MotoGP 2019 Valencia Test J.2: Viñales, Dovizioso and Márquez confirm

The second and final day of testing in Valencia ended late in the afternoon and, like yesterday, it was Maverick Viñales who finished in the lead with his Yamaha whose changes for 2019 seem to be bearing fruit for the moment . He is thus ahead of Honda and Ducati by a tenth.

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If there is one who will have a smile at the end of these two days of testing on the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia, it is Maverick Vinales. He once again finished in the lead of the day, like yesterday, and improved his time by almost seven tenths. The changes made to the Yamaha for the 2019 version seem to be working and the next tests will confirm this impression or not.

The Spanish driver is ahead of the two other strong men in this test, namely the Vice-Champion and the 2018 World Champion, Andrea Dovizioso et Marc Márquez. The Italian also led the test an hour before the end before Viñales came to take first place from him by a tenth. The three men finished at the forefront of each of the two test days and are therefore the leaders of this preview of 2019.

Just behind them, we find Jack Miller for Pramac, Danilo Petrucci for Ducati and Franco Morbidelli for Petronas Yamaha in fourth, fifth and sixth places. The two Italians seem to be adapting very well to their new machine. Next come the two men who rode the most of the day, Alex Rins et Takaaki Nakagami, which count 69 and 70 laps respectively. Valentino Rossi et Aleix Espargaro complete the top 10.

Francis Bagnaia finished eleventh and best rookie, only six tenths off the best time, just ahead Jorge Lorenzo and his Honda.

fabio quartararo is sixteenth, Johann zarco twentieth.

After John Zarco (2 times) and Andrea Iannone (twice) earlier in the day, Hafiz Syahrin et Jonas Folger also made mistakes.

See you next week in Jerez to continue following the 2019 MotoGP pre-season.

Results of the second day of testing:

1 VIÑALES, Maverick Yamaha Factory Racing 1:30.757 50 / 57
2 DOVIZIOSO, Andrea Ducati Team 1:30.890 0.133 0.133 39 / 57
3 MARQUEZ, Marc Repsol Honda Team 1:30.911 0.154 0.021 39 / 53
4 MILLER, Jack Alma Pramac Racing 1:30.939 0.182 0.028 63 / 66
5 PETRUCCI, Danilo Ducati Team 1:30.959 0.202 0.020 57 / 60
6 MORBIDELLI, Franco Petronas Yamaha SRT 1:30.974 0.217 0.015 44 / 58
7 RINS, Alex Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1:31.254 0.497 0.280 65 / 69
8 NAKAGAMI, Takaaki LCR Honda IDEMITSU 1:31.304 0.547 0.050 68 / 70
9 ROSSI, Valentino Yamaha Factory Racing 1:31.371 0.614 0.067 38 / 63
10 ESPARGARO, Aleix Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1:31.400 0.643 0.029 37 / 55
11 BAGNAIA, Francesco Alma Pramac Racing 1:31.405 0.648 0.005 44 / 49
12 LORENZO, Jorge Repsol Honda Team 1:31.584 0.827 0.179 40 / 46
13 ESPARGARO, Pol Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 1:31.628 0.871 0.044 45 / 47
14 MIR, Joan Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1:31.714 0.957 0.086 42 / 56
15 RABAT, Tito Reale Avintia Racing 1:31.940 1.183 0.226 49 / 59
16 QUARTARARO, Fabio Petronas Yamaha SRT 1:32.091 1.334 0.151 61 / 63
17 IANNONE, Andrea Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1:32.124 1.367 0.033 31 / 32
18 FOLGER, Jonas Yamaha Test Team 1:32.265 1.508 0.141 29 / 47
19 PIRRO, Michele Ducati Team 1:32.376 1.619 0.111 10 / 14
20 ZARCO, Johann Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 1:32.509 1.752 0.133 38 / 50
21 ABRAHAM, Karel Reale Avintia Racing 1:32.906 2.149 0.397 35 / 52
22 SYAHRIN, Hafizh KTM Tech 3 Racing 1:33.008 2.251 0.102 31 / 43
23 SMITH, Bradley Aprilia Racing Test Team 1:33.028 2.271 0.020 49 / 58
24 OLIVEIRA, Miguel KTM Tech 3 Racing 1:33.798 3.041 0.770 45 / 46
NC BRADL, Stefan LCR Honda