The Repsol Honda Team have finished their Valencia testing programme with Marc Marquez finishing 1st and Dani Pedrosa 3rd.

Marc and Dani continued the comparison between the current 2015 RC213V bike and the 2016 prototype machine with new engine. Both bikes had the new Magneti Marelli software fitted which is where majority of the workload is focused around. As per 2016 regulations, they were also running the new Michelin tyres. Marc completed a total of 42 laps today and took his fastest time of 1’31.060 on lap 29, placing him on the top of the time sheets. Dani finished 3rd with his time of 1’31.180 on lap 30 of an impressive 60 laps.

The engineers will take all the data gathered back to Japan for analysis ahead of the Jerez test taking place from the 25-27 November. This will be the final chance to make any checks on track before the testing ban comes into effect on 1 December through to 31st January.

Marc Marquez  - 1st - 1'31.060 

"The times and the standings at this test are not important, because we have seen that there is plenty of room for improvement. I think we all have a lot of work ahead of us with the new electronics, because it is very different to what we had before. Today we spent the whole day analysing the new Magneti Marelli software. The area we must improve the most is exiting corners, rather than engine braking and the anti-wheelie which I didn’t feel was much different - although we are still using a very basic setup. We are trying out many things and the problem is that it is a very slow process to find a good base. After each five-lap stint, you spend a lot of time in the garage waiting to go back out. We also tried the new engine, although there are still many things to setup and we have to first focus on the electronics before studying that properly."




Dani Pedrosa  - 3rd - 1'31.180 

"This test went well and we’ve been really lucky with the weather! Overall, we’ve had two days that have been useful for gaining confidence with the new tyres and getting a first impression with working with the new electronics. Since we introduced these electronics, we have realised that there are some serious problems and we have tried to understand them. Last night the entire team worked very late to have a better setup for today. We also tested the new engine, but right now - with the electronics as they are - it is very difficult to evaluate it properly. We need more time in order to go to the next test with a good foundation, one that allows us to obtain better information about the new engine."

1 MARQUEZ Marc 93 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'31.060
2 VINALES Maverick 25 SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 1'31.163
3 PEDROSA Dani 26 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'31.180
4 ESPARGARO Aleix 41 SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 1'31.212
5 LORENZO Jorge 99 SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1'31.282
6 CRUTCHLOW Cal 35 GBR LCR Honda Honda 1'31.494
7 ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1'31.498
8 ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'31.619
9 IANNONE Andrea 29 ITA Ducati Team Ducati 1'31.619
10 SMITH Bradley 38 GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1'31.694
11 PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 1'31.717
12 BAZ Loris 76 FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 1'31.796
13 REDDING Scott 45 GBR Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 1'31.901
14 BARBERA Hector 8 SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 1'31.937
15 DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA Ducati Team Ducati 1'31.967
16 MILLER Jack 43 AUS Marc VDS Racing Team Honda 1'32.100
17 LAVERTY Eugene 50 IRE Aspar MotoGP Team Ducati 1'32.377
18 RABAT Tito 53 SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 1'32.402
19 BRADL Stefan 6 GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 1'32.492
20 HERNANDEZ Yonny 68 COL Aspar MotoGP Team Ducati 1'32.510
21 BAUTISTA Alvaro 19 SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 1'32.847
22 PIRRO Michele 51 ITA Ducati Team Ducati 1'33.568
23 TSUDA Takuya 22 JPN Suzuki Test Team Suzuki 1'33.797
24 DI MEGLIO Mike 63 FRA Avintia Racing Avintia 1'34.372
25 AOKI Nobuatsu 12 JPN Suzuki Test Team Suzuki 1'37.031