Very positive result in the second tests of the year for Marc Márquez in Moto2, after three intense testing days in Valencia. The Repsol rider leaves the track at the top of the classification after setting an impressive time of 1 minute, 35 seconds and 6 tenths, showing his great progression in the intermediate class.
The third test session took place again in a sunny day. Márquez took full advantage of the track from the moment it reached enough temperature -22ºC- around noon, until five in the afternoon, when the session finished. The Repsol rider kept testing his Moto2 following the program started yesterday that allowed him to learn step by step, together with his team, about the reactions and behaviour of his bike.
Márquez and his team focused on fine-tuning his bike with 5-lap runs, to try and find the most adequate set-up. After that, the current 125cc World Champion did a 7-lap run in which, after running the whole time under 1 minute 36 seconds, he was able to set an impressive 1 minute, 35 seconds and 6 tenths time, smashing the pole position time set by Toni Elias last November at the Valencia Grand Prix (1 minute, 36 seconds 144 thousandths).
To continue with his adaptation work, Márquez will test again next week in Portugal, starting on Tuesday 15th, at the Estoril Circuit.
Marc Márquez, 1’35.6 sec, 66 laps, 264 km.
“It is a very positive outcome for this three days of test. We set a time one second and a half faster than the first day and we have been constantly progressing, so we leave Valencia very satisfied. Today we tested some more things on the set-up, but we still have a lot to try, so we must keep focused and work step by step. The time we set was really good, but that was not our main objective, as the most important thing is to keep getting familiar with the team and test different configurations for the bike. We were very consistent and I hope that we are able to do the same in the next tests in Portugal. The adaptation to the class is going well, but we still have a lot to do before the first race of the season”.
