Stefan Bradl puts the Honda on top of the first day of MotoGP preseason

He concluded the first day of MotoGP preseason and has done so with Stefan Bradl with the best time. Honda's test driver, which all points to the fact that he will have to replace Marc Márquez in the first races of the season, has stopped the clock at 1: 55.614 that places him with a lot of advantage over the rest.

Remember that Only test drivers from brands, rookies and team owners that still have concessions can participate in the shakedown, which in this case is just Aprilia. So Aleix Espargaró and Lorenzo Savadori have fought with the new motorcycle of the Noale brand.

Aleix Espargaró has not ridden with the Aprilia

Behind Bradl the Yamaha finished, but already more than a second apart. Keep in mind that today's times are of little use, and more so in the case of Yamaha: have raced with three bikes and three riders (Cal Crutchlow, Katsuyuki Nakasuga and Kohta Nozane, who have also been exchanging their motorcycles.

Among the rookies the best has been Enea Bastianini, fourth, who also set the best time for a Ducati, even beating the official test rider, Michele Pirro, who was fifth. Let us remember that Bastianini will carry last year's motorcycle in 2021, but this is not a time for alarms. It was just a test.

On the part of Aprilia, although the holders had permission to participate, Espargaró has not gone out on track for reasons still unknown. Only Savadori was there, seventh best time. Luca Marini was eighth and the worst rookie was Spanish Jorge Martín, tenth. In any case, nothing serious yet.

The best Suzuki, Sylvain Guintoli, finished ninth, while KTM tester Dani Pedrosa finished with the eleventh fastest time, just ahead of Suzuki's second tester, Takuya Tsuda. Tomorrow the real action will begin with all the starting drivers on the track.