You will have to be convinced of this. This year, Alex Rins and the Suzuki will be ones to watch closely. Second to Marc Márquez yesterday, Wednesday, the Spaniard confirmed his place as runner-up this Thursday, but this time behind a Casa Particular in Viñales close to the track record of Sepang. But Joan Mir's teammate also specifies that it is not only on one lap that he can make the powder speak. Here it is also effective over the distance of a race…
The GSX-RR marked with the 42 promises to be permanent poison for the favorites in MotoGP this season. The Suzuki factory rider ÁLex Rins set the second fastest lap during the second day of IRTA testing at Sepang. He returned 0,527 seconds to a Casa Particular in Viñales in a state of grace. His time of 1'58.97 minutes can put a smile on his face.
« It was a good productive day, like yesterday, I'm quite happy " welcomes Kidneys. “ We tried a lot of things, like a new fairing, and we also worked on the electronics. And it was great, my race pace was incredible. On tires that had more than 20 laps, I could still drive 2'00, it's incredible ».
He adds : " we definitely improved the bike, even if it wasn't by a second. But we gained a few tenths, and that's important too. Thanks to the new fairing, we have more traction, which improves our speed. And we also have a little more power with the engine. This helps to improve our performance on the straights. Our aerodynamics ensure the front wheel stays on the track ».
However, there is still much to do for Suzuki engineers. The 23-year-old pilot specifies in fact speedweek : " tomorrow we will do comparative tests with the new chassis, which constitutes a further development of the previous one. This is not radical innovation ».
MotoGP, Sepang J2 Test: 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 |
