Brad Binder
Doha: The second day of the Official MotoGP Qatar Test at the Losail International Circuit saw Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s Fabio Quartararo become the first and so far only rider to dip into the 1:53s yesterday.
Ducati Lenovo Team’s Jack Miller was less than a tenth off his Yamaha rival and once again, Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) was up the sharp end on the brand-new RS-GP – a 1:54.152 saw the Spaniard place 0.212 off Quartararo.
Stefan Bradl
Day 2 brought the best conditions the riders have faced since pitlane opened at the Losail International Circuit on Friday afternoon. There was still a little bit of wind swirling across the track but nowhere near as bad as the Shakedown and Saturday’s first Official Test Day – great news for the runners. Midway through Sunday’s action, HRC test rider Stefan Bradl had beaten Aleix Espargaro’s Day 1 pace – albeit by mere thousandths – and the pace would get quicker as the day passed by.
Miguel Oliveira and Andrea Dovizioso
Aprilia’s number one soon returned to the summit, with Franco Morbidelli slotting as close as he possibly could behind the RS-GP on the timesheets – 0.001s in it heading into the final hour. Quartararo then jumped up to P1 with just over half an hour to play with the first 1:53 lap time of the test as the pace intensified under the lights, Miller snuck into P2 shortly after.
Miguel Oliveira
A couple of days rest today and tomorrow is now on the agenda for the riders, before the three remaining days get underway on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Top 10 Day 2:
1. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) – 1:53.940
2. Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) + 0.077
3. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) + 0.212
4. Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha SRT) + 0.213
5. Stefan Bradl (Honda Test Team) + 0.270
6. Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing) + 0.416
7. Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) + 0.455
8. Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) + 0.575
9. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) + 0.711
10. Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) + 0.718
