Marc Marquez second fastest at Jerez as the “last day of school” finally arrives for the MotoGP field

2018-11-30 09:40
The MotoGP riders completed the second and final day of testing during the last testing session of the year at Jerez de La Frontera in Spain, with Marc Marquez second fastest and just 0.025” off fellow HRC rider Takaaki Nakagami.

Marc and Jorge Lorenzo took advantage of another day in ideal weather conditions to continue their preparation for the new season. Marc set his fastest time of 1’37.970” on lap 53/56. Meanwhile, Jorge finished a very positive fourth with a time of 1’38.105” on his 65th –and final–lap.

It has been a long and successful racing season for the Repsol Honda Team, and the preparation for next year has got off to a positive start. Testing will resume after the winter break, when Marc and Jorge are back on the track in Malaysia, on 6-8 February 2019.

Marc Marquez
2ND 1'37.970 (LAP 53/56)
“Today we worked more on the details of the setup and straight away this morning the feeling was very good. We spent time testing some medium and hard Michelin rear tyres and then we continued with testing new things. Some of the updates were very good and some less so, as is normal. We improved in the engine area but we have to continue working on this, and on the chassis area as well. We have a lot of information to analyse now. At the end of the day I put the soft tyre on for the first time and we did a good lap time, even though that wasn’t our main priority. We’re happy with how the test went and now it’s time to take a rest!”

Marc Marquez
Day 2 Classification
Pos. Rider Num Nation Team Time/Gap
1
NAKAGAMI
Takaaki 30 JPN LCR Honda 1:37.945
2
MARQUEZ
Marc 93 SPA Repsol Honda Team 1:37.970 / 0.025
3
VINALES
Maverick 12 SPA Yamaha Factory Racing 1:38.066 / 0.121
4
LORENZO
Jorge 99 SPA Repsol Honda Team 1:38.105 / 0.160
5
PETRUCCI
Danilo 9 ITA Ducati Team 1:38.109 / 0.164
6
MORBIDELLI
Franco 21 ITA Petronas Yamaha SRT 1:38.118 / 0.173
7
MILLER
Jack 43 AUS Alma Pramac Racing 1:38.207 / 0.262
8
DOVIZIOSO
Andrea

Source: Honda Racing Corporation

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