MotoGP | IRTA Thailand test Day 3: Pedrosa stands tall, the Yamahas and Lorenzo are missing

MotoGP Test IRTA Thailand Buriram Day 3 – The third and final day of IRTA testing of the MotoGP class at the Chang International Circuit Buriram, in Thailand, saw great protagonists Dani Pedrosa and Johann Zarco.

The Honda rider achieved the best time with a time of 1:29.781, while the Frenchman from Team Tech 3, second fastest just 86 thousandths behind the Spaniard, was the real star of the day, given that he was in the lead for a long time , also showing an excellent race pace.

Cal Crutchlow also put in an excellent performance, who after being the best on Day 1, finished third and ahead of his brand mate and reigning champion, Marc Marquez. Honda also tested a carbon swingarm.

Marquez also crashed without consequences.

Alex Rins also did well, taking the Suzuki to fifth position and ahead of the first Ducati, that of the Australian Jack Miller, Ducati Pramac. For Miller also a fall without consequence.

Jack Miller's Ducati GP17 is brought back to the pits

Andrea Dovizioso, who continued to test the new chassis, is seventh, ahead of rookie Takaaki Nakagami and Spaniard Tito Rabat. Some guests also on the track...

Valentino Rossi was still in difficulty and finished tenth at over seven tenths, exactly 0.730s. At Yamaha they have continued to work on the electronics of the M1, but at the moment the problems remain, also given the twelfth time of Maverick Vinales.

In between the two Yamahas is the Ducati GP18 of Danilo Petrucci's Team Pramac, while the performance of rookie Franco Morbidelli was excellent, finishing thirteenth, 0.867s from the top.

Andrea Iannone is back, fifteenth, while Jorge Lorenzo crashes, who after two days on the GP18, "mounted" the GP17, however remaining in the rear, twenty-second fastest, 1.846 behind Pedrosa. A cold shower for the Spaniard, who left Sepang with the new track record and who instead "awakens" in Thailand from his dream, which had become a nightmare.

Hafizh Syahrin, on the other hand, improves, moving to 1.756s from the top on his first outing in MotoGP.

Test Thailand Buriram Day 3 Chang International Circuit – The final times

Photos: Alex Farinelli