Marc Marquez was smiling after his opening stint with Gresini, when he was sixth quickest, then jumped to second by the top of solely his third run.
Marquez’s rise was full when, at 3:20pm native time, he moved to the highest of a MotoGP timesheet for the primary time as a Ducati rider.
The eight-time world champion improved additional however Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales – on pole on the grand prix – struck again to place the RS-GP quickest with one hour to go, the place he remained.
VR46’s Marco Bezzecchi squeezed between Vinales and Marquez as the ultimate hour acquired underway.
Brad Binder then broke into second place (+0.028s) for KTM within the last ten minutes and was difficult Vinales for P1 when he was caught out by the cool and windy circumstances, falling at flip 5.
Raul Fernandez (being run by the Aprilia take a look at workforce whereas a substitute is discovered for the RNF grid locations) claimed an encouraging fifth on his debut with the 2023 machine, forward of Alex Marquez and former Gresini rider Fabio di Giannantonio (VR46).
Enea Bastianini, Jack Miller and Luca Marini accomplished the highest ten.
Newly topped double world champion Francesco Bagnaia (11th) and team-mate Bastianini rode a prototype GP24 Ducati with a revised engine.
Joan Mir featured within the prime ten on the 2024 Honda prototype, whereas new LCR rider Johann Zarco suffered a mid-afternoon fall for 17th, however solely +1.030s from Vinales.
Pramac Ducati’s title runner-up Jorge Martin suffered an early fall, topped the timesheets, then fell once more on his approach to 15th.
Yamaha had a brand new engine, chassis and aero (together with a sq. rear seat wing) for Fabio Quartararo (12th) and new team-mate Alex Rins (19th) to strive.
KTM had a putting black-and-white zebra-style livery to disguise the small print on a brand new fairing for Jack Miller, who saved a front-end scare within the last hour.
Wide-eyed rookie Acosta was 18th (+1.223s) and appeared to take pleasure in his debut, making some huge powerslides on the RC16 and was nonetheless smiling regardless of a late fall.
Due to a worsening within the situation of his injured left leg, Aleix Espargaro has halted testing and headed straight to the Clinica Dexeus in Barcelona for a CT scan. He will then fly to Germany for a wind tunnel take a look at.
Lorenzo Savadori took over the rest of Espargaro’s testing work, together with laps on the brand new carbon fibre chassis.
Michelin additionally had some new entrance tyres to strive at this time, for 2024 and 2025, along with the usual race weekend allocation.
The Valencia take a look at was the final likelihood for official MotoGP laps till Sepang in February.
Testing took place from 10am-5pm…
| 2023 Official Valencia MotoGP Test – Tuesday (FINAL) | |||||||
| Rider | Nat | Team | Time | Lap | Speed | ||
| 1 | = | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) | 1m 29.253s | 73/86 | 330.5 |
| 2 | ^13 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.028s | 51/51 | 337 |
| 3 | ˅1 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | VR46 Ducati (GP) | +0.093s | 58/62 | 337 |
| 4 | ˅1 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP) | +0.171s | 46/49 | 335.4 |
| 5 | ^1 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Aprilia (RS-GP) | +0.263s | 58/64 | 333.7 |
| 6 | ˅2 | Alex Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP) | +0.385s | 53/56 | 332.1 |
| 7 | ˅2 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | VR46 Ducati (GP) | +0.409s | 51/60 | 330.5 |
| 8 | ˅1 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP) | +0.543s | 53/56 | 333.7 |
| 9 | ^9 | Jack Miller | AUS | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.648s | 56/62 | 330.5 |
| 10 | ^6 | Luca Marini | ITA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.703s | 68/72 | 328.9 |
| 11 | ˅3 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP) | +0.717s | 35/51 | 337 |
| 12 | = | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.769s | 59/63 | 332.1 |
| 13 | ˅4 | Joan Mir | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.798s | 58/69 | 333.7 |
| 14 | ˅4 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16) | +0.824s | 66/72 | 327.4 |
| 15 | ˅4 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP) | +0.899s | 36/51 | 335.4 |
| 16 | ˅3 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pramac Ducati (GP) | +0.953s | 60/69 | 332.1 |
| 17 | ˅3 | Johann Zarco | FRA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.030s | 45/61 | 330.5 |
| 18 | ˅1 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16)* | +1.223s | 70/70 | 332.1 |
| 19 | ^2 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.311s | 45/54 | 330.5 |
| 20 | ˅1 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1) | +1.512s | 63/74 | 330.5 |
| 21 | ˅1 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.723s | 54/63 | 328.9 |
| 22 | = | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) | +3.059s | 8/17 | 328.9 |
| 23 | = | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | ApriliaTest Rider (RS-GP) | +3.431s | 8/27 | 325.8 |
* Rookie
Official Ricardo Tormo MotoGP information
Best lap: Maverick Viñales 1m 28.931s (2023)
Fastest race lap: Brad Binder 1m 30.145s (2022)