The curtain on the 2024 MotoGP preseason rose at the Sepang shakedown organized by IRTA where traditionally test riders from the championship factories prepare the ground for the novice riders and give the riders making their debut in the category of option to have three extras. adaptation day. And on this first day the pilots KTM/GasGas They showed muscle with the triplet they led Dani Pedrosa by 152 thousandths in Pedro Acosta and 182 about Pol Espargaró, the only three under two minutes
He Sepang International Circuit has opened the doors to test riders from five factories in the championship and the only rookie of 2024, Moto2 world champion Pedro Acosta. But pilots from the two factories that will start in 2024 with category D concessions, the lowest, Honda and Yamaha, also have the right to participate in this Shakedown. But they refused to leave this Thursday although they are expected to attend at least the second of three days of the Shakedown before joining the rest of the drivers on the 2024 grid in next week’s official test.
The testers usually spent the day preparing the ground for novice drivers to take to the track for official testing from February 6 to 8. Bradl tested for Honda, Crutchlow for Yamaha, Pirro for Ducati, Savadori for in Aprilia and Pedrosa and Pol Espargaró for KTM the new features for this first test of 2024 in Sepang, see those that refer to aerodynamics in the form of a rear wing in the tail both in Aprilia as in Honda.
Pedrosa plans a wild card this 2024
Throughout the day the fastest has been proven Dani Pedrosa which raised the bar to 1’59″233, a time that the rookie approached by the end of the day Pedro Acosta in 152 thousandths. Without a change of heart, the ‘little samurai’ plans to race as a wild card in one of the four Spanish events in 2024 and the other where KTM deserves is for Pol Espargaró. The experience of his two fourth places in Misano, both in the Sprint race where he had a chance for the podium, and in the long race left a good taste in the Castellar del Vallès race.
Source: La Verdad
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