Pedrosa fastest rider at Thailand Official Test - Next stop Lusail

Pedrosa fastest overall rider at Buriram International Circuit - Honda make it three in a row as the ‘Little Samurai’ sets the fastest ever lap at Buriram.It was Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) on Day 1, Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) on Day 2 and Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) on Day 3 to make it three days in a row on top for Honda at thern#ThaiTest. Pedrosa is quickest overall with a 1:29.781, with Marquez P3 on combined timesheets on a 1:29.969 and Crutchlow fourth, just outside the 1:29s. Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) wasrnsecond overall - just 0.086 off Pedrosa in the exclusive 1:29 club.Marquez suffered a small crash on Day 3 – just outside the realm of a super save – but the six-time Champion nevertheless pounded through another huge workload of laps. One innovation spotted onrnSunday was a carbon swingarm, which was also used in Sepang and Valencia, but the biggest headline for the Japanese factory was the incredible pace. It bodes well ahead of the season opener, with Hondarnbidding to retain both the riders’ and constructors’ titles.The interloper in the Honda party at the top was the man who looked set to go fastest until right at the end - Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3). The Frenchman broke the 1:30 barrier on Day 3rntwice, with his fastest effort a 1:29.867 before he called it a day some time before the end of the test, work completed. Zarco, who will be using the 2016 chassis on his Tech 3 machine this year, did 47 lapsrnand was top Yamaha.Fellow sophomore Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) made it a clean sweep of impressive performances on Day 3, as the Spaniard ended the test in fifth overall. Despite a crash, Rins did another 66 laps onrnSunday. Teammate Andrea Iannone also ended the test positive but a little further down in P15 overall, finding it hard to unlock better pace on new tyres. The Hamamatsu factory brought a number of thingsrnto the test, including a previous aero fairing and two iterations of a new aero fairing, as well as chassis updates.Jack Miller (Alma Pramac Racing) was once again a star attraction on Sunday, and finished the test in P6 overall – only 0.007 off Rins ahead of him. The Australian has settled in incredibly quickly on thernGP17, and teammate Danilo Petrucci on the GP18 and Ducati test duty made it both Alma Pramac Racing machines in the top ten as he slotted into P9 on combined timesheets.Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) was finished early on Day 3, with the track having proven more useful than expected during the hotter parts of the day and the Italian getting through the programme. Hernfinished the #ThaiTest with 58 laps on Day 3, P7 on combined timesheets after trying three aero fairings and comparing chassis updates. Teammate Jorge Lorenzo was P16 on combined times after a morerndifficult test than his domination of Sepang with a record lap, comparing the GP18 and GP17 on the final day in Thailand.Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) ended Thailand in eighth overall, with a lap set on Saturday – when the Spaniard said the afternoon had seen them take a big step forward. But onrnSunday, teammate Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) was quicker, P10 compared to Viñales’ twelfth place on the Day 3 timesheets. Rossi’s Sunday best was a 1:30.511 and the ‘Doctor’ set it onrnlap 69 of 70, but was P12 overall.Although the #ThaiTest is now over, three more days of testing remain - with Lusail International Circuit in Qatar the next host. Action begins there on 1st March.rnThe track activity for the Qatar Test will be from 13:00 to 21:00 and the entrance to the Grandstand is free for all the spectators.During the Qatar Test from 1st to 3rd March if you show your ticket of the Grand Prix of Qatar (16th to 18th March) you can get the chance to enter the Paddock during the Qatar Test ** Limited paddock passes available at the Welcome Centre[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][stm_carousel images="8640,8607,8608,8612,8613,8636,8637,8638,8639,8627,8616,8618,8629"][/vc_column][/vc_row]