Repsol Honda's Marquez Ends MotoGP Sepang Test on Top While Setting New Record Lap, Pedrosa 6th Overall in Final Day of First Outing of 2014 Pre-Season Results

Sepang 1 Testing

Thursday, February 6th 2014

           Malaysia - Testing Report

Marquez remains fastest in Sepang with new record lap

The first test of 2014 has concluded with the World Champion, Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez, remaining the quickest man on track throughout the three days. Today – the final day of the three-day test – Marc broke the Sepang lap record with a time of 1’59.533 (beating Casey Stoner’s time from 2012 of 1’59.607) on lap 10 of 40. His teammate, Dani Pedrosa, finished 6th fastest overall with a best lap time of 2’00.223 on lap 29 of 55 today.

Marc spent his final day in Sepang working on electronics and running a 20 lap race simulation. In total, he completed 167 laps over the three days of this first test. Dani tested geometry settings on the bike looking to improve rear grip and found some positive solutions. He had issues with the front brakes in the morning which disrupted his chance at a time attack, nevertheless it was a productive end to a busy test in which he completed 192 laps over the three days.

This has been a positive start for the Repsol Honda Team and the HRC engineers, who will now return to Japan with plenty of data to prepare for the next test, scheduled in Sepang from the 26-28 February.

Marc Marquez 1st - 1'59.533

"I'm pretty happy with how the three days here in Sepang have gone and we have started the pre-season well. It's true that this is only the first test and we still have work to do, but we've already been able to do a race simulation and it has all gone well. We have tried many setups and we have gathered a lot of data, so we will be well prepared for the next test here. We still have some things to try out, so we must make the most of the days we have remaining here this preseason. Physically I feel good, I haven't stopped over this past month and have had a packed schedule, but I have been able to continue training. I was a little weak here when I arrived, because I had the flu last week, but in the end I felt fine which is the most important thing. We can always improve and this test will help me to up my fitness”

 

Dani Pedrosa 

6th - 2'00.223

"On this third day we focused on the chassis, looking to gain more rear grip and I feel that we have made a lot of progress here. This morning we had a problem with the brakes on both bikes and I lost a lot of time, right in the part of the day in which you can put in a fast lap. However, I am happy that we were able to improve the setup and in general today was a positive day. At the next test, I hope that we can continue from where we left off today, and continue improving before moving on to Phillip Island”

testing results

  Sepang 1 Testing

Pos.	Rider	Num.	Nation	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	Marc Marquez	93	ESP	Repsol Honda Team	HONDA	1'59.533
2	Valentino Rossi	46	ITA	Yamaha Factory	YAMAHA	1'59.727
3	Jorge Lorenzo	99	ESP	Yamaha Factory Racing	YAMAHA	1'59.866
4	Aleix Espargaro	41	ESP	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	YAMAHA	1'59.998
5	Stefan Bradl	6	GER	LCR Honda MotoGP	HONDA	2'00.112
6	Dani Pedrosa	26	ESP	Repsol Honda Team	HONDA	2'00.223
7	Andrea Iannone	29	ITA	Pramac Racing	DUCATI	2'00.370
8	Pol Espargaro	44	ESP	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	YAMAHA	2'00.655
9	Andrea Dovizioso	4	ITA	Ducati Team	DUCATI	2'00.725
10	Alvaro Bautista	19	ESP	Go & Fun Honda Gresini	HONDA	2'00.788
11	Bradley Smith	38	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	YAMAHA	2'00.896
12	Cal Crutchlow	35	GBR	Ducati Team	DUCATI	2'01.057
13	Nicky Hayden	69	USA	Drive M7 Aspar	HONDA	2'01.514
14	Colin Edwards	5	USA	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	YAMAHA	2'01.731
15	Michele Pirro	51	ITA	Ducati Test Team	DUCATI	2'01.782
16	Hiroshi Aoyama	7	JPN	Drive M7 Aspar	HONDA	2'02.383
17	Randy De Puniet	14	FRA	Suzuki Test Team	SUZUKI	2'02.486
18	Yonny Hernandez	68	COL	Pramac Racing	DUCATI	2'02.556
19	Kosuke Akiyoshi	72	JPN	HRC Test Team	HONDA	2'02.619
20	Katsuyuki Nakasuga	T1	JPN	Yamaha Factory Test Team	YAMAHA	2'02.788
21	Scott Redding	45	GBR	Go & Fun Honda Gresini	HONDA	2'02.833
22	Michael Laverty	70	GBR	Paul Bird Motorsport	ART & PBM	2'03.187
23	Hector Barbera	8	ESP	Avintia Racing MotoGP	FTR-KAWASAKI	2'03.204
24	Broc Parkes	23	AUS	Paul Bird Motorsport	PBM	2'03.402
25	Mike Di Meglio	63	FRA	Avintia Racing MotoGP	FTR-KAWASAKI	2'04.516
26	Nobuatsu Aoki	9	JPN	Suzuki Test Team	SUZUKI	2'05.686
27	Karel Abraham	17	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing	HONDA	2'05.974

Circuit Information

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Length 5.548 m / 3.447 miles Width 25m Left corners 5 Right corners 10 Longest straight 920 m / 0.572 miles Constructed 1998 Modified     Sepang International Circuit Sdn. Bhd. Jalan Pekeliling 64000 KLIA Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia

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Pole Position	2m 00.334s (165.978km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2012)
Race lap	2m 02.108s (163.566km/h) Casey Stoner (Ducati, 2007)
Race time	40m 45.191s (163.3 km/h) Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2013)
2012 Winner	Dani Pedrosa (Honda)
2013 Winner	Dani Pedrosa (Honda)