The Valencia test is almost over꧙.🐼 Stay tuned for full timings.
Marqu🐓ez has said "with this bike we can't win ♐the championship" after today's test!
He's on track now - and currently ninth fastest.
We finish at 16.30 UK - 17.30 local.
Enea Bastianini has suffered his first fall as a factory Ducati rider - and the first by any rider today - while testing with th🔯e new fairing.
The Italian, currently 9th fastest, was momentarily trapped under his&nbsꦬp;bike, but is now helping push the bike out of the gravel.
After a rough second-half to his rookie MotoGP season, Fabio di Giannantonio has made a promising start on the GP22 with&nbs꧅p;new crew chief Frankie Carched💖i (formerly with Joan Mir at Suzuki).
Sunday's Suzuki race winner Alex Rins is currently only 21st on the the timesheets for LCR Honda, having set almost ex꧟actly the same lap time (+1.577s) as former team-mate Joan Mir.
Marco Bezzecchi mo🌱ves into second place behind team-mate Luca Marini.
While Marini is staying on a GP22 next season, Rookie of the Year Bez🍬zecchi is being upgraded 🐓from the GP21.
Bez then does a massive ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚstoppie as he pulls into🦋 pit lane.
A pretty Miller-esque stoppie from Bezzecchi
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Our Rookie of The Year is keeping us wel﷽l entertained 💛|
The former Red Bull KTM rider makes a big jump up the timesheets on his new RNF Aprilia with 90-minutes of testing 🐓to go.
Only Luca Marini an✨d Maverick Vinales are currently quicker than Oliveira.
"I haven't missed ღa race since 1985! Not one! One day it will happen.
"It will be 💃w♛eird sitting at home watching my guys.
"Life is like a tree - trunk and branches. The trunk is your passion.💎 The brances? You have other interests in your life.
"The trunk will die one day.
"I love swimming, riding, being at home!"
"W💜e will be independent from the orange but, together, we will grow."
Repsol Honda man ꦚis one of eigh💞t riders currently on the track. He has put in a lot of work today...
"In🍌 2023 we will have four riders - Ducati and Pram🥃ac - on 2023 spec.
"Four riders - Gresini and VR46 ಌ- on spec from the end of 2022.
"Pecco will learn a lot from his mistake🥂s. Enea wants to show that he can be champion too.
"Jorge Martin wants to shoꦯw us that we have made a mistake not to bring him into the factor♑y team.
"Alex Marq💖uez wants to show that what he did with another m๊anufacturer was not his fault!
"I expect improvement from Bezzecchi, Marini, Di Giannan⛄tonio..."
"It hasn't sunk in yet. Since yesterday we are focused on improving the bike and ဣdefending the title.
"The plan today is a part of our plan in the winter test. Electroni𒈔cs, chassis...
"We have to test here, something different in 🦋Malaysia, finally we will decide about the 2023 bike.
"Aerodynamics can be improved. Our weak point is turning - other bikes turn betterও than us."
Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi are on track.
Top rider by brand:
Aprilia: Maverick Vinales (1st)
Ducati: Jorge Martin (3rd)
Honda: Marc Marquez (7th)
KTM: Brad Binder (10th)
Yamaha: Fabio Quartararo (11th)
Most riders are currently having lunch but the Marquez brothers, Binder and Fernand😼ez are on track.