Three hours before the conclusion of the first test day, at eight in the morning in Spanish time, Fabio Quartararo leads his Yamaha in the first of the three test days scheduled for MotoGP at the new Mandalika circuit, in Indonesia . The time set by the defending champion was 1:34.074, which is still more than a second from the 1:32.877 set by Razgatlioglu when SBK raced on this track last year. That is the dry reference for the moment and it is to be hoped that they will get even closer in the remainder of a day to which 45 extra minutes have been added due to the appearance of the red flag in the morning due to the dirt on the asphalt.
In addition to how wet the asphalt was for the riders, there was dirt on some points that the riders did not like and that has led some to complain to Race Direction. Circuit employees have done what they could to improve the condition of the track and the action has resumed with a permanent drift of positions at the top of the time table.
At the close of this advance, the top ten was made up of Quartararo, Martín (at 0.151), Oliveira, Nakagami, Zarco, Miller, Fernández, Dovizioso, Rins and Morbidelli. Further back, Pol (11th), Mir (12th), Maverick (14th), Aleix (15th), Márquez (19th) and Álex Márquez 21st