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What we learned from the Sepang test

MotoGP burst back into life at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia last week, as three days of intensive pre-season testing for the teams and riders heralded the beginning of final preparations ahead of the coming 2019 campaign.  Making any concrete assertions based on testing is generally a foolish endeavour; timesheets only reveal so much. Everyone is carrying out their own programmes, and misdirection is a key part of testing. But what became almost immediately obvious is the competitive nature of the 2019 field. A new unofficial lap record of 1:58.239s was set by Ducati's Danilo Petrucci, with six riders dipping underneath Jorge Lorenzo's previous unofficial...
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