With 1min39s447, the Frenchman was the fastest on Monday (6) of the MotoGP practice tests in Barcelona. Only four thousandths slower, the Ducati Italian was second on a day when the factories tried out new features for the 2022 season sequence
The MotoGP riders have had no rest. Not even 24 hours after the race at the Montmeló track, the premier class squad went back to work on Monday (6) for a day of group testing in Barcelona. And, as it happened in the Catalunya GP, Fabio Quartararo got the best of it.
Driven by his second win of the year, the Frenchman from Nice went through the scales, as he has been doing in recent races, and completed a total of 67 laps, the best of them in 1min39s447, only 0s004 better than Francesco Bagnaia, who returned to the track after Sunday's frustration when he was taken out of the race at the first corner by a stubborn Takaaki Nakagami.
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Johann Zarco was just 0s053s slower than his fellow countryman and secured third place, ahead of Aleix Espargaró, who put in 81 laps on the Aprilia RS-GP throughout the day. Pol Espargaró was close behind his brother in fifth, only 0.010s130 slower.
Jack Miller's best of 68 laps was 1min39s742, and he took sixth place ahead of Maverick Viñales. Franco Morbidelli was eighth, 0s348 behind his Yamaha teammate, and worked with a carbon swingarm. Enea Bastianini and Fabio Di Giannantonio rounded out the top-10.
Brad Binder was the best KTM and took 11th, followed by Joan Mir, the only Suzuki on track as Álex Rins fractured his left wrist and was unable to get on track. Luca Marini was 13th, ahead of Miguel Oliveira, Remy Gardner, and Álex Márquez.
Honda test rider and Marc Márquez's replacement Stefan Bradl was 17th, followed by Ducati test rider Michele Pirro. More veteran among the Yamaha riders, Andrea Dovizioso dedicated the day to working on an aluminum swingarm and appears in the sequence, escorted by Darryn Binder, Marco Bezzecchi and Raúl Fernández complete the list of 22 participants.
Nakagami also did not practice because of Sunday's accident. The Japanese rider spent the night under observation in hospital, but is doing well. Jorge Martin didn't go to the track either, as he was admitted for surgery to treat a hand injury.
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MotoGP returns to the track on June 19 for the German GP at Sachsenring, round 10 of the 2022 season.GRANDE PRÊMIO is following all the activities of the 2022 MotoGP World Championship.