MotoGP Test Sepang J2: Fabio Quartararo does the job!

That's it ! For the first time since riding a MotoGP, Rookie Fabio Quartararo outperformed his more experienced teammate.

Oh certainly, almost nothing, barely a few hundredths of a second, and taking advantage of a fresher track during the first minutes of the morning while Franco Morbidelli had to roll up his sleeves to beat his time at the very end of the afternoon, but the result is there: confidence is visibly growing at El Diablo!

18th, 1,364 seconds behind the best time yesterday, the Petronas rider concluded this second day of the MotoGP test in Sepang in 14th position, 1,211 seconds behind the leader, after improving his best time by 8 tenths.

The Frenchman does not let himself be distracted and knows perfectly well what he still needs to do to progress: “I definitely feel much better than yesterday. We improved our time by almost a second compared to yesterday, so the second day at the Sepang International Circuit was very positive. This morning, we achieved good times with the new tires, and we took advantage of the track conditions to attack the time, which really satisfied me. I feel pretty good on the bike. We used new tires at the start of the day, and another at the end. It was better than the first and we were able to set regular times with a really good pace. So yes, I feel better. This afternoon we tried to improve but it was not possible. We worked a lot on the setup of the bike, especially when braking, where we managed to improve the sensations. This evening we will analyze the data and come back tomorrow to try to improve the time and make more progress in braking, which is the area where we have the most to improve.”

MotoGP, Sepang J2 Tests: times

1	12	Maverick Vinales	Yamaha M1	1:58.897
2	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki GSX-RR	1:59.424	0.527	0.527
3	43	Jack Miller	Ducati GP19	1:59.517	0.620	0.093
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati GP19	1:59.562	0.665	0.045
5	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda RC213V	1:59.566	0.669	0.004
6	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha M1	1:59.625	0.728	0.059
7	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati GP18	1:59.664	0.767	0.039
8	93	Marc Márquez	Honda RC213V	1:59.790	0.893	0.126
9	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati GP19	1:59.845	0.948	0.055
10	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda RC213V	1:59.966	1.069	0.121
11	5	Johann zarco	KTM RC16	1:59.973	1.076	0.007
12	63	Francis Bagnaia	Ducati GP18	1:59.995	1.098	0.022
13	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia RS-GP	2:00.101	1.204	0.106
14	20	fabio quartararo	Yamaha M1	2:00.108	1.211	0.007
15	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha M1	2:00.151	1.254	0.043
16	6	Stefan bradl	Honda RC213V	2:00.230	1.333	0.079
17	44	Pol Espargaro	KTM RC16	2:00.305	1.408	0.075
18	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia RS-GP	2:00.510	1.613	0.205
19	66	Mika Kallio	KTM RC16	2:00.523	1.626	0.013
20	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM RC16	2:00.672	1.775	0.149
21	36	Joan mir	Suzuki GSX-RR	2:00.876	1.979	0.204
22	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati GP18	2:01.245	2.348	0.369
23	T1	Nakasuga/Nozane	Yamaha M1	2:01.406	2.509	0.161
24	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Suzuki GSX-RR	2:01.654	2.757	0.248
25	55	Hafiz Syahrin	KTM RC16	2:01.859	2.962	0.205
26	T2	Nakasuga/Nozane	Yamaha M1	2:02.989	4.092	1.130
27	85	Takuya Tsuda	Suzuki GSX-RR	2:03.276	4.379	0.287