The VR46 Mooney Racing rider was fastest on the first day of the presea🧸son test in Sepang, as MotoGP bikes hit the track for the first time in 2023.

This season Bezzecchi will profit from the same specification of bike that Francesco Bagnaia used to win t😼ꦓhe championship last year, but he insists that machinery is not the decisive factor.

• Official Sepang MotoGP 𓄧Test results - Day 1 (FINAL)

“I hope to start well,” he said. “I don’t care if the rider in front ha🐽s the ‘22, the ‘24 or the ‘26!&🃏nbsp;

“I will try to go as fast as I can. It will be harder, not ♌because of the bikes, but because every rider is very fast.”

Bezzecchi said about being the fastest rider on Friday: “It is nice for your personal sensation, but it is a ✃♌test so it doesn’t mean so much! It is nice to see your name on top.

“It is just the firs🌼t day so we need to stay calm, stay focused. It is a long season.

“It is always nice to jump on the bike and feel the incredible speed. You never get used to this🅠 sensation, especially on the first 🔴day of the year.

“At the beginning I had a small crash, I made a small mistake, something I could have avoided but no🙈thing crazy.

“We worked 𒁏with t🦂he medium tyre, not the race tyre. We struggled. When I put the soft tyre on, it was much better.”

Bezzecchi spoke abouജt hi🌳s 2023 bike: “The difference is not so big. In some points you can really use the potential of the bike very well. Some things work a little bit better.

“It is st😼range to say these thin⛎gs after just 50 laps!

“My plan is to get used to the strong points of the bike which, still, I am not rea♐lly able to uꦗse.

“I will try things, because we are here to test, so it would be strangeꦿ to test nothing!

“It was a good start but th𒅌e target is to try to understand🙈 the different bikes.”