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january 30, 2018 - Yamaha Racing
Movistar Yamaha Complete Sepang Test Schedule
Today the Movistar #Yamaha #MotoGP Team completed the first official IRTA #test of the 2018 season, held at the Sepang International Circuit. #valentinorossi and #maverickvinales had another go at trying the new aerodynamic fairing, this time in blistering hot conditions. They finished the final day of testing in 8th and 18th place respectively.
Rossi headed out a little after 10 o'clock local track time, eager to pick up where he left off yesterday. He quickly got into the groove again, dropping a low 2'00s lap on his eighth try, before he turned his attention to crossing the last items off his testing list.
After lunch the Italian continued proceedings and didn't stop riding until the very end of the session. He was pleased to complete most of his schedule, giving him a good understanding of the direction to work in. However, a lack of grip held him back from climbing up the timesheets. His fastest lap, a 1'59.449s set on lap 52/54, earned him eighth position, 0.619s from first.
Viñales again showed his great determination and motivation today. He stuck with his plan to ride as many laps as possible in order to prepare for longer runs. The 23-year-old had already completed 140 laps on the first two days, but still worked tirelessly for more than three hours straight, collecting valuable data, before taking a break.
The Spaniard got back into his leathers a little after 3 o'clock in the afternoon, to try out some last fine-tuning of the settings. He improved his time, clocking a day's best of 2'00.547s, posted on lap 70/71, that saw him finish in 18th place, 1.717s from the front.
Though the teammates were unable to improve on their times set yesterday, Viñales' and Rossi's 1'59.355s and 1'59.390s laps, clocked at the end of Day 2, earned them seventh and ninth place respectively in the combined timesheets.
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