There was time for everything at Sepang, the venue that hosted the first official test of the 2023 MotoGP season. Three days with plenty of heat \u2013 but overall favourable weather \u2013 allowed continuity in terms of on-track work for the Gresini Riders, with Alex and Marquez able to carry their testing programme forward.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>If both riders had some rust to shake off after an off-season that had never been as short \u2013 but still too long for the riders \u2013 Alex Marquez had also to get acquainted with the 2023 version of the Desmosedici he first tried at Valencia, while for Marc it was the first real test with the Ducati machine he only recently got to know.<\/p>\n The good feeling experienced, combined with the great distance covered (173 laps for Marc, a little less for Alex) make sure both standard bearers of Team Gresini MotoGP are now eager to put their skills to test at Losail, taking place in slightly more than a week (February 19-20).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n 4th<\/sup> – ALEX MARQUEZ #73<\/strong><\/p>\n (Day1 best lap 1\u201958.542 \u2013 50 laps)<\/em><\/p>\n (Day2 best lap 1\u201957.542 \u2013 50 laps)<\/em><\/p>\n (Day3 best lap 1\u201956.938<\/strong> \u2013 49 laps)<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cDay after day we managed to understand the 2023 version of the Desmosedici some more and I must say that, compared to how we raced here last year, we did make a lot of changes. The bike is different in terms of weight distribution, and we had to adapt to it \u2013 with good results I must say. There was enough time to find the rhythm and make some race and sprint race simulations. The times are good, but that is not a super important thing to look at during testing; it would be a mistake to make comparisons with last year already, also because the conditions we encountered this time were much more favourable.\u201d<\/p>\n \n 6th<\/sup> – MARC MARQUEZ #93<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n (Day1 best lap 1\u201958.621 \u2013 47 laps)<\/em><\/p>\n (Day2 best lap 1\u201958.118 \u2013 72 laps)<\/em><\/p>\n (Day3 best lap 1\u201957.270<\/strong> \u2013 54 laps)<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI really did a lot of laps these three days, even during day one when we had some issues \u2013 which we tackled and solved brilliantly. The goal was to understand the bike the best possible way and we\u2019re improving step by step. We\u2019re suffering a bit more time-attack wise, an area where normally it\u2019s more about working with instincts, but even in this department we improved a little during day three. From the second day onwards, we started to have fun on the bike, even though I still don\u2019t feel it as my own. I need to shake 11 years of habits on another motorcycle and that\u2019ll take time, but the progression is good and we must be happy with this first test on a track that has never really been mine.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There was time for everything at Sepang, the venue that hosted the first official test of the 2023 MotoGP season. Three days with plenty of heat \u2013 but overall favourable…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":35020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-motogp-en","category-race-report-motogp-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n