Jack Miller is fast.

After a long off season the MotoGP boys are finally back in town. Well, in Qatar. A fortnight before the first round of the championship an official MotoGP test was held in the Doha desert. Everyone but 2020 absentee Marc Marquez was there. Speculation?s still rife as to whether he?ll be on the grid at round one but we?re bored of talking about that now; so let?s have a look at what went down in the official MotoGP test.

Day One

After a shakedown day for the 2021 rookies and factory test riders, the official MotoGP test began in earnest. And there were a couple of surprise front runners at the close of play. Aprilia Racing Team Gresini?s Aleix Espargaro topped the time sheets, quarter of a second ahead of Repsol Honda Team test rider Stefan Bradl. I say test rider? I wouldn?t be surprised if we see Bradl on the grid at the first round, as a replacement for MM93. As per 2020.
Reigning champ Joan Mir was third ahead of Jack Miller and Miguel Oliveira, who all  had some decent pace. In fact the pace in general was pretty hot on day one, with the top 14 all covered by less than a second a lap.

Anyway, here?s the results from day one of the official MotoGP test.

Day one official results

Pos.RiderNumNationTeamConstructorTime/Gap1Espargaro Aleix41SPAAprilia Racing Team GresiniAprilia1’54.6872Bradl Stefan6GERRepsol Honda TeamHonda0.2563Mir Joan36SPATeam Suzuki EcstarSuzuki0.2934Miller Jack43AUSDucati Lenovo Te...