MotoGP Shakedown: The participating riders

The wait is over. After the winter break and before the official 2023 preseason test of MotoGP from 10 to 12 February in okthis Sunday the three days of shakedown Reserved for test pilots and rookies in the premier class. This Sunday, February 5, and until Tuesday, February 7, the teams will start working to prepare their bikes for the official tests, with the aim of making the best possible conclusion for the start of the championship (in Portimao, Portugal , from March 24 to 26).

The main novelty for this Shakedown was known a day before the start, with KTM’s announcement of the inclusion of a third pilot in the list of participants in these previous tests. This is the former MotoGP rider Jonas Folger, which will join the great pillar in the development of the Austrian motorcycle, Dani Pedrosaand in finnish mika kallio.

The champion motorcycle, the most complete of the last championship, the ducatiwill again have its great tester, Michele Pirro, as its only member in these tests, one of the pilots who knows the Italian machine and all its secrets.

while, sling baga firm that still needs to improve its bike a lot if it wants to fight for good results this season and break out of its poor performance and hole results, only Stefal Bradl is behind the RC213V, with the aim of fine-tuning to bikes of Marc Márquez and Joan Mir for the next test on this same track.

For his part, Yamaha will ride, as does KTm, with up to three riders, a formation led by Cal Crutchlownext to Kohta Nozane and Katsuyuki Nakasuga. The Italian Lorenzo Savadori will complete the list of testers riding on Aprilia.

Apart from the test drivers, this Shakedown will be the rookie in the premier class Augusto Fernandezpiloting her new GasGas. The reigning Moto2 champion has already made his MotoGP debut at the final test in Valencia at the end of the course in November and will continue to add kilometers to this test in order to adapt his new machine for the official tests in pre-season from 10 to 12 February.

Drivers participating in the Shakedown

From February 5 to 7

Testers:
Michele Pirro, Ducati Team
Stefan Bradl, Honda Test Team
Dani Pedrosa, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
Mika Kallio, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
Jonas Folger, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
Cal Crutchlow, Yamaha Factory
Katsuyuki Nakasuga, Yamaha Factory
Kohta Nozane, Yamaha Factory
Lorenzo Savadori, Aprilia Racing
Jonas Folger, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
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Debutants:
​Augusto Fernandez, Gas Gas Factory Racing Tech3