Marc Marquez closed the final test day 2013 as the quickest rider after outpacing the impressive Bradley Smith on Wednesday at Valencia. The world champion all-but-matched his Saturday pole position time to finish fastest of all but Smith was the big mover, shaving six tenths off his weekend qualifying time to take second on his updated Tech 3 Yamaha.
Marquez and the Repsol Honda squad experimented with different specifications of motorcycle on Tuesday but focused on the 2014 machine today, with the 20 year old setting his quickest time at the very end of the day after 56 laps around the Ricardo Tormo Circuit.
Meanwhile, Smith continued to learn about the upgrades fitted to his YZR-M1 yesterday and improved by almost a second overnight to finish P2 ahead of Stefan Bradl and Dani Pedrosa on their respective Hondas. Bradl tested the 2014 RC213V for the first time today but Alvaro Bautista took eight laps to make a mess of his, crashing out after losing the front end of his machine.
Pol Espargaro’s first week as a MotoGP rider ended with another impressive showing, setting the sixth fastest time on his Tech 3 Yamaha, while Andrea Iannone separated him from brother Aleix on Forward Racing’s FTR-Yamaha. Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow completed the top ten for Ducati but Yamaha’s factory riders sat the day out after completing their scheduled programme on Tuesday.
| MOTOGP OFFICIAL TEST – VALENCIA (WEDNESDAY 13TH NOVEMBER) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | RIDER | MOTORCYCLE | TEAM | TIME | |
| 1 |  MARC MARQUEZ |
HONDA RC213V | REPSOL HONDA TEAM | 1:30.287 | |
| 2 |  BRADLEY SMITH |
YAMAHA YZR-M1 | MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3 | 1:30.598 | REPORT |
| 3 |  STEFAN BRADL |
HONDA RC213V | LCR HONDA MOTOGP | 1:30.868 | |
| 4 | DANI PEDROSA |
HONDA RC213V | REPSOL HONDA TEAM | 1:30.992 | |
| 5 | ALVARO BAUTISTA |
HONDA RC213V | GO&FUN HONDA GRESINI | 1:31.229 | |
| 6 | POL ESPARGARO |
YAMAHA YZR-M1 | MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3 | 1:31.533 | REPORT |
| 7 |  ANDREA IANNONE |
DUCATI GP13 | ENERGY T.I. PRAMAC RACING | 1:31.594 | |
| 8 | ALEIX ESPARGARO |
FTR YAMAHA | NGM MOBILE FORWARD RACING | 1:31.644 | |
| 9 | ANDREA DOVIZIOSO |
DUCATI GP13 | DUCATI TEAM | 1:31.716 | REPORT |
| 10 | CAL CRUTCHLOW |
DUCATI GP13 | DUCATI TEAM | 1:31.875 | REPORT |
| 11 | MICHELE PIRRO |
DUCATI GP13 | DUCATI TEST TEAM | 1:31.883 | |
| 12 |  NICKY HAYDEN |
HONDA RCV1000R | POWER ELECTRONICS ASPAR | 1:32.123 | |
| 13 |  HIROSHI AOYAMA |
HONDA RCV1000R | POWER ELECTRONICS ASPAR | 1:32.530 | |
| 14 | MICHAEL LAVERTY |
ART | PAUL BIRD MOTORSPORT | 1:33.055 | |
| 15 | COLIN EDWARDS |
FTR YAHAMA | NGM MOBILE FORWARD RACING | NO TIME | |
| 16 | HECTOR BARBERA |
FTR | AVINTIA BLUSENS | NO TIME | |
| 17 |  RANDY DE PUNIET |
ART | PAUL BIRD MOTORSPORT | NO TIME | |
| 18 |  MARTIN BAUER |
S&B SUTER | REMUS RACING TEAM | NO TIME | |
| 19 | SCOTT REDDING |
HONDA RCV1000R | GO&FUN HONDA GRESINI | NO TIME | |
| 20 | VALENTINO ROSSI |
YAMAHA YZR-M1 | YAMAHA FACTORY RACING | NO TIME | |
| 21 | MIKE DI MEGLIO |
FTR | AVINTIA BLUSENS | NO TIME | |
| 22 |  YONNY HERNANDEZ |
DUCATI GP13 | IGNITE PRAMAC RACING TEAM | NO TIME | |
| 23 | JORGE LORENZO |
YAMAHA YZR-M1 | YAMAHA FACTORY RACING | NO TIME | |
