Marc Marquez has wasted no time in establishing his pace by setting the fastest time on the opening day of an official MotoGP test at the Sepang circuit.
The Spaniard capitalised as track temperatures dropped late in the session, posting the top time for the day of 2:00.286s, .5s quicker than Valentino Rossi who improved in the closing stages of the run.
Marquez’s Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa was third with Jorge Lorenzo fourth ahead of Alvaro Bautista fifth with another Honda rider Stefan Bradl, sixth.
The RC213V Hondas of Marquez and Pedrosa are running with larger air intakes in 2014 which has improved topline speeds and assisted in corner exit throttle response.
Champion rider Rossi is working with his new crew chief Silvano Galbusera after the departure of the celebrated Aussie Jeremy Burgess.
See below for full Sepang test results
| 1 | Marc Marquez | Repsol Honda Team | 2:00.286 |
| 2 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha Factory Racing | 2:00.804 |
| 3 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | 2:00.906 |
| 4 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha Factory Racing | 2:01.082 |
| 5 | Alvaro Bautista | GO&FUN Honda Gresini | 2:01.240 |
| 6 | Stefan Bradl | LCR Honda MotoGP | 2:01.320 |
| 7 | Aleix Espargaro | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | 2:01.419 |
| 8 | Andrea Iannone | Pramac Racing | 2:01.538 |
| 9 | Pol Espargaro | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 2:01.634 |
| 10 | Bradley Smith | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 2:01.876 |
| 11 | Colin Edwards | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | 2:02.483 |
| 12 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | 2:02.497 |
| 13 | Michele Pirro | Ducati Test Team | 2:02.552 |
| 14 | Cal Crutchlow | Ducati Team | 2:02.860 |
| 15 | Yonny Hernandez | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing | 2:02.891 |
| 16 | Katsuyuki Nakasuga | Yamaha Factory Test Team | 2:03.126 |
| 17 | Nicky Hayden | Drive M7 Aspar | 2:03.319 |
| 18 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Drive M7 Aspar | 2:03.328 |
| 19 | Randy De Puniet | Suzuki Test Team | 2:03.893 |
| 20 | Kosuke Akiyoski | HRC Test Team | 2:04.267 |
| 21 | Scott Redding | GO&FUN Honda Gresini | 2:04.431 |
| 22 | Hector Barbera | Avintia Racing | 2:04.922 |
| 23 | Mike Di Meglio | Avintia Racing | 2:05.825 |
| 24 | Broc Parkes | Paul Bird Motorport | 2:05.889 |
| 25 | Michael Laverty | Paul Bird Motorsport | 2:06.070 |
| 26 | Karel Abraham | Cardion AB Motoracing | 2:06.755 |
