The MotoGP riders are getting back in touch with the Misano track and if the sky had spared them the wet bitumen during the San Marino Grand Prix last Sunday, it was a good night's reunion on Tuesday. It will be recalled that two days of testing are organized on the shores of the Adriatic both to optimize 2021 and to prepare for 2022. There is not a single one of the protagonists who does not consider this meeting as important, in the midst of regulations imposing the technical gel…
The track of Misano really opened at 10:00 a.m. on a wet track but which was destined to dry out since there was no rain. From the start, Stefan Bradl got the ball rolling before the Aprilias of Lorenzo Savadori et Maverick Vinales are diligent while at Yamaha, Fabio Quartararo has a very different workload from that of Valentino Rossi. If the future retiree will be content with just one day of work without anything to try, the Frenchman will have a lot of pieces to evaluate.
Johann zarco will also only work one of the two scheduled days because he has a compartment syndrome operation to honor. We will recall that on Wednesday, KTM will put on its RC16 its 2022 recruits placed with Tech3 who are Remy gardner et Raul Fernandez.
Different programs in Misano
The program of the two pilots Suzuki is all about trying the 2022 engine specs again, with tweaks and electronic improvements that match well with the new powerplant. Once this is done, they will prepare the Misano-2 of the MotoGP. After a first run, Joan Mir reports that half of the turns are dry, the other half wet, and that in these conditions it makes no sense to ride since the track conditions affect the feeling more than the settings . He will test again this afternoon.
Lorenzo Savadori held the bar in 1'44 for the first two hours, before Johann Zarco, on a completely dry track, took command in 1'33.895 before the break. The conditions are good, the real tests will be able to begin this afternoon…
Chronos:
1. Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing) - 1: 33.895
2. Stefan Bradl (Team Honda HRC) + 0.385
3. Dani Pedrosa (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 1.598
4.pol I will espargaro (Repsol Honda Team) + 4.126
5. Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia Factory Racing) + 5.118
6. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) + 11.853
7. Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) + 13.560
8. Maverick Vinales (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) + 14.669
