Marc Marquez became the fastest in the last MotoGP test in Valencia. Already tested the ability of the engine for the 2018 season, how the impression of the world champion?
In the second day of the test that took place at the Ricardo Tormo circuit on Wednesday (15/11/2017), Marquez re-run the development program by riding the motor this year and then change to the 2018 engine. In addition to testing engine settings, a number of components are also tested such as chassis and electronics.
Marquez completed the second day of the test as the fastest with a record time of one minute 30.033 seconds after devouring 61 laps. He was at once the fastest on the two-day test.
However, the trajectory and weather conditions in Valencia are fine making everything still need to be confirmed again in other circuits. Marquez also has pocketed a number of shortcomings that need to be addressed.
"Today we are collecting a lot of information, and now it will be very important to prepare well for tests in Malaysia by the end of January, but today everything is going okay," Marquez said as quoted from the official website of Repsol Honda.
"We tried a lot of things and got good speeds, so I'm very happy with the results, we also have some problems to deal with new bikes, of course there are positive and negative things, but this is a normal situation for a test when you install the machine and an entirely new motor on the track, "Marquez continued.
"We also tried a lot of things on this year's bike, which worked well and we were able to collect a lot of important data, but we will need to try everything else in the next test Valencia is a track with special characters, small circuits and weather conditions today is very good, so we have to make sure it's back on another circuit, "he said.