The preseason is over and we're almost ready to go racing! So it's time to debrief with the 'ol Twittersphere with some of the best of the #QatarTest...
First, Marc Marquez obviously saw one of his heroes by the gate at BCN airport! Not sure who she is, tho…
So it begins... ???????????????????????? #QatarTest
— MotoGP™ (@MotoGP) 9 March 2017
???? https://t.co/Thk0uVahF4 pic.twitter.com/32FYNhA8ta
...Pramac branched out with a new side hustle:
Ducati Desmosedici GP Scale 1:18
— Pramac Racing MotoGP (@pramacracing) 9 March 2017
Pre-order now on @pramacracing! @MotoGP ???? pic.twitter.com/l6O4IY2Zzq
We learned to never air dirty laundry on Twitter:
@tracktoy91 You never pick up anyway, Jason ????????
— MotoGP™ (@MotoGP) 9 March 2017
Cover your eyes, Jorge!
Time for fooling around between @lorenzo99 and @PirroRider #forzaducati pic.twitter.com/FnrOU5ScnT
— Ducati Motor (@DucatiMotor) 12 March 2017
Why, you ask? Well...
The sticker on the seat of @andreaiannone29’s Suzuki. No, I have no idea what it means ???? pic.twitter.com/QdjmlUicou
— Ian Wheeler (@ianwheeler) 11 March 2017
MotoGP™ Twitter: come for the racing, stay for the language lessons.
"Translate from Norwegian"???? pic.twitter.com/CewOW1IR6Q
— MotoGP™ (@MotoGP) 11 March 2017
Meanwhile, Ducati’s “Hammerhead fairing” caused quite a stir, but what was the inspiration behind it?
Shouldn’t Maverick be riding that? ???? https://t.co/nU68g6LQX9 pic.twitter.com/4C87uaxPlS
— Team EG 0,0 Marc VDS (@TeamEG00MarcVDS) 11 March 2017
We’re second guessing the name choice tbh…
@MotoGP Surely Wingy McWingface?? ????
— Paul Haigh (@FullGas84) 11 March 2017
We can see why you'd say that, but they look like good seagull escape chutes if you ask us.
@MotoGP should be able to catch lots of seagulls at Philip island with that????????????
— Tony Bush (@tbushfreak) 11 March 2017
Anyway. When testing, cover all bases...
Dai Petrux!!
— Danilo Petrucci (@Petrux9) 11 March 2017
Photo @FAlex79 pic.twitter.com/XipLM3MF5x
...including the space-time continuum. Beam me up, Scotty!
"Warp drive Mr. Scott" pic.twitter.com/JWVzsCRkxD
— Pramac Racing MotoGP (@pramacracing) 12 March 2017
Steve took so long to reply, we thought he was catfishing US.
@MotoGP I'm a bit late but I like 'the catfish'
— Steve Day (@stevedayGP) 12 March 2017
And finally, a pro-tip from a World Champion - look where you're going at all times.
#QatarTest @19Bautista has crashed, but he is OK. He just came back to the track to score a 1:55.048. pic.twitter.com/djb9VDgUwH
— Aspar Team MOTOGP (@asparteam) 12 March 2017