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The first official MotoGP test of 2018 concluded this afternoon at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia.
In the morning Jorge Lorenzo lapped in a time of 1’58.830 to establish an unofficial new track record, and the Spaniard ended the day, and the three-day test, at the top of the timesheets. Andrea Dovizioso also put in a good performance today with a time of 1’59.169, which propelled him to fourth place both today and in the combined standings.
The two factory Ducati riders today focussed mainly on notching up the laps on their Desmosedici GP 2018 machines and, despite both having harmless crashes late in the morning, they were able to successfully finish the work programme defined with their respective teams.
Dani Pedrosa held onto second place overall for the Repsol Honda team while Cal Crutchlow took the third spot for LCR Honda.
Behind Dovizioso's Ducati was the Alma Pramac Ducati of Jack Miller with Alex Rins Team SUZUKI ECSTAR sixth spot.
Maverick Vinales was the top Yamaha rider in seventh overall with Marc Marquez right on his back in eighth and Valentino Rossi in ninth.
Rounding out the top ten was Johann Zarco on the Tech3 Yamaha just 0.6 seconds behind Lorenzo on the top spot.