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Vinales leads Yamaha 1-2 in Barcelona MotoGP test

Maverick Vinales beat Yamaha stablemate Franco Morbidelli by 0.047 seconds to top the post-Catalan Grand Prix MotoGP test, while both Honda riders crashed.

Maverick Vinales, Yamaha Factory Racing

Maverick Vinales, Yamaha Factory Racing

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The session was red-flagged briefly in the morning after Jorge Lorenzo crashed at Turn 8 and his Honda – which was fitted with the carbon fibre-wrapped chassis – landed on top of the barrier.

He went to the medical centre for checks, but returned to the track to complete 65 laps, ending up 17th with a best lap of 1m40.357s.

Alex Rins stood at the top of the timesheets when the session was halted after his early effort of 1m39.618s, and remained unchallenged on the Suzuki into the early afternoon, with Marc Marquez trailing him by 0.017s.

At around 2:30pm local time, Marquez crashed at Turn 4, but was unharmed and returned to the session to continue evaluating two 2019-spec RC213Vs, as well as last year's version.

Fabio Quartararo, who scored his maiden MotoGP podium on Sunday, shot to the top of the times not long after Marquez's crash with a 1m39.428s.

However, the Petronas SRT rider would soon be deposed by Marquez by two tenths. Marquez's 1m39.257s stood as the benchmark until the closing stages, when Vinales usurped him by 0.087s.

Morbidelli grabbed top spot away from Vinales in the closing moments with a 1m39.014s, but the works Yamaha man edged ahead by 0.047s on his 98th and final tour at the death to end the second in-season test of the year fastest of all.

Marquez packed up after 80 laps and was third, with Rins – who tested a new chassis - holding onto fourth ahead of Catalunya poleman Quartararo.

Pramac's Francesco Bagnaia was top Ducati runner in sixth, 0.499s off the pace, but had his day interrupted by a crash at Turn 13 as the session entered its last two hours while on a quick lap.

Takaaki Nakagami sampled the '19 Honda for the first time in Monday's test, with the LCR rider seventh from Suzuki's Joan Mir, Jack Miller [Pramac] and his LCR teammate Cal Crutchlow.

Works Ducati duo Danilo Petrucci and Andrea Dovizioso trialled a new aerodynamic update on the screen of their Desmosedicis, while the latter tested a new chassis.

The were 11th and 12th respectively at the chequered flag, with Avintia's Tito Rabat, Valentino Rossi on the sister works Yamaha and KTM duo Johann Zarco and Pol Espargaro falling in behind.

Dani Pedrosa made his public track debut as a KTM test rider, and completed 51 laps aboard the RC16. A best lap of 1m41.824s put him 25th and last on the timesheets, 0.395s behind HRC test rider Stefan Bradl.

Session results

Pos. # Rider Bike Time Gap Laps
1 12 Maverick Vinales Yamaha 1'38.967   98
2 21 Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 1'39.014 0.047 78
3 93 Marc Marquez Honda 1'39.257 0.290 80
4 42 Alex Rins Suzuki 1'39.334 0.367 75
5 20 Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 1'39.428 0.461 56
6 63 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 1'39.466 0.499 54
7 30 Takaaki Nakagami Honda 1'39.555 0.588 59
8 36 Joan Mir Suzuki 1'39.670 0.703 67
9 43 Jack Miller Ducati 1'39.745 0.778 60
10 35 Cal Crutchlow Honda 1'39.903 0.936 73
11 9 Danilo Petrucci Ducati 1'39.917 0.950 57
12 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 1'39.925 0.958 63
13 53 Tito Rabat Ducati 1'39.938 0.971 75
14 46 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1'39.968 1.001 71
15 5 Johann Zarco KTM 1'40.197 1.230 70
16 44 Pol Espargaro KTM 1'40.201 1.234 57
17 99 Jorge Lorenzo Honda 1'40.357 1.390 65
18 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 1'40.564 1.597 88
19 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1'40.606 1.639 76
20 88 Miguel Oliveira KTM 1'40.862 1.895 61
21 17 Karel Abraham Ducati 1'41.100 2.133 35
22 55 Hafizh Syahrin KTM 1'41.162 2.195 52
23 50 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki 1'41.243 2.276 69
24 6 Stefan Bradl Honda 1'41.429 2.462 84
25 26 Dani Pedrosa KTM 1'41.824 2.857 51

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