Test MotoGP Sepang Malaysia. Jorge Lorenzo The Best

GDN - In this Sepng test Jorge Lorenzo was one of the best riders, as well as always running very fast he set the track record, obviously this Ducati was born really well. hing nearly two tenths of a second ahead of Dani Pedrosa and Cal Crutchlow as he finds his mojo on the factory Ducati.

Blitzing the best ever two-wheeled lap record set by Marc Marquez during testing back in 2015, Lorenzo was one of a handful of riders to set their fastest laps of the three days early on in the final morning, to end the test on a high after twelve months of learning the New Ducati Desmosedici version 2018.“The lap is a consequence of having a good bike, feeling well and being in shape. The most important thing is that the bike is working, it is giving me a good feeling and it“™s improved a lot of areas compared to last year. As I said on the first day, the bike has improved and it“™s more suited to my riding style and I can take profit of my strong points. We are at the beginning of how to understand how to get the maximum, there is still some margin to improve, but as a start we cannot be happier than this - always on top, always good pace, and I“™m very quick.“

Yesterday“™s leader Pedrosa was second on the Repsol Honda, heading a strong day for the Japanese manufacturer and their new 2018-specification engine, with Crutchlow coming home in second (and top satellite) and reigning world champion Marc Marquez in eighth despite not taking the time to make a time attack of his own during the final day. Andrea Dovizioso was fourth on the second factory Ducati ahead of a rapidly improving Jack Miller and a strong result from MotoGP sophomore Alex Rins on the Suzuki. Marquez was in a Yamaha sandwich in eighth, between Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi.

“It was hard work today, but also good work. First of all, we tried everything and we have pretty clear ideas, but today was the most difficult day. We suffered a little bit more because of a lack of grip and that made us lose a bit in positions, but compared to last year we've improved the pace, also on used tyres. We know it's hard work, we have to improve, but the test at the end was quite positive“.