The work continued this Wednesday in Malaysia with the second day of the official Sepang test MotoGP™, which saw the field progress significantly in the time attack, to the point of twice undermining Pecco Bagnaia's 1'57.491, the old all-time lap record at the Sepang international circuit. It's first George Martin, vice-world champion in 2023, who crushed him with a 1'57.273 after only a few laps this morning, then later, Enea Bastianini took over with an impressive 1'57.134, topping the timesheets for day two.
Meanwhile, Peter Acosta had an intense day on the 52° track, with a little over fifty laps grouped together during 9 runs.
Second Tuesday, which was already impressive for the young rookie, things got even better for the new MotoGP #31 after he improved his fastest lap to 1'57.726 after just fourteen laps this morning, or 0,494 second better than yesterday. If the Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 rider had been a MotoGP rider last November, this time would have placed him in fifth position on the starting grid for the 2023 Malaysian Grand Prix. A small crash at turn 9 ended the session morning as the team headed to its lunch break, and the action resumed at 16 p.m.
Overall, the race pace has improved for the Spaniard who feels more and more comfortable on an RC16 which we notice is very powerful, with the 3rd best top speed attributed to the Iberian shark , the second going to his distinguished teammates Brad Binder et Jack Miller.
Peter Acosta is also very satisfied with the electronics after another day of experience on the KTM/GASGAS. He will have an extra day on Thursday to finalize his six-day test program at Sepang.
Peter Acosta : “Like yesterday, the lap time wasn't our main goal, but it's obviously very good to finish the day half a second ahead of the first day. We have improved our rhythm, I am also getting used to the electronics, I understand a little better everything that is happening in general and my feedback when I arrive at the box is more and more complete as the days go by . It's a good feeling in general. The other drivers are very experienced and are much faster, but you have to remember that this is the third time I have come to Malaysia. Considering this, my pace is very good and I would say we are on the right track! »
Results of the second day of testing at Sepang:
Classification credit: MotoGP.com
