Sepang.- On a day marked by equality – with the top 18 separated by less than nine tenths, the Italian from the Gresini team, who has a Ducati from last year, lowered the absolute track record by one tenth, which was in possession of Danilo Petrucci since the 2019 pre-season, also with Ducati .
The second best record was from Aleix Espargaró, who was only 26 thousandths of the time from the Beast and who also surpassed the previous mark, from Petrux.
Third place went to Jorge Martín, the first among the Ducati riders with a prototype for this 2022 course, and who finished just one tenth off the lead.
Alex Rins finished fourth, in the same exact thousandth as Maverick Viñales ( fifth ), while Pecco Bagnaia finished sixth. Unlike what happened on Saturday, Ducati focused on sweetening the engine of its new prototype, and left the refinement of the front height adjuster for later.
Fabio Quartararo, the world champion, was the seventh fastest, less than two tenths behind Bastianini and only 19 thousandths ahead of Marc Márquez (eighth).
Unlike the majority, who chose to end the training when the heavy rain appeared at lunchtime, Márquez chose to go out again despite the fact that the asphalt was not dry, and he hurried until the last moments ( completed 48 laps, after 55 on Saturday).
Johann Zarco (ninth) and Pol Espargaró closed a very tight top 10, in which the first and tenth were separated by less than three tenths.
Joan Mir finished 12th; Alex Márquez, who suffered a fall without consequences, was 17th, while Raúl Fernández was 19th.
The MotoGP World Championship caravan will travel this Monday to Mandalika, where from Friday to Sunday of next year, the preseason will be completed before the season starts, in Losail ( Qatar ), on March 6.
Results of the MotoGP test in Sepang: Sunday times and positions
Pos.
Pilot
Motorcycle
Time/Difference
laps
1
E. Bastianini
Ducati
1’58 “131
25
two
A. Espargaro
aprilia
+0″026
38
3
J. Martin
Ducati
+0″112
27
4
On. Rinse
Suzuki
+0″130
37
5
M. Vinales
aprilia
+0″130
42
6
P. Bagnaia
Ducati
+0″134
49
7
F. Quartararo
Yamaha
+0″182
54
8
M. Marquez
Sling
+0″201
49
9
J. Zarco
Ducati
+0 “282
47
10
P. Espargaro
Sling
+0″289
fifty
11
L. Marini
Ducati
+0″299
37
12
J. Mir
Suzuki
+0″398
35
13
T. Nakagami
Honda
+0″476
42
14
J. Miller
Ducati
+0″514
38
15
M. Oliveira
KTM
+0″570
32
16
M. Bezzecchi
Ducati
+0″579
46
17
THE. Marquez
Honda
+0″669
57
18
B. Binder
KTM
+0″885
40
19
R. Fernandez
KTM
+1″049
24
20
F. Di Giannantonio
Ducati
+1″066
39
21
C. Crutchlow
Yamaha
+1″131
31
22
A. Dovizioso
Yamaha
+1″153
55
23
R. Gardner
KTM
+1″217
35
24
F. Morbidelli
Yamaha
+1″234
38
25
D. Binder
Yamaha
+1″726
55
26
S. Guintoli
Suzuki
+1″865
44
27
T. Tsuda
Suzuki
+7 “547
Four
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