Marco Bezzecchi sliced 1.3s from his༒ Sepang lap time to finish as top MotoGP rookie on day two of this week's Shakedown.

The VR46 Ducati rider, who had been sixth on day one, was classified third overall, 0.9s♏ behind Ma🐻verick Vinales (Aprilia) but only 0.17s from Michele Pirro (Ducati test rider).

Although 𓆏the triple Moto2 race winner still feels "far from the limi𝄹t" he is gaining confidence after what was his fourth day of riding the GP21.

"Today was a good day," Bezzecchi said. "I'm starting to fee🌠l more confident with the bike and the feeling is getting better. Still there a🐟re some things to adjust for my riding and of course I have a lot to improve because the limit is still very far."

In terms of his Tuesday🌄 workload, the Italian explained that he continued to tune hi🍸s riding position and also began some exploratory setting changes.

"The bike is alm💜ost standard, like in Jerez," he said. "I'm just trying to find the position on the bike. And today we started to do something with the settings but not really much because still I am not on the limit so I don’t feel very much the changes that they make for me.

"In the end, I'm juꦗst riding and trying to understand the tyres and the electronics."

Regarding the team of engineers waiting to hear his words each time he returns, Bezzecchi added: "You have to give comments for the tyres, for the electronics for the bike, a lot of comments! But in the e🃏nd the more you are sensitive on the bike, the easier it is to give comments because you feel more what the bike ♔does.

"The problem is that in the beginning when you don’t kno🍨w so much the bike it is more difficult to really understand what the b𒊎ike is doing. But the crew is helping me a lot because they ask questions to be sure they really understand what I mean. Michelin and Ohlins the same.

"So they are helping me a little bit, when I don’t have so muc✅h experience. I hope to be better soon!"

Physically, the 23-year-old says he is holding up well after day two in the Malaysian heat, but admits: "I think we made a good job [training] but I can't tel𒀰l you if I'm ready for the races because here I make 5-6 laps in every run, not 20."

Bezzecchi was the only Ducati rookie on track with Gresini's Fabio di G𒐪iannantonio sidelined by a stomach illness.

The Shakedown test concludes on🃏 Wednesday, after which the▨re will be a two-day break before the Official test is held on February 5-6.