Marc’s progress continues Marquez and of Honda during the second pre-season test session. In Mandalika, the eight-time world champion finished the second day in Indonesia in second position, just under two tenths of the best time set by Luca Marini’s Ducati VR46. More and more positive and optimistic sensations on the saddle of the new RC213V, which is aiming for a redemption season after two difficult years linked above all to the long rehabilitation process of its number one.
Over the course of his 74 laps, Marquez stopped the clock at 1: 31.481, 2.3 seconds better than the best time of the previous day. As for the rest of the group, his lap arrived in the final stages: more than the final position, it was important to evaluate the presence of an increasingly better feeling with the bike and, consequently, of a greater ability to produce fast laps.
“I already said yesterday that I started to feel the bike well and today we took another step in this direction – commented # 93 – We are second, but the position and the time attack do not matter: the interesting aspect to evaluate was our pace and how we managed to get to that lap time. Also on the last run of the day we tried something different and it was a further improvement. I am happy to have tried and to be managed to find the right path with this new bike. So far this test has allowed us to give it a shape that suits me and my style: tomorrow will be another important day “.
Encouraging attitude also for the other official HRC driver, Pol Espargaróeighth at the end of the day after the fastest time trial centered at the debut of the premier class on the new Lombok track: for the Catalan, confidence increases especially on long runs, a crucial aspect to improve what was shown in 2021.
“We had another really good day and overall we made more progress in the right direction – these are the words of Pol – The bike reacts better day after day and it seems that we are getting even closer to an ideal condition for the first race in Qatar. Obviously there is still some work to be done, but we are at a good point. We found that the sensations we were missing last year, especially on the race pace, today were good and perhaps even better than we expected. On the time attack, we need to improve the set-up with the front brakes, but our individual sectors were strong and, after all, this was not the goal of the day ”.
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