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Bastianini shatters lap record to lead final day of Sepang test

by Kyle Francis
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Bastianini shatters lap record to lead final day of Sepang test
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Enea Bastianini continued his rapidity from the opening day of pre-season testing at the Sepang test by leading the way on the concluding day with a new outright lap record.

The Gresini Ducati ace ended Saturday running fourth on the timesheets aboard the GP21 version of Ducati’s premier class prototype, the Italian firing out the blocks early on the final day at the Sepang International Circuit as he shaded Saturday leader Aleix Espargaro prior to the lunch break.

Espargaro had managed to post an all new motorcycle lap record of the Sepang venue early on Sunday- a 1:58.157s –though his time at the head of the timing charts was short-lived as Bastianini banged in an even quicker 1:58.131s to move clear, a gambit that would remain unbeaten across the rest of the day due to a rain shower after lunch that limited running somewhat.

Espargaro would complete a strong test for Aprilia in second ahead of Pramac Ducati’s Jorge Martin, with Suzuki’s Alex Rins managing fourth on exactly the same time as the other RS-GP of Maverick Vinales.

Francesco Bagnaia featured higher up the table than he did on Saturday with sixth just ahead of 2021 MotoGP world champion Fabio Quartararo, with Marc Marquez once again ending up as the fastest classified Honda rider in eighth.

The Ducati and Honda’s respectively of Johann Zarco and Pol Espargaro completed a top ten covered by a slender 0.289s.

Joan Mir ended up 12th fastest after a small crash at Turn 15 in the early part of the day, while VR46’s Marco Bezzecchi also suffered a spill at the same bend en-route to 16th overall as fastest rookie.

KTM continued to run towards the bottom of the times, with Miguel Oliveria it highest placed racer in 15th, 0.570s adrift of Bastianini’s benchmark.

Other than its newly-crowned world champion Yamaha also found itself towards the foot of the leader board with RNF Racing’s Andrea Dovizioso a lowly 21st over a second adrift of the leader just behind test rider Cal Crutchlow, while Franco Morbidelli and Darryn Binder were 24th and 25th respectively.

The MotoGP contingent will now head off to the new Mandalika circuit in Indonesia for the second and final pre-season test that begins next Friday ahead of the championship curtian-raiser in Qatar.

#RiderTimeGapLaps
1BASTIANINI, Enea1:58.13125
2ESPARGARO, Aleix1:58.1570.02638
3MARTIN, Jorge1:58.2430.11227
4RINS, Alex1:58.2610.13037
5VIÑALES, Maverick1:58.2610.13042
6BAGNAIA, Francesco1:58.2650.13449
7QUARTARARO, Fabio1:58.3130.18254
8MARQUEZ, Marc1:58.3320.20149
9ZARCO, Johann1:58.4130.28247
10ESPARGARO, Pol1:58.4200.28950
11MARINI, Luca1:58.4300.29937
12MIR, Joan1:58.5290.39835
13NAKAGAMI, Takaaki1:58.6070.47642
14MILLER, Jack1:58.6450.51438
15OLIVEIRA, Miguel1:58.7010.57032
16BEZZECCHI, Marco1:58.7100.57946
17MARQUEZ, Alex1:58.8000.66957
18BINDER, Brad1:59.0160.88540
19FERNANDEZ, Raul1:59.1801.04924
20DI GIANNANTONIO, Fabio1:59.1971.06639
21CRUTCHLOW, Cal1:59.2621.13131
22DOVIZIOSO, Andrea1:59.2841.15355
23GARDNER, Remy1:59.3481.21735
24MORBIDELLI, Franco1:59.3651.23438
25BINDER, Darryn1:59.8571.72655
26GUINTOLI, Sylvain1:59.9961.86544
27TSUDA, Takuya2:05.6787.5474
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Aleix Espargaro151
Johann Zarco114
Francesco Bagnaia106
Enea Bastianini105
Brad Binder93
Jack Miller91
Joan Mir77
Alex Rins75
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