With the MotoGP season kicking off in less than two weeks, here's a look at what we learned from the final test at Portimao.
The 2023 MotoGP pre-season preparations and ponderings are over as the Portugal test ended on Sunday night. Those on Italian machinery go into the new campaign with sky-high confidence, while for the rest it is a mixed bag. Here’s what we learned from the final pre-season testAs the flurry of social media posts from the paddock at 5:30pm on Sunday correctly pointed out, it's now time to go racing in MotoGP in 2023.
That was Jack Miller's assessment of former team-mate and reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia following Sunday's final day of running at the Portugal test. While he didn't want to single out any title favourites, nor acknowledge his own position, Bagnaia was clear on the opening day of the Portugal test where the land lies at present:"I saw at this moment that Ducati and Aprilia are unbeatable. They are very competitive. But it's very difficult to know because sincerely it was easier to understand the tests years ago."
For Yamaha to go forward on the final day of the Portugal test, it had to go backwards. Though its massive Formula 1-style rear wing drew most of the attention, the rest of the bike followed more closely to its predecessor, with Quartararo running 2022-spec geometry settings and aerodynamic package.
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