The second day of the MotoGP Shakedown in Sepang is over, today with many more novelties on the track in terms of riders, and with a novelty about the fastest on the track: Pol Espargaró.
After having only the test riders on the track on the first day, in addition to rookie Pedro Acosta, today it was possible to see some of the main riders from the manufacturers who are also benefiting from concessions – such as Yamaha and Honda.
Pol Espargaró was the fastest on the track with a lap time of 1m58.241s, with Fabio Quartararo 0.283s behind, and Pedro Acosta 0.29s behind the leader of the day.
Álex Rins, on his first day of 2024 with the M1, was fourth, ahead of yesterday’s leader Dani Pedrosa.
Joan Mir was sixth, ahead of former Pramac rider Johann Zarco, with Luca Marini in eighth, ahead of the most experienced rider with the RC213V, Takaaki Nakagami. Stefan Bradl closed the top ten.
Here is the table of times in Sepang on day 2 of the Shakedown:
| 1 | Pol Espargaró | SPA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 | 1’58.241s |
| 2 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Energy Yamaha Racing | Yamaha M1 | 1’58.524s |
| 3 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull GasGas Factory Tech3 | KTM RC16 | 1’58.531s |
| 4 | Álex Rins | SPA | Monster Energy Yamaha Racing | Yamaha M1 | 1’58.650s |
| 5 | Dani Pedrosa | SPA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 | 1’58.672s |
| 6 | Joan Mir | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda RC213V | 1’59.087s |
| 7 | Johann Zarco | FRA | LCR | Honda RC213V | 1’59.091s |
| 8 | Luca Marini | ITA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda RC213V | 1’59.212s |
| 9 | Takaaki Nakagami | JAP | LCR | Honda RC213V | 1’59.269s |
| 10 | Stefan Bradl | GER | HRC | Honda RC213V | 1’59.770s |
| 11 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati GP24 | 2’00.156s |
| 12 | Cal Crutchlow | UK | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha M1 | 2’00.425s |
| 13 | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP | 2’00.820s |
