22/37
2 ^2 Franco Morbidelli ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.051s 43/46
3 ˅1 Alex Rins SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.250s 24/39
4 ^9 Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) +0.289s 28/33
5 ˅2 Jack Miller AUS Pramac Ducati (GP20) +0.383s 26/29
6 ^4 Maverick Viñales SPA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.422s 33/34
7 ˅2 Aleix Espargaro ITA Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) +0.482s 4/31
8 ˅2 Pol Espargaro SPA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.591s 24/35
9 ˅2 Valentino Rossi ITA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.624s 17/33
10 ˅2 Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.660s 34/35
11 ˅2 Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.731s 7/34
12 ˅1 Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (GP20) +0.826s 13/23
13 ˅1 Alex Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V)* +0.973s 25/38
14 ^1 Danilo Petrucci ITA Ducati Team (GP20) +0.994s 23/27
15 ˅1 Dani Pedrosa SPA KTM Test Rider (RC16) +1.072s 5/32
16 = Francesco Bagnaia ITA Pramac Ducati (GP20) +1.191s 23/29
17 = Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) +1.369s 5/30
18 = Sylvain Guintoli FRA Suzuki Test Rider (GSX-RR) +1.426s 11/30
19 = Iker Lecuona SPA Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)* +1.566s 23/29
20 = Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16)* +1.574s 28/40
21 = Tito Rabat SPA Reale Avintia (GP19) +1.805s 26/32
22 = Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) +1.870s 25/26
23 = Johann Zarco FRA Reale Avintia (GP19) +2.388s 25/34
24 = Yamaha Test 1 0 Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) +2.448s 14/34
25 = Yamaha Test 2 0 Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) +3.066s 5/11
26 = Lorenzo Savadori ITA Aprilia Test Rider (RS-GP) +4.205s 3/24

8.30 Good morning and welcome.

Good morning friends of OA Sport and welcome to the real-time updates of MotoGP Tests in Sepang. After a long winter a new season finally begins  that promises battles and surprises. There is great curiosity to understand what will be the relationships in the Yamaha factory. The official team has already announced the drivers of 2021: the Spaniard Maverick Vinales and the French Fabio Quartararo. Valentino Rossi, if he wants to continue his MotoGP adventure, will eventually have to settle for the Yamaha Petronas Team.

The headlights will all be for the reigning Spanish world champion Marc Marquez, this year flanked by his brother Alex in the Honda Repsol Team. The Iberian rider will go after the ninth world title, equaling Valentino Rossi.

The feeling is that only Quartararo and Vinales are able to undermine Marquez’s reign, however it will depend on Yamaha’s real technical consistency. Andrea Dovizioso’s Ducati is also waiting for redemption after a season below expectations.

The British public will also be able to follow with interest Cal Crutchlow, ready to face a great new season with the Honda LCR. Have fun so with our live updates.

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