Repsol Honda conclude test in Catalunya with Marquez top and Pedrosa seventh
With no rest after yesterday’s Catalan Grand Prix, Marc Marquez, Dani Pedrosa, their crews, and the HRC engineers returned to the track today to continue their relentless work on the RC213V’s development during an official post-race test.
Marc was the fastest of the day with his lap of 1’38.916” on lap 86 of 88. Dani finished the day seventh with a time of 1’39.738” on lap 75 of 77.
Marc Marquez
“We worked a lot today as we had several things to test, some of which were quite important. As always in testing, some of them worked well, and others were good in that we gathered information for the future. We also worked on the electronics and aerodynamics. At the end of the day, we put together all the good things we had found, and I was able to set a fast time. Anyway, the most important thing is that we had a good test.”
Dani Pedrosa
“Today we worked from 10 in the morning to 6 in the afternoon, non-stop, so thanks to the team for making a great effort; each modification required hard work, and we tried many. Basically, we worked on the bike’s geometry. It wasn’t easy to understand everything because the temperature increased a lot over the day, affecting the track conditions. Still, though we always have to keep our feet on the ground, we hope we were able to find a few things, including a slight modification to the geometry settings compared to the race. We’ll go in that direction now and see if we’ve chosen the right path.”
Testing Results
Pos. | Rider | Num | Nation | Team | Constructor | Time/Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Marquez Marc | 93 | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1'38.916 |
2 | Iannone Andrea | 29 | ITA | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 0.104 |
3 | Rabat Tito | 53 | SPA | Esponsorama Racing | Ducati | 0.446 |
4 | Petrucci Danilo | 9 | ITA | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 0.572 |
5 | Zarco Johann | 5 | FRA | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 0.618 |
6 | Crutchlow Cal | 35 | GBR | LCR Honda | Honda | 0.811 |
7 | Pedrosa Dani | 26 | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 0.822 |
8 | Rins Alex | 42 | SPA | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 0.877 |
9 | Vinales Maverick | 25 | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 0.881 |
10 | Miller Jack | 43 | AUS | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 0.883 |
11 | Espargaro Aleix | 41 | SPA | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 0.999 |
12 | Morbidelli Franco | 21 | ITA | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 1.088 |
13 | Syahrin Hafizh | 55 | MAL | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 1.192 |
14 | Rossi Valentino | 46 | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 1.208 |
15 | Smith Bradley | 38 | GBR | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 1.546 |
16 | Nakagami Takaaki | 30 | JPN | LCR Honda | Honda | 1.625 |
17 | Espargaro Pol | 44 | SPA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 1.805 |
18 | Redding Scott | 45 | GBR | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 1.816 |
19 | Simeon Xavier | 10 | BEL | Esponsorama Racing | Ducati | 2.229 |
20 | Luthi Tom | 12 | SWI | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 2.291 |
21 | Guintoli Sylvain | 50 | FRA | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 2.400 |
22 | Kallio Mika | 36 | FIN | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 3.060 |
Location Information
In 1989, through the joint collaboration of the Catalan Autonomous Government, the Montmeló Town Council and the Royal Automobile Club of Catalunya (RACC), work began on giving one of Europe’s most beautiful cities a state of the art race track to match. The Circuit de Catalunya opened on the doorstep… read more.
Length | 4.627 kilometres / 2.875 miles |
Width | 12 metres |
Left corners | 5 |
Right corners | 8 |
Longest straight | 1.047 kilometres / 0.651 miles |
Constructed | 1991 |
Modified | 2018 |
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalunya, Spain - View in Google Maps
Records
Pole Position | 1m38.742s (169.7km/h) Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia, 2022) |
Race Lap | 1m39.939 (167.7km/h) Johann Zarco (Ducati, 2021) |
Race Time | 40'21.749 (166.1km/h) Miguel Oliveira (KTM, 2021) |
2022 Race Winner | Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) |