The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team returned to the scene of last weekend‘s San Marino GP, the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, for the first day of the two-day 2022 Official Misano MotoGP Test. Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli used today‘s two four-hour sessions to compare testing times. They secured 6th and 14th place respectively.
Quartararo was motivated to get to work this morning. Though he is in the middle of the fight for the 2022 championship title, his mind is already on his 2023 campaign. He had three bikes at his disposal: one with a new chassis, one with the prototype 2023 engine, and one 2022 race bike for comparison. He completed 43 laps in FP1 and 37 laps in FP2. His fastest time of the day was set in the morning. That 1‘31.588s lap put him in sixth place in the Day 1 Misano Test rankings, 0.296s from first.
Morbidelli had been disappointed to see his otherwise solid San Marino GP weekend cut short after only two laps of racing. However, focusing on the positive, the Italian was keen to spend the available track time of the Misano Test to further build on his improved feeling with the YZR-M1 as well as trying other testing items, including the prototype 2023 engine. He rode 44 laps in the morning and 44 laps in afternoon, setting a 1‘32.048s in FP2 to finish the test in 14th place, 0.756s from the top.
