2013 MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez has concluded the three-day ‘2014’ pre-season test on top of the time sheets at Valencia,

After sampling three different prototype machines on Tuesday when he set the best time, Marquez worked on the 2014 bike on the final day of the test – finishing at the head of the list of 14 riders present with a best lap of 1’30.287, just 0.05s off the time which gave him pole on Saturday.

Moto2 World Champion Pol Espargaro got plenty of laps on the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 bike, but was less than a second team-mate behind Bradley Smith to be sixth overall.

Stefan Bradl was third, 0.27s down on Smith – fourth overall over the three days of the test, just marginally off third best rider Jorge Lorenzo who did not ride on Wednesday and put in his best time in Tuesday.

Dani Pedrosa had a busy day, also testing the 2014 machine and lapping fourth best on Wednesday and fifth overall, his fastest lap coming on Tuesday. Likewise Alvaro Bautista went quicker on Tuesday, but did have a crash on the new HRC machine for next season.

Just below Bautista and Pol Espargaro on Wednesday’s timesheet, Andrea Iannone was the fastest Ducati equipped rider on the timesheet with Pramac Racing, 1.3s off Marquez’ pace.

Aleix Espargaro did well on the new Forward Racing FTR Yamaha on just his second day on the bike, just outpacing the likes of Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow.

100 laps for Aspar riders Nicky Hayden (1’32.123 – 40 laps) and Hiroshi Aoyama (1’32.530 – 60 laps) gathering priceless data and experience with the new Honda RCV1000R.

Some teams may test privately in the coming weeks, but after the Winter Test ban in December and January the 2014 MotoGP grid will back in action together at Sepang in the 2nd-4th February preseason tests.

 TIMES: Final day of testing