Valencia Post Race Test

Monday, November 10th 2014

Valenciana - Testing Report

Weather conditions

Sunny

18°C
Air temp

19°C
Track temp

34%
Humidity

Pedrosa kicks off 2015 season for Repsol Honda with Marquez brothers taking an exhibition ride

Fresh from their second successive Triple Crown, the Repsol Honda Team were back on track in Valencia today for the first official test of 2015.

After a long season, Marc decided – together with HRC – that he would not test today, and only his teammate Dani Pedrosa took to the track to begin his test programme. He began the half day test aboard his 2014 spec machine and then crossed over onto the 2015 prototype – an updated version from the Brno test earlier in the year. He completed a total of 33 laps with his best time of 1’31.602 (lap 15) placing him 6th for the day.

Instead of testing today, Marc and his brother Alex – who was crowned Moto3 World Champion yesterday – took advantage of the kind gift from HRC to Alex to test ride Marc’s MotoGP machine, in recognition of his World Title success, the first one for Honda in Moto3. The two brothers completed 12 exhibition laps on Marc’s two bikes, riding in tandem around the Valencia track.

The test will continue tomorrow and Wednesday with 2014 World Champion Marc joining the rest of the field in an official capacity tomorrow.

Team Quotes

6th - 1'31.602 - laps 33

“On this first day of testing we put in only a few laps, just to try out some basic things. The test begins for real tomorrow, which is when we will try to find a good setup. Today we just verified that the bikes work well and that everything is in its right place.”

Exhibition lap only

"It was a wonderful experience riding with Alex and following him around the track! Sometimes it got a bit too much for him to take in, which is normal because it was his first laps on a MotoGP bike. I really enjoyed myself, but also had a bit of trouble going behind him because sometimes he went a little wide. Overall, he did very well. Coming from Moto3 and completing some laps on a MotoGP bike is difficult and he surprised us with how well he adapted. Alex enjoyed this experience; we’ll see if in the future we can repeat it!”

Exhibition lap only

"I am very happy to have tried the MotoGP bike. Yesterday I fulfilled a dream that I had, and today I fulfilled another. It’s not every day you can try a bike like this! I want to thank Honda and especially Shuhei Nakamoto for this opportunity that they have given me. It is a great gift after becoming Moto3 World Champion. What impressed me the most was the power that the bike has. The feeling you get when you're on the straight is incredible and braking is amazing too, plus the time between corners is greatly reduced. At first I was a little stiff on the bike, but I think I held up well. It was a lot of fun and I ended up a little tired!”

testing results

Valencia Post Race Test

Pos.	Rider	Num.	Nation	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	Jorge Lorenzo	99	ESP	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	YAMAHA	1'30.975
2	Pol Espargaro	44	ESP	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	YAMAHA	1'31.118
3	Bradley Smith	38	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	YAMAHA	1'31.204
4	Valentino Rossi	46	ITA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	YAMAHA	1'31.250
5	Andrea Iannone	29	ITA	Ducati Team	DUCATI	1'31.465
6	Dani Pedrosa	26	ESP	Repsol Honda Team	HONDA	1'31.602
7	Andrea Dovizioso	4	ITA	Ducati Team	DUCATI	1'31.644
8	Cal Crutchlow	35	GBR	CWM LCR Honda	HONDA	1'31.847
9	Michele Pirro	51	ITA	Ducati Test Team	DUCATI	1'32.054
10	Yonny Hernandez	68	COL	Energy T.I. Pramac Racing	DUCATI	1'32.146
11	Hector Barbera	8	ESP	Avintia Racing MotoGP	DUCATI	1'32.190
12	Stefan Bradl	6	GER	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	FORWARD YAMAHA	1'32.209
13	Danilo Petrucci	9	ITA	Pramac Racing	DUCATI	1'32.314
14	Aleix Espargaro	41	ESP	Team Suzuki MotoGP	SUZUKI	1'32.315
15	Scott Redding	45	GBR	Marc VDS Racing Team	HONDA	1'32.998
16	Alex De Angelis	15	RSM	Octo IodaRacing Team	APRILIA	1'33.132
17	Maverick Vinales	25	ESP	Team Suzuki MotoGP	SUZUKI	1'33.268
18	Karel Abraham	17	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing	HONDA	1'33.446
19	Mike Di Meglio	63	FRA	Avintia Racing MotoGP	DUCATI	1'33.594
20	Loris Baz	76	FRA	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	FORWARD YAMAHA	1'33.834
21	Eugene Laverty	50	IRL	Drive M7 Aspar	HONDA	1'34.320
22	Jack Miller	43	AUS	CWM LCR Honda	HONDA	1'34.633
23	Alvaro Bautista	19	ESP	Factory Aprilia Gresini	APRILIA	1'34.919
24	Alex Hoffmann	66	GER	Aprilia Test Team	APRILIA	1'35.646
25	Marco Melandri	33	ITA	Factory Aprilia Gresini	APRILIA	1'35.959
26	Marc Marquez	93	ESP	Repsol Honda Team	HONDA	1'36.181
27	Alex Marquez	12	ESP	Repsol Honda Team	HONDA	1'36.658

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Circuit Information

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Length	4.005 m / 2.489 miles
Width	12m
Left corners	9
Right corners	5
Longest straight	876 m / 0.544 miles
Constructed	1999
Modified

Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana
Autovía A3 Valencia-Madrid
Salida 334. 46380 - Cheste
(Valencia) SPAIN

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www.circuitvalencia.com

Pole position	1m 30.237s (159.7km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2013)
Race lap	1m 31.515s (157.5km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2014)
Race time	46m 10.302s (156.1 km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2013)
2013 Race Winner	Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha)
2014 Race Winner	Marc Marquez (Honda)