2021 Qatar MotoGP Test II, Losail - Wednesday lap times (6pm)
The second and final 2021 Official MotoGP pre-season test is underway at Losail i💦n Qatar.
After the March 5 Shakedown (led by Stefan Bradl) and then opening Official Test from March 6-7 (which saw new Monster Yamaha signing Fabio Quartararo fastest), riders a♛nd teams have had just two days to analyse their data before the final three-day test.
The MotoGP regulars are again joined by Factory test riders Bradl (Honda) - also substituting for th🦩e injured Marc Marquez - new Yamaha signing Cal ♍Crutchlow, Dani Pedrosa (KTM), Sylvain Guintoli (Suzuki) and Michele Pirro (Ducati).
Crutchlow has been sharing M1s with Yamaha's Japanese test riders Katsuyuki Nakasuga and Kohta Nozane. The three bikes, which appear to include 2019 (A-Spec) plus 2020 and 2021 Factory-spec machines, are labelled '#T1', '#T2' and '#T3'. Official timing only lists the bike, not the rider, although one of Crutchlow's (Factory-spec) bikes is in a special 60th anniversary Yamaha livery for the fina🐽l tꦆest.
Testing takes place from 2pm to 9p🌺m each day, fol🃏lowed by ten minutes reserved for practice starts.
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| 2021 Qatar MotoGP Test II - Wednesday (6pm) | ||||||
| Rider | Nat | Team | Time | Lap | ||
| 1 | ^5 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 1m 54.272s | 23/30 |
| 2 | = | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.255s | 24/24 |
| 3 | ˅2 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.316s | 16/24 |
| 4 | ^11 | Joan Mir | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +0.391s | 28/29 |
| 5 | ˅2 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.618s | 24/39 |
| 6 | ˅2 | Stefan Bradl | GER | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.702s | 4/15 |
| 7 | ^9 | Yamaha Test2 | N/A | Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) | +0.726s | 28/29 |
| 8 | ^1 | Jack Miller | AUS | Ducati Team (GP21) | +0.762s | 15/25 |
| 9 | ˅4 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | +0.777s | 6/11 |
| 10 | ^3 | Valentino Rossi | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.790s | 23/30 |
| 11 | ˅4 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Pramac Ducati (GP21) | +0.907s | 25/27 |
| 12 | ^6 | Alex Marquez | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +0.940s | 25/26 |
| 13 | ^1 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.007s | 24/26 |
| 14 | ^9 | Luca Marini | ITA | Sky VR46 Avintia (GP19)* | +1.056s | 21/22 |
| 15 | ˅7 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Team (GP21) | +1.064s | 3/25 |
| 16 | ^4 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Avintia Esponsorama (GP19)* | +1.078s | 22/27 |
| 17 | ˅7 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.100s | 4/16 |
| 18 | ˅7 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP21)* | +1.172s | 5/20 |
| 19 | ˅7 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.257s | 9/22 |
| 20 | ^4 | Dani Pedrosa | SPA | KTM Test Rider (RC16) | +1.368s | 28/34 |
| 21 | ˅4 | Alex Rins | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +1.519s | 9/20 |
| 22 | ˅3 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +1.733s | 15/28 |
| 23 | ˅2 | Iker Lecuona | SPA | KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +2.052s | 15/21 |
| 24 | ˅2 | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)* | +2.130s | 18/27 |
| 25 | = | Sylvain Guintoli | FRA | Suzuki Test Rider (GSX-RR) | +2.206s | 20/22 |
| 26 | = | Michele Pirro | ITA | Ducati Test Rider (GP21) | +2.983s | 25/29 |
| 27 | ^1 | Yamaha Test1 | N/A | Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) | +3.376s | 31/35 |
| 28 | ˅1 | Takuya Tsuda | JPN | Suzuki Test Rider (GSX-RR) | +3.523s | 25/27 |
* Rookie
Key:
^X Rider is X positions higher than previous hour.
= Rider is same position as previous hour.
˅X Rider is X positions lower than previous hour.
Fastest Qatar Test 1 Time:
Fabio Quartararo FRA Yamaha 1m 53.940s
Official Qatar MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Marc Marquez SPA Honda 1m 53.380s (2019)
Fastest race lap:
Jorge Lorenzo SPA Yamaha 1m 54.927s (2016)
Peter has been in ♑the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go.ඣ He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
