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Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins continued their programme at the second day of testing at the Sepang International Circuit. The teammates put in numerous laps and took 11th and 13th place respectively in today's and the combined timesheets.
Sepang (Malaysia), 7th February 2024
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins were back on track at the Sepang MotoGP Official Test for a second day of riding in Malaysia. They continued to work through a number of different settings, taking 11th and 13th place respectively in today's and the combined testing rankings.

Quartararo continued to show his motivation at the Sepang Test, completing 53 laps in total during which he tried various set-ups. The Frenchman showed off the 2024 YZR-M1's top speed, clocking 338.5km/h. However, he is still looking to improve his time attack results. His best time of 1'57.888s, set on lap 7, kept him in 11th place, 0.754s from first.

After a solid first day of testing, Rins resumed his work on electronics and bike set-up. Getting more and more used to the YZR-M1 over the course of 50 laps, he bettered his time by 0.606s compared to Day 1. His 1'58.110s, set on lap 49, had him end Day 2 in 13th place with a 0.976s margin to the top.
Fabio Quartararo

Fabio Quartararo

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Rider

We are first on top speed today, but that's not what we aimed to be first in. The bike is very fast, but we still have to improve our fast lap. We're finding little improvements, but nothing great. We have to find a solution, especially on the rear grip, where I think we are missing out a little bit. Hopefully we can make a step tomorrow and in the Qatar Test.
Álex Rins

Álex Rins

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Rider

We are quite happy with the results we got today. We focused a little bit more on the electronics side, just trying to improve the things we tried yesterday. I also tried some different swingarms, and we also worked on the set-up. Overall, I made some kilometres on the bike, and I'm able to understand the M1 better, so I can try to find a better set-up to adapt the bike to my riding style. The engine that Fabio tested in Valencia and that they brought here – but a modified version – works quite well. So, we will start the season with this engine, for sure.