MotoGP top speed 2020: Yamaha is as fast as Honda in Qatar tests

Ducati is still in the lead, but Yamaha is catching up

Yamaha engineers seem to have come up with some solutions to the YZR-M1 bike top speed issues if you look at the latest MotoGP test in Qatar. Honda is losing ground in terms of its top speed.

If you look at the numbers, Ducati is still at the top, and Jack Miller reaches 355.2 km / h on the satellite wheel – just 2.3 km / h faster than Danilo Petrucci’s factory Ducati.

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Yamaha improved its speed on the straight compared to last year’s MotoGP Qatar tests. Maverick Vinales took 9th place in the table with a top speed of 346.1 km / h.

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Cal Crutchlow’s Honda RC213V MotoGP was eighth at 348.3 km / h.

Big improvements over the redesigned 2020 Aprilia RS-GP bike while Marc Marquez ‘Honda is losing speed at the end of the back straight.

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MotoGP Qatar Test 2020 – Top Speed:

Item driver bicycle Speed ​​- km / h
1 Jack MILLER DUCATI 355.2
2 Danilo PETRUCCI DUCATI 352.9
3rd Francesco BAGNAIA DUCATI 351.7
4th Johann ZARCO DUCATI 350.6
5 Andrea DOVIZIOSO DUCATI 349.5
6th Aleix ESPARGARO APRILIA 349.5
7th Tito RABAT DUCATI 348.3
8th Cal CRUTCHLOW HONDA 348.3
9 Maverick VIÑALES YAMAHA 346.1
10 Alex RINS SUZUKI 346.1
11 Marc Marquez HONDA 346.1
12th Pole ESPARGARO KTM 346.1
13th Alex MARQUEZ HONDA 345.0
14th Bradley SMITH APRILIA 345.0
fifteen Valentino Rossi YAMAHA 343.9
16 Brad BINDER KTM 342.8
17th Miguel OLIVEIRA KTM 342.8
18th Joan ME SUZUKI 341.7
19th Iker LECUONA KTM 341.7
20th Takaaki NAKAGAMI HONDA 340.6
21 Franco MORBIDELLI YAMAHA 339.6
22nd Fabio QUARTARARO YAMAHA 339.6

The 2019 Yamaha YZR-M1 MotoGP motorcycle lost roughly 9.8 km / h on the straight compared to the Honda RC213V. On the factory bikes, Marquez was the fastest with 348.3 km / h, while Vinales was only 15th with 338.5 km / h.

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MotoGP test 2019 in Qatar – top speed:

Item driver bicycle Speed ​​- km / h
1 Marc Marquez HONDA 348.3
2 Jack MILLER DUCATI 347.2
3rd Danilo PETRUCCI DUCATI 346.1
4th Cal CRUTCHLOW HONDA 346.1
5 Andrea DOVIZIOSO DUCATI 343.9
6th Tito RABAT DUCATI 343.9
7th Joan ME SUZUKI 343.9
8th Aleix ESPARGARO APRILIA 342.8
9 Alex RINS SUZUKI 342.8
10 Pole ESPARGARO KTM 341.7
11 Bradley SMITH APRILIA 341.7
12th Francesco BAGNAIA DUCATI 339.6
13th Takaaki NAKAGAMI HONDA 339.6
14th Franco MORBIDELLI YAMAHA 339.6
fifteen Maverick VIÑALES YAMAHA 338.5
16 Valentino Rossi YAMAHA 338.5
17th Fabio QUARTARARO YAMAHA 337.5
18th Johann ZARCO KTM 336.4
19th Miguel OLIVEIRA KTM 336.4

If you compare the top speed of MotoGP motorcycles 2020 with the previous ones, almost all machines are faster and only the Honda RC213V 2020 loses -2.2 km / h.

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Top speed difference – test 2020 versus 2019

Item driver bicycle Vs 2019
1 Jack MILLER DUCATI +8 km / h
2 Danilo PETRUCCI DUCATI +6.8 km / h
3rd Francesco BAGNAIA DUCATI +12.1 km / h
4th Johann ZARCO DUCATI /.
5 Andrea DOVIZIOSO DUCATI +5.6 km / h
6th Aleix ESPARGARO APRILIA +6.7 km / h
7th Tito RABAT DUCATI +4.4 km / h
8th Cal CRUTCHLOW HONDA +2.2 km / h
9 Maverick VIÑALES YAMAHA +7.6 km / h
10 Alex RINS SUZUKI +3.3 km / h
11 Marc Marquez HONDA -2.2 km / h
12th Pole ESPARGARO KTM +4.4 km / h
13th Alex MARQUEZ HONDA /.
14th Bradley SMITH APRILIA +3.3 km / h
fifteen Valentino Rossi YAMAHA +5.4 km / h
16 Brad BINDER KTM /.
17th Miguel OLIVEIRA KTM +6.4 km / h
18th Joan ME SUZUKI -2.2
19th Iker LECUONA KTM /.
20th Takaaki NAKAGAMI HONDA +1 km / h
21 Franco MORBIDELLI YAMAHA 0 km / h
22nd Fabio QUARTARARO YAMAHA +2.1 km / h

The three fastest lap times in the 2020 MotoGP Qatar test come from Yamaha YZR-M1 motorcycles driven by Vinales, Morbidelli and Quartararo.

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MotoGP QatarTest 2020 – Combined Times

Item driver bicycle Time gap
1 Maverick VIÑALES YAMAHA 1m53.858
2 Franco MORBIDELLI YAMAHA +0.033
3rd Fabio QUARTARARO YAMAHA +0.180
4th Alex RINS SUZUKI +0.210
5 Jack MILLER DUCATI +0.247
6th Joan ME SUZUKI +0.271
7th Marc Marquez HONDA +0.291
8th Takaaki NAKAGAMI HONDA +0.381
9 Brad BINDER KTM +0.425
10 Andrea DOVIZIOSO DUCATI +0.454
11 Francesco BAGNAIA DUCATI +0.468
12th Valentino Rossi YAMAHA +0.474
13th Aleix ESPARGARO APRILIA +0.574
14th Johann ZARCO DUCATI +0.707
fifteen Pole ESPARGARO KTM +0.765
16 Danilo PETRUCCI DUCATI +0.776
17th Tito RABAT DUCATI +0.816
18th Cal CRUTCHLOW HONDA +0.972
19th Miguel OLIVEIRA KTM +1,150
20th Iker LECUONA KTM +1,443
21 Alex MARQUEZ HONDA +1,661
22nd Bradley SMITH APRILIA +2,058

The first round of the 2020 MotoGP season will take place in Qatar from March 6-8.

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