2021 Qatar MotoGP test times, Losail – Saturday (4pm)
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After Friday’s Qatar Shakedown – featuring test riders, rookies and riders from Concession manufacturer Aprilia – the Official test, open to all riders, began at 2pm on Saturday.
With the Sepang test cancelled, today is the first time most riders have been on a MotoGP bike since the chequered flag waved at Portimao last November.
Joan Mir and Suzuki are starting their title defence, while Saturday marks the debut of Pol Espargaro at Repsol Honda and Danilo Petrucci at Tech3 KTM, who were the first full-time riders on track today.
Other riders changing teams but not machines include Fabio Quartararo at Monster Yamaha, Valentino Rossi at Petronas Yamaha, Jack Miller and Francesco Bagnaia at Ducati Team, Johann Zarco at Pramac Ducati, Alex Marquez at LCR Honda and Miguel Oliveira at Red Bull KTM.
The MotoGP regulars are joined by Factory test riders, including Shakedown pace setter Stefan Bradl (Honda) – also substituting for the injured Marc Marquez – new Yamaha signing Cal Crutchlow and 31-time MotoGP race winner Dani Pedrosa (KTM).
Crutchlow is sharing M1s with Yamaha’s Japanese test riders Katsuyuki Nakasuga and Kohta Nozane. The three bikes, which appear to include both the 2019 (A-Spec) and 2020 (Factory-Spec) models, are labelled ‘#T1’, ‘#T2’ and ‘#T3’. Official timing only lists the bike, not the rider.
Testing takes place from 2pm to 9pm on Saturday and Sunday, followed by ten minutes reserved for practice starts, but conditions are again very blustery…
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| 2021 Qatar MotoGP test times – Saturday (4pm) | |||||
| Rider | Nat | Team | Time | Lap | |
| 1 | Aleix Espargaro | ITA | Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | 1m 56.605s | 5/5 |
| 2 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.198s | 8/8 |
| 3 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.375s | 15/16 |
| 4 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.533s | 19/19 |
| 5 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Pramac Ducati (GP21) | +0.621s | 6/9 |
| 6 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Team (GP21) | +0.634s | 12/12 |
| 7 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.746s | 20/20 |
| 8 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.923s | 6/7 |
| 9 | Alex Marquez | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.096s | 7/7 |
| 10 | Iker Lecuona | SPA | KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +1.096s | 15/18 |
| 11 | Valentino Rossi | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.181s | 4/4 |
| 12 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.771s | 6/6 |
| 13 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +1.791s | 19/21 |
| 14 | Dani Pedrosa | SPA | KTM Test Rider (RC16) | +2.210s | 8/8 |
| 15 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Ducati Test Rider (GP21) | +2.312s | 16/16 |
| 16 | Luca Marini | ITA | Sky VR46 Avintia (GP19)* | +2.315s | 8/8 |
| 17 | Yamaha Test1 | N/A | Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) | +2.505s | 15/15 |
| 18 | Yamaha Test3 | N/A | Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) | +2.688s | 10/11 |
| 19 | Takuya Tsuda | JPN | Suzuki Test Rider (GSX-RR) | +3.088s | 26/26 |
| 20 | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)* | +3.106s | 3/5 |
| 21 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Avintia Esponsorama (GP19)* | +3.204s | 7/8 |
* Rookie
2021 Qatar Shakedown Test:
Best lap:
Stefan Bradl GER Honda 1m 55.614s
Official Qatar MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Marc Marquez SPA Honda 1m 53.380s (2019)
Fastest race lap:
Jorge Lorenzo SPA Yamaha 1m 54.927s (2016)
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