Márquez, Lorenzo P4, s? Crash / MotoGP SPEEDWEEK

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of Nora Lantschner – 28.11.2018 15:12

At the MotoGP trials in Jerez, Honda and Ducati started in force. At 3 pm, Marc Márquez was at the top. Roookie Joan Mir (Suzuki) is crushed. KTM with pole Espargaró only on the square 15.

In Jerez, MotoGP teams have the last chance to test before the winter holidays on Wednesday and Thursday. At first, the first riders took almost two hours to venture on the track and they stayed busy at lunchtime. Shortly after 1 pm, the session had to be interrupted because Joan Mir crashed on his Suzuki. The MotoGP rookie underwent control at the medical center and was able to give the go-ahead altogether, leaving him uninjured.

Jorge Lorenzo took the lead at 2 pm on his black Honda, finishing in 1:38 with a time of 1:39 min. Ducati factory rider Andrea Dovizioso reduced the time needed to climb to the top in 1: 38.519, before world champion Marc Márquez only took 0.002 seconds faster.

Márquez was still ahead of Dovizioso at 15h but Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda) was able to climb back to third place, ahead of Lorenzo. The fifth fastest time was achieved by Álvaro Bautista, who had already said goodbye to the MotoGP category and is part of the Ducati Superbike team in 2019. Because the test driver Michele Pirro has not yet recovered of an operation, Bautista jumped for the test at Jerez on the Ducati.

The first five places are therefore exclusively Ducati and Honda riders. Yamaha factory driver Maverick Viñales follows in sixth place ahead of Aprilia's Andrea Iannone, who has at least 20 laps in every laps. The busiest driver is currently Álex Rins with 46 laps. Until 17:30, the MotoGP aces still have time to improve.

In Aprilia, Matteo Baiocco, the test pilot far too slow, was called because Aleix Espargaró had to cancel his candidacy because of a gastritis. In addition to new rookie Andrea Iannone, new test rider Bradley Smith is back at RS-GP 18.

Jerez test, November 28 at 15:00

1. Márquez, Honda, 1: 38,517
2. Dovizioso, Ducati, + 0.002 sec
3. Nakagami, Honda, + 0.150 sec
4. Lorenzo, Honda, +0.232 sec
5. Bautista, Ducati, + 0.313 sec
6. Viñales, Yamaha, + 0.482 sec
7. Iannone, Aprilia, + 0.491 sec
8. Morbidelli, + 0.60 sec
9. Petrucci, Ducati, + 0.610 sec
10. Rins, Suzuki, + 0.633 sec
11. Rossi, Yamaha, + 1,047 sec
12. Miller, Ducati, + 1.058 sec
13. Bagnaia, Ducati, + 1.099 sec
14. Rabat, Ducati, + 1.232 sec
15. Pol Espargaró, KTM, + 1,260 seconds
16th Quartararo, Yamaha, + 1,441 sec
17. Me, Suzuki, + 1.886 sec
18. Abraham, Ducati, + 1.921 sec
19. Smith, Aprilia, + 2.025 seconds
20. Zarco, KTM, + 2.348 sec
21. Syahrin, KTM, + 2,551 sec
22. Guintoli, Suzuki, + 2,567 sec
23. Oliveira, KTM, + 3.392 sec
24. Baiocco, Aprilia, + 5.688 sec