MotoGP: Ducati Dominate Spielberg Test
Rennie Scaysbrook | July 20, 2016
After two days of action at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg for a private MotoGP test that saw most teams and riders in attendance bar Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa, and Aprilia Racing’s Stefan Bradl, Ducati emerged utterly dominant with six of the top 10 places filled by the Bologna company’s riders.
Andrea Iannone was the pacesetter from teammate Andrea Dovizioso with test rider and former two-time World Champion Casey Stoner once again proving he’s lost none of his speed and style by slotting into third place despite a crash on a soft tire that left him unhurt.
Hector Barbera showed his single lap speed once more by taking fourth ahead of the Movistar Yamahas of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo with the Suzukis of Maverick Vinales, Aleix Espargaro, and Ducati riders Scott Redding and Yonny Hernandez rounding out the top 10.
Day Two Times – MotoGP Test, Spielberg, Austria.
- Andrea Iannone ITA Ducati Team 1m 23.240s
- Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team 1m 23.680s
- Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Test Rider 1m 23.865s
- Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing 1m 24.091s
- Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 1m 24.169s
- Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 1m 24.194s
- Maverick Vinales ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar 1m 24.208s
- Aleix Espargaro ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 24.335s
- Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Yakhnich 1m 24.375s
- Yonny Hernandez COL Aspar MotoGP Team 1m 24.396s
- Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda 1m 24.455s
- Eugene Laverty IRL Aspar MotoGP Team 1m 24.497s
- Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS 1m 24.555s
- Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Yakhnich 1m 24.602s
- Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS 1m 24.760s
- Michele Pirro ITA Avintia Racing 1m 25.139s
- Mika Kallio FIN KTM MotoGP Factory Racing 1m 25.191s
- Thomas Luthi SWI KTM MotoGP Factory Racing 1m 25.705s