Since yesterday, the MotoGP tests at Sepang reported “seepage” of water rising through the bitumen, which could undoubtedly be translated as a phenomenon of capillarity in several places. As a result, even when the track has dried everywhere else, several areas remain wet.
This morning, Colin Edwards, Yamaha test rider released a photo accompanied by this comment: "um, it doesn't look good at the moment." »
We don't know about you, but we are afraid to see employees wiping the Malaysian track with rolls of paper towels, what the Texan pilot humorously calls "Asphalt weepers" which could be translated as " asphalt wipes.”
The problem therefore seems serious and will have to be corrected, especially since it hasn't rained for 2 days on the Malaysian circuit.
However, this did not prevent the drivers present from completing a lot of test mileage, ending their first day almost after dark, and rolling on eggshells in certain turns, as evidenced by the video posted by Cal Crutchlow on Instagram.
