Quartararo quickest, Marquez completes 100 laps at Misano MotoGP test

Championship leader Fabio Quartararo has set the pace after two days of MotoGP testing at Misano, while Marc Marquez made a solid comeback to the category.

Monster Energy Yamaha’s Quartararo was quickest in both the morning and afternoon sessions on Day 2 at the San Marino Grand Prix venue, with a 1:31.116s before lunchtime and a 1:31.054s afterwards.

The Iwata manufacturer had brought a 2023 engine and a new chassis, among other items, to the test, and the top speed charts suggested that it has indeed found gains.

The Ducati Lenovo Team’s Francesco Bagnaia was fastest on the opening day and improved to a 1:31.172s on the second morning to finish the test second overall, ahead of Aprilia Racing’s Maverick Viñales.

Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) was the quickest Honda rider in 13th overall with a best time of 1:31.642s, set on the morning of Day 2.

More importantly, the six-time premier class champion completed a total of 100 laps across three sessions in his first MotoGP riding since surgery on his right arm in June, and tested an array of development items.

Among them was a swingarm made by Kalex, rather than inhouse at Honda Racing Corporation, which test rider Stefan Bradl also ran with at times.

Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing), who was fifth on combined times at the end of Day 2, suffered a broken little finger on his left hand when he crashed at Turn 13 and was unable to ride that afternoon, but is expected to be fit for the next round at Aragon.

Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) was also among those who hit the deck, once on each day, at Turn 6 and then at Turn 4, where he also crashed while leading days earlier in the grand prix itself.

Round 15 takes place at Aragon on September 16-18.

San Marino Official Test Combined times

Pos	Num	Rider	Nat	Team	Bike	Time	Session
1	20	F.QUARTARARO	FRA	Monster Energy Yamaha	Yamaha	1:31.054	FP4
2	63	F.BAGNAIA	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	1:31.172	FP3
3	12	M.VIÑALES	ESP	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	1:31.189	FP3
4	23	E.BASTIANINI	ITA	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	1:31.260	FP3
5	41	A.ESPARGARO	ESP	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	1:31.333	FP3
6	89	J.MARTIN	ESP	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	1:31.439	FP3
7	10	L.MARINI	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	1:31.473	FP2
8	88	M.OLIVEIRA	POR	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1:31.585	FP3
9	72	M.BEZZECCHI	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	1:31.591	FP2
10	49	F.DI GIANNANTONIO	ITA	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	1:31.605	FP3
11	5	J.ZARCO	FRA	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	1:31.606	FP2
12	21	F.MORBIDELLI	ITA	Monster Energy Yamaha	Yamaha	1:31.614	FP3
13	93	M.MARQUEZ	ESP	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1:31.642	FP3
14	44	P.ESPARGARO	ESP	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1:31.707	FP1
15	30	T.NAKAGAMI	JPN	LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	1:31.786	FP4
16	33	B.BINDER	RSA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1:31.803	FP4
17	73	A.MARQUEZ	ESP	LCR Honda CASTROL	Honda	1:31.864	FP4
18	43	J.MILLER	AUS	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	1:31.927	FP3
19	42	A.RINS	ESP	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	1:31.936	FP1
20	51	M.PIRRO	ITA	Aruba.it Racing	Ducati	1:32.070	FP3
21	26	D.PEDROSA	ESP	KTM Test Team	KTM	1:32.308	FP3
22	25	R.FERNANDEZ	ESP	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1:32.346	FP3
23	87	R.GARDNER	AUS	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1:32.433	FP3
24	6	S.BRADL	GER	Honda Test Team	Honda	1:32.634	FP1
25	40	D.BINDER	RSA	WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP	Yamaha	1:32.820	FP1
26	32	L.SAVADORI	ITA	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	1:33.379	FP1
27	77	D.AEGERTER	SUI	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	1:33.907	FP1
28	04	A.DOVIZIOSO	ITA	WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP	Yamaha	1:34.897	FP1

FP1 Day 1 morning, FP2 Day 1 afternoon, FP3 Day 2 morning, FP4 Day 2 afternoon