2020 Sepang MotoGP test - as it happened
Following a Shakedown for test riders, co🌌ncession manufacturers (KTM and Aprilia) and rookies, the full 2020 MotoGP grid is taking to the track for the first time this year, at Sepang in Malaysia.

Following a Shakedown for test riders, concession manufact꧒urers (KTM and Aprilia) and rookies, the full 2020 MotoGP grid is taking to the track for the first time this year, at Sepang in ꦆMalaysia.
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The three-day test (which runs from Friday to Sunday) will see Johann Zarco's debut outing for Ducati as well as the first MotoGP laps since shoulder surgery for reigning world champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda)🅺 and Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda).
Tech 3's Miguel Oliveira, the other rider to undergo a recent shoulder operation, was present fo☂r the Shakedown test🍌, where KTM riders were quickest over all three days courtesy of Dani Pedrosa and Pol Espargaro.
Espargaro set the best lap with 𒁃a 1m 59.444s, but last year's Sepang test saw a new unofficial lap record of 1m 58.239s by D🌠ucati's Danilo Petrucci.
Will the new Michelin rear tyre combined with the latest bike developments produce the first-ev🍰er 🌞1m 57s lap?
Triple MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo, who began his new role as a Yamaha test rider at the Shakedown, is also expected to ride at somꦰe stage during the Official Test.
The track action takes place from 10am to 6pm each day, after which j🌄ust one further pre-season test will be held, in Qatar, venue ofꦛ the season-opening night race on March 8.
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2020 MotoGP Calendar | |||
Round | Date | Race | Circuit |
1 | 8 March | Qatar* | Losail International Circuit |
2 | 22 March | Thailand | Chang International Circuit |
3 | 5 April | Americas | Circuit of the Americas |
4 | 19 April | Argentina | Termas de Rio Hondo |
5 | 3 May | Jerez | Circuito de Jerez - Angel Nieto |
6 | 17 May | France | Le Mans |
7 | 31 May | Italy | Mugello |
8 | 7 June | Catalunya | Circuit de Barcelona - Catalunya |
9 | 21 June | Germany | Sachsenring |
10 | 28 June | Netherlands | TT Circuit Assen |
11 | 12 July | Finland** | KymiRing |
12 | 9 August | Czech Republic | Brno |
13 | 16 August | Austria | Red Bull Ring - Spielberg |
14 | 30 August | Great Britain | Silverstone |
15 | 13 September | San Marino | Misano |
16 | 4 October | Aragon | MotorLand Aragon |
17 | 18 October | Japan | Motegi |
18 | 25 October | Australia | Phillip Island |
19 | 1 November | Malaysia | Sepang |
20 | 15 November | Valencia | Comunitat Valenciana - Ricardo Tormo |

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