Marc Marquez was fourth fastest overall on the third and final day of the MotoGP Sepang test. Marquez finished four tenths behind his brother Alex.
Before this week’s exam, Marquez The last was placed on a MotoGP bike at the Indonesian Grand Prix in early October. He suffered a season-ending injury in that race after a collision with Marco Bezecchi.
Marquez crashed for the first time In Thursday’s session this year, however, it was an easy, slow-paced disaster. For the 2025 world champion, it has become a mostly soft challenge.
Ducati’s infamous start It is especially encouraging for the Spaniard. Five of the top six riders on Thursday were on Desmosedici motorcycles, with Aprilia’s Marco Bezecci the only rider within eight-tenths of the final pace.
Alex Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia faster than Marc Marquez in Sprint simulations
Thursday’s race also featured sprint simulations. Marquez was third fastest on this list, averaging 1:58.289 over the 10-lap run.
The pace is this year’s prize for the final, prepared by Alex riding Gresini’s factory-spec GP26. The average is 1:58.027.
Marquez’s factory teammate Francesco Bagnaia He continued his encouraging start, splitting the brothers in 1:58.166. Bagnaya is looking to revive it this year after an unpredictable 2025 campaign.
Over the full sprint time, Mark would finish 2.6 seconds behind Alex, and 1.2 seconds behind Bagnaia.
Marc Marquez says he is ‘just as happy’ as he was at MotoGP testing a year ago.
Alex Marquez He was also fastest at this stage a year ago, with Marc finishing fifth on the final day at Sepang. A few weeks later he dominated the field in the Thai GP.
That’s why #93 feels relaxed about the situation. He’s as content as winter before tearing down the competition, worrying his competitors.
“There were 3-4 riders faster than me, but it’s not the first time we weren’t very fast in Malaysia,” said Marquez. Mark.
“I am happy (as in 2025). I was happy last year and I am happy this year.
“I say that because in Malaysia… yes, I want to be first with the best pace and… but we won’t be back here until October (for the Grand Prix).
We’ll see: now we’ll try to recover well, and Thailand will be a bit more critical test, because you have a tournament there in five days.
Marquez won 11 of his 18 Grand Prix starts last season, as well as 14 Sprints.
