At the halfway point on Day 2 it’s Danilo Petrucci (Mission Winnow Ducati) who sits fastest with a 1:54.953, the quickest lap of the test so far and 0.252 quicker than second place Andrea Dovizioso (Mission Winnow Ducati).
Petrucci has been out testing a new Ducati part, the same ‘device’ that Jack Miller (Alma Pramac Racing) tested on Day 1 in Qatar. Third fastest is Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar), a 1:55.263 putting him 0.310 off Petrucci’s current time, with fourth place Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) leading Petronas Yamaha SRT duo Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo completing in fifth and sixth respectively.
Yamaha has also debuted a new part - a different tail unit has been tested by Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP).
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Times as of 19:09 local time:
1 - Danilo Petrucci (Mission Winnow Ducati) 1:54.953
2 - Andrea Dovizioso (Mission Winnow Ducati) + 0.252
3 - Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) + 0.310
4 - Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) + 0.551
5 - Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha SRT) + 0.705
6 - Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha SRT) + 0.710
7 - Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) + 0.740
8 - Jorge Lorenzo (Repsol Honda Team) + 0.789