MotoGP News: Martin tops Pre-season Test Day 1 at Sepang

Pramac Ducati ace Jorge Martin led the way on the opening day of MotoGP’s official pre-season test at the Sepang International Circuit.

Martin set a time of 1m57.951s on the GP24 Ducati to head Tech3 rookie Pedro Acosta by 0.269s following eight hours of running on a hot and sunny day in Malaysia.

Fabio Quartararo jumped to third with just two hours remaining in the session with a time that was just 0.008s slower than Acosta.

Six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez, his second MotoGP test as a Ducati rider, was ninth at 1m58.621s, 0.670s down on pacesetter Martin.

Sepang Test Day 1

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	Martin Jorge	89	SPA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	1’57.951
2	Acosta Pedro	31	SPA	Red Bull GASGAS Tech 3	KTM	0.269
3	Quartararo Fabio	20	FRA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	0.277
4	Di Giannantonio Fabio	49	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	0.374
5	Bastianini Enea	23	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	0.406
6	Vinales Maverick	12	SPA	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	0.519
7	Marquez Alex	73	SPA	Team Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	0.591
8	Bezzecchi Marco	72	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	0.654
9	Marquez Marc	93	SPA	Team Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	0.670
10	Zarco Johann	5	FRA	LCR Honda	Honda	0.719
11	Rins Alex	42	SPA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	0.765
12	Binder Brad	33	RSA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	0.773
13	Espargaro Aleix	41	SPA	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	0.787
14	Mir Joan	36	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	0.790
15	Oliveira Miguel		POR			0.799
16	Bagnaia Francesco	1	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	0.862
17	Marini Luca	10	ITA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1.018
18	Miller Jack	43	AUS	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1.097
19	Crutchlow Cal	35	GBR	Yamaha Test Team	Yamaha	1.186
20	Nakagami Takaaki	30	JPN	LCR Honda	Honda	1.261
21	Fernandez Augusto	37	SPA	Red Bull GASGAS Tech 3	KTM	1.592
22	Fernandez Raul	25	SPA	RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	2.169
23	Pirro Michele	51	ITA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	2.451