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MotoGP Sepang February testing
Quartararo fastest again in Sepang, Marquez crashes
Fabio Quartararo led the second day of pre-season MotoGP testing in Malaysia, while reigning world champion Marc Marquez crashed late in the session.
Lewis Duncan
Edited: Feb 8, 2020, 10:36 AM
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Petronas SRT rider Quartararo was fastest on Friday aboard the 2019-spec Yamaha, but finally took delivery of the new 2020 M1 and spent most of the day on that.
Quartararo was once again first out on circuit, though it was Suzuki’s Joan Mir who led the timesheets after the first hour with a 1m58.731s lap ahead of KTM’s Pol Espargaro.
Pramac’s Jack Miller took over from Mir as the session entered its third hour, with the Ducati rider’s 1m58.641s effort remaining the benchmark until the final hour.
Miller spent the day evaluating Ducati’s GP20, and also had a revised aerodynamic package to test on Saturday.
The session was paused briefly in the afternoon when Andrea Dovizioso crashed his Ducati, with the Italian unscathed in the off and returning to action soon after.
Another high-profile crash followed in the final hour, as Marquez went down at the fast Turn 3 right-hander, having managed 47 laps on Saturday before his fall.
Soon after, Quartararo shot to the top of the times with a 1m58.572s, which went unchallenged as the chequered flag fell.
Miller held onto second, 0.069s adrift, while KTM test rider Dani Pedrosa posted his fastest-ever lap of the Sepang circuit with a 1m58.662s to complete the top three.
Mir led the second Petronas Yamaha of Franco Morbidelli, with Maverick Vinales sixth on the 2020-spec works team M1.
Alex Rins headed Pol Espargaro on the second Suzuki, with Marquez ninth despite his crash and Valentino Rossi rounding out the top 10 on the second factory Yamaha.
Aleix Espargaro was just 0.652s off the pace in 11th on his Aprilia, with LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow and Ducati’s Danilo Petrucci shadowing.
Dovizioso ended up 15th following his accident, while Alex Marquez was top rookie runner in 17th on the factory Honda – some 1.089s off the pace.
Avintia rider Johann Zarco found 1.3s on Saturday on the Ducati GP19 with a 1m59.825s, but he was still 1.6s from top spot down in 19th.
Testing times (Day 2):
Pos. No. Rider Bike Time Delay Laps 1 20 
Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 1'58.572 72 2 43 
Jack Miller Ducati 1'58.641 0.069 51 3 26 
Dani Pedrosa KTM 1'58.662 0.090 54 4 36 Joan Mir Suzuki 1'58.731 0.159 54 5 21 
Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 1'58.831 0.259 59 6 12 Maverick Vinales Yamaha 1'58.893 0.321 69 7 42 Alex Rins Suzuki 1'58.978 0.406 63 8 44 Pol Espargaro KTM 1'58.989 0.417 49 9 93 Marc Marquez Honda 1'59.097 0.525 47 10 46 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1'59.116 0.544 60 11 41 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1'59.224 0.652 43 12 35 
Cal Crutchlow Honda 1'59.247 0.675 64 13 9 Danilo Petrucci Ducati 1'59.257 0.685 59 14 63 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 1'59.313 0.741 59 15 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 1'59.342 0.770 55 16 88 
Miguel Oliveira KTM 1'59.365 0.793 42 17 73 Alex Marquez Honda 1'59.661 1.089 66 18 33 
Brad Binder KTM 1'59.780 1.208 59 19 5 Johann Zarco Ducati 1'59.825 1.253 51 20 53 Tito Rabat Ducati 2'00.189 1.617 77 21 50 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki 2'00.286 1.714 58 22 30 
Takaaki Nakagami Honda 2'00.347 1.775 47 23 27 Iker Lecuona KTM 2'00.396 1.824 41 24 92 Yamaha test bike Yamaha 2'00.791 2.219 35 25 90 Yamaha test bike Yamaha 2'00.920 2.348 44 26 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 2'01.119 2.547 61
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