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The second day of the inaugural MotoGP test at Indonesia's new Mandalika circuit is underway.
After a muddy start on Friday, and some controversial 'compulsory' track cleaning, lap times had tumbled to a day one best of 1m 32.466s by Pol Espargaro.
That time was beaten within the opening hour of Saturday's action by Alex Rins, with Yamaha's world champion Fabio Quartararo and KTM's Brad Binder then edging ahead of the Suzuki rider as the top five broke into the 1m 31s by 11am, where they have remained.
Best of the rest Jorge Martin, plus Joan Mir and Andrea Dovizioso are among the riders to have fallen in the morning.
Should rain stay away, some riders predict a 1m 29s will be possible by the close of testing on Sunday evening.
The three-day outing, which follows hot on the heels of a two-day Sepang test, marks the final chance for official MotoGP track time before next month's Qatar season-opener.
The Mandalika race, Indonesia's first grand prix since 1997, is then schedule for March 18-20.
Testing at Mandalika takes place from 9am to 5pm, followed by practice starts…
2022 OFFICIAL MANDALIKA MOTOGP TEST - SATURDAY (12PM)
RIDER NAT TEAM TIME
1 = Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) 1m 31.814s
2 = Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.006s
3 = Alex Rins SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.070s
4 = Enea Bastianini ITA Gresini Ducati (GP21) +0.073s
5 = Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) +0.092s
6 = Jorge Martin SPA Pramac Ducati (GP22) +0.266s
7 = Maverick Vinales SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) +0.300s
8 = Johann Zarco FRA Pramac Ducati (GP22) +0.413s
9 ^7 Pol Espargaro SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.417s
10 ?1 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) +0.486s
11 ?1 Luca Marini ITA Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) +0.503s
12 ?1 Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.561s
13 ^9 Raul Fernandez SPA KTM Tech3 (RC16)* +0.587s
14 ?2 Alex Marquez SPA LCR Honda (RC213V) +0.705s
15 ^5 Jack Miller AUS Ducati Lenovo (GP22) +0.783s
16 ?3 Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.792s
17 ?3 Franco Morbidelli ITA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.840s
18 ?1 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP22) +0.939s
19 ?4 Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +1.016s
20 ?2 Andrea Dovizioso ITA WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1) +1.188s
21 ?2 Remy Gardner AUS KTM Tech3 (RC16)* +1.296s
22 ?1 Marco Bezzecchi ITA Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)* +1.351s
23 = Fabio Di Giannantonio ITA Gresini Ducati (GP21)* +1.845s
24 = Darryn Binder RSA WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)* +1.860s
*Rookie
Key:
^X Rider is X positions higher than previous hour.
= Rider is same position as previous hour.
?X Rider is X positions lower than previous hour.
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