Bagnaia: “I was behind you and I saw that you were riding it like the Honda.”
Marquez: “Yeah, I have to understand [how to ride it]. In this case, [the tyre] had 22 laps.”Bagnaia: “You could see it.”
Acosta, 19, is the Moto2 champion and his desire to step up forced KTM to reshuffle their pack (and ultimately demote Pol Espargaro) in order to provide him with a Tech3 GASGAS seat.
Acosta promptly went second-fastest on the first day of the Sepang test.
In 2013, Moto2 champion Marquez stepped up and won the MotoGP title in his rookie year. He then won six of his first seven MotoGP seasons.
Marquez said about Acosta: “He will be super fast during the season.
“Already the guys who arrive in MotoGP are super fast.“Quartararo… Pecco, when he arrived in MotoGP at the preseason test, he was leading. He was the fastest on one day.
The Australian MotoGP race winner is preparing for his first season with Honda as part of the satellite LCR team following a switch from Pramac Ducati over the winter.Zarco had a chance to ride the outgoing RC213V package during last year’s Valencia test before progressing to this year’s iteration, a machine he believes is very different to its predecessor.
