Things are certainly heating up in MotoGP. Jorge Lorenzo has just set the fastest lap time ever on two wheels at Sepang during the first round of MotoGP testing. The 1:58.830 lap will not stand as an official record because it wasn’t set during an official race, however there’s no arguing against it ? fast is fast. As for the rest of the field, everyone seems to be nipping at each other’s heels, with less than a second separating first through 12th place.
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January 30, 2018 – Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team) decimated the competition on the third and final day of the #SepangTest, setting the fastest ever lap around the Malaysian venue with a 1:58.830. His closest challenger was Repsol Honda Team?s Dani Pedrosa ? the fastest man on Day 1 of the test ? who was just over a tenth and a half behind his compatriot. The number 26 is also the holder of the pole lap record. Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) took P3, only half a tenth behind the RC213V of Pedrosa ahead of him. It was a day without the rain that had affected Sunday and Monday?s action, and Lorenzo put in 48 laps overall, topping the timesheets on Lap 21. The Spaniard had also crashed earlier, but then went out and set his best effort. The 1:58.830 lap will not count as the official record due it having been set outside a race weekend, but it is the quickest recorded lap on two wheels. The previous best belonged to Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) and was set during testing in 201...