Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins got a solid number of laps in on the first day of the two-day Qatar MotoGP Official Test. The Lusail International Circuit will also be hosting the opening GP of the season in a little over two weeks' time, making the Yamaha riders all the more keen to work through their testing programme. With the track conditions improving throughout the seven-hour session, they ended Day 1 in 10th and 19th place respectively.
Quartararo was fully focused on crossing items off his testing to-do list. The Frenchman ran a total of 58 laps. His 1’52.637s fastest time, set on lap 56, earned him tenth place in the Qatar Test Day-1 timesheets, 0.597s from first.
Rins had been looking forward to trying the M1 at another track to gain further experience on the Yamaha. He rode 51 laps over the course of Day 1, and he set a best time of 1’53.642s on lap 50, taking 19th place, 1.602s from the top.
Tomorrow the riders will be back at the Lusail track for further testing from 14:00 – 21:00 (GMT +3).
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins got a solid number of laps in on the first day of the two-day Qatar MotoGP Official Test. The Lusail International Circuit will also be hosting the opening GP of the season in a little over two weeks' time, making the Yamaha riders all the more keen to work through their testing programme. With the track conditions improving throughout the seven-hour session, they ended Day 1 in 10th and 19th place respectively.
Quartararo was fully focused on crossing items off his testing to-do list. The Frenchman ran a total of 58 laps. His 1’52.637s fastest time, set on lap 56, earned him tenth place in the Qatar Test Day-1 timesheets, 0.597s from first.
Rins had been looking forward to trying the M1 at another track to gain further experience on the Yamaha. He rode 51 laps over the course of Day 1, and he set a best time of 1’53.642s on lap 50, taking 19th place, 1.602s from the top.
Tomorrow the riders will be back at the Lusail track for further testing from 14:00 – 21:00 (GMT +3).