This third day of the Sepang “shakedown” is also the last session before giving way, from the 7th of February, to the regular drivers for the IRTA tests. For this final, Bradley Smith and Dani Pedrosa gave way to Aleix Espargaró and Mika Kallio while Álex Márquez flew to Jakarta for the official Repsol Honda presentation. Meanwhile, Jorge Lorenzo finds his feet on the Yamaha…
The one who dominated the first two days in Malaysia has therefore left his place but if Dani Pedrosa is not there, Pol Espargaro is able to take over for a factory KTM definitely in spirit. And it's better because barely put his brother in his legs Aleix makes the powder speak with the news Aprilia RS-GP. The two brothers are 1'59, just like Miguel Oliveira, the Tech3 driver at the RC16. Brad Binder leads the rest of the peloton while remaining within 2'00.
Et Jorge Lorenzo ? He takes it slowly in a series of four laps and is content for the moment with a 2'01.667 which places him, after 20 completed laps, in front Lorenzo Savadori who, himself, will have struggled for three days…
MotoGP Shakedown Sepang J3: mid-day times
