Honda's Marc Marquez finishes MotoGP test on top, despite falling
Marc Marquez once again recovered from a crash to post the quickest time on the second and final day of the MotoGP post-season test at Valencia
The Honda rider went down at the final corner during the afternoon but was quickly back out on track and on top of the times with a 1m31.060s, which was almost half a second faster than he went on Tuesday.
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He demoted Maverick Vinales to second, the Suzuki rider having spent a brief period on top after dethroning Marquez's team-mate Dani Pedrosa.
Vinales soon joined Marquez and several other riders in crashing as the field continues to try to get to grips with the new Michelin tyres that will be used in 2016.
Aleix Espargaro completed a good day for Suzuki with fourth place behind Pedrosa.
World champion Jorge Lorenzo took fifth while Cal Crutchlow came back from a high-speed crash at Turn 1 late in the day to split the factory Yamahas and relegate Valentino Rossi to seventh.
Tech 3 Yamaha's Pol Espargaro was eighth, having set the same time as Andrea Iannone on the top Ducati, while Bradley Smith rounded out the top 10.
DAY TWO TIMES
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marc Marquez | Honda | 1m31.060s | - | 42 |
| 2 | Maverick Vinales | Suzuki | 1m31.163s | 0.103s | 57 |
| 3 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 1m31.180s | 0.120s | 60 |
| 4 | Aleix Espargaro | Suzuki | 1m31.212s | 0.152s | 55 |
| 5 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 1m31.282s | 0.222s | 48 |
| 6 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR | 1m31.494s | 0.434s | 58 |
| 7 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 1m31.498s | 0.438s | 65 |
| 8 | Pol Espargaro | Tech 3 | 1m31.619s | 0.559s | 51 |
| 9 | Andrea Iannone | Ducati | 1m31.619s | 0.559s | 60 |
| 10 | Bradley Smith | Tech 3 | 1m31.694s | 0.634s | 71 |
| 11 | Danilo Petrucci | Pramac Racing | 1m31.717s | 0.657s | 62 |
| 12 | Loris Baz | Avintia Racing | 1m31.796s | 0.736s | 49 |
| 13 | Scott Redding | Pramac Racing | 1m31.901s | 0.841s | 54 |
| 14 | Hector Barbera | Avintia Racing | 1m31.937s | 0.877s | 62 |
| 15 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1m31.967s | 0.907s | 62 |
| 16 | Jack Miller | Marc VDS | 1m32.100s | 1.040s | 49 |
| 17 | Eugene Laverty | Aspar | 1m32.377s | 1.317s | 51 |
| 18 | Tito Rabat | Marc VDS | 1m32.402s | 1.342s | 56 |
| 19 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia Gresini | 1m32.492s | 1.432s | 59 |
| 20 | Yonny Hernandez | Aspar | 1m32.510s | 1.450s | 48 |
| 21 | Alvaro Bautista | Aprilia Gresini | 1m32.847s | 1.787s | 52 |
| 22 | Michele Pirro | Ducati | 1m33.568s | 2.508s | 6 |
| 23 | Takuya Tsuda | Suzuki | 1m33.797s | 2.737s | 32 |
| 24 | Mike Di Meglio | Aprilia Gresini | 1m34.372s | 3.312s | 21 |
| 25 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki | 1m37.031s | 5.971s | 13 |
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