Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez finished the end-of-season Valencia test top of the time sheets, circulating faster than Jorge Lorenzo’s race time from last Sunday to set the benchmark at 1:31.060s.
Hot on the heels of Marquez was the impressive Maverick Vinales, just 0.103s behind in second place. Vinales was a star of the test, using his 2015-spec chassis to great effect at Valencia despite not having the seamless shift gearbox that both Honda and Yamaha posses. The 2015 MotoGP Rookie of The Year, Vinales completed 57 laps to best Marquez’s teammate Dani Pedrosa and his Suzuki teammate Aleix Espargaro, who will both have a new Suzuki GSX-RR to test at the next MotoGP test in Sepang next February.
The 2015 MotoGP World Champion, Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo, finished the test in fifth place, 0.222s behind Marquez after completing 48 laps today.
2015 Valencia MotoGP Test – Final Times
1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team 1m 31.060s
2. Maverick Vinales ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar +0.103s
3. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team +0.120s
4. Aleix Espargaro ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar +0.152s
5. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP +0.222s
6. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda +0.434s
7. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP +0.438s
8. Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 +0.559s
9. Andrea Iannone ITA Ducati Team +0.559s
10. Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 +0.634s
11. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Racing +0.657s
12. Loris Baz FRA Avintia Racing +0.736s
13. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Racing +0.841s
14. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing +0.877s
15. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team +0.907s
16. Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda +1.040s
17. Eugene Laverty IRL Aspar MotoGP Team +1.317s
18. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda +1.342s
19. Stefan Bradl GER Factory Aprilia Gresini +1.432s
20. Yonny Hernandez COL Avintia Racing +1.450s
21. Alvaro Bautista ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini +1.787s
22. Michele Pirro ITA Ducati Team +2.508s
23. Takuya Tsuda JPN Suzuki Test Rider +2.737s
24. Mike di Meglio FRA Factory Aprilia Gresini +3.312s
25. Nobuatsu Aoki JPN Suzuki Test Rider +5.971s