Jack Miller remains fastest overall at the conclusion of MotoGP pre-season testing after high winds effectively wiped out the final day of running in Qatar.
The Queenslander unofficially broke the Losail International Circuit’s All Time Lap Record when he rode his Ducati to a 1:53.183s on Day 1 of the second Official Test of 2021.
Only five riders set a lap time on Day 3, which included a red flag period with just over two hours remaining in order to clean the track of the sand which had been blown onto it.
Best of those was Tech3 KTM’s Danilo Petrucci, who clocked a 1:58.157s, while Honda Test Team’s Stefan Bradl ended up second with a 1:59.432s on his third and final lap.
As such, it is two Ducati pilots sandwiching three from Yamaha in the combined top five for the test.
Behind Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team), Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha) is second-fastest with the 1:53.244s with which he topped the penultimate day, from Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha), Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha SRT), and Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team).
Moto2 and Moto3 have their Official Test at Losail on March 19-21, before all three classes are in action when the season proper kicks off with the Qatar Grand Prix on the following weekend.
Combined: Losail Official Test 2
| Pos | Num | Rider | Nat | Team | Bike | Fastest lap | Day | Gap 1st/Prev |
| 1 | 43 | J.MILLER | AUS | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 1:53.183 | TD3 | |
| 2 | 12 | M.VIÑALES | ESP | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 1:53.244 | TD4 | 0.061/0.061 |
| 3 | 20 | F.QUARTARARO | FRA | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 1:53.263 | TD3 | 0.080/0.019 |
| 4 | 21 | F.MORBIDELLI | ITA | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 1:53.323 | TD4 | 0.140/0.060 |
| 5 | 63 | F.BAGNAIA | ITA | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 1:53.444 | TD4 | 0.261/0.121 |
| 6 | 41 | A.ESPARGARO | ESP | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 1:53.640 | TD4 | 0.457/0.196 |
| 7 | 36 | J.MIR | ESP | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 1:53.827 | TD4 | 0.644/0.187 |
| 8 | 42 | A.RINS | ESP | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 1:53.860 | TD4 | 0.677/0.033 |
| 9 | 5 | J.ZARCO | FRA | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 1:53.899 | TD3 | 0.716/0.039 |
| 10 | 44 | P.ESPARGARO | ESP | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1:53.899 | TD3 | 0.716 |
| 11 | 46 | V.ROSSI | ITA | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 1:53.993 | TD4 | 0.810/0.094 |
| 12 | 30 | T.NAKAGAMI | JPN | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | Honda | 1:54.262 | TD3 | 1.079/0.269 |
| 13 | 6 | S.BRADL | GER | Honda Test Team | Honda | 1:54.427 | TD4 | 1.244/0.165 |
| 14 | 89 | J.MARTIN | ESP | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 1:54.483 | TD4 | 1.300/0.056 |
| 15 | 23 | E.BASTIANINI | ITA | Avintia Esponsorama | Ducati | 1:54.505 | TD4 | 1.322/0.022 |
| 16 | 88 | M.OLIVEIRA | POR | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 1:54.526 | TD3 | 1.343/0.021 |
| 17 | 33 | B.BINDER | RSA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 1:54.691 | TD4 | 1.508/0.165 |
| 18 | 73 | A.MARQUEZ | ESP | LCR Honda CASTROL | Honda | 1:54.692 | TD4 | 1.509/0.001 |
| 19 | 9 | D.PETRUCCI | ITA | Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 1:54.895 | TD4 | 1.712/0.203 |
| 20 | 82 | Y.TEST2 | Yamaha Test Team | Yamaha | 1:54.998 | TD3 | 1.815/0.103 | |
| 21 | 10 | L.MARINI | ITA | SKY VR46 Avintia | Ducati | 1:55.022 | TD4 | 1.839/0.024 |
| 22 | 81 | Y.TEST1 | Yamaha Test Team | Yamaha | 1:55.080 | TD4 | 1.897/0.058 | |
| 23 | 27 | I.LECUONA | ESP | Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 1:55.195 | TD4 | 2.012/0.115 |
| 24 | 26 | D.PEDROSA | ESP | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 1:56.706 | TD4 | 2.457/0.445 |
| 25 | 50 | S.GUINTOLI | FRA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 1:55.642 | TD3 | 2.459/0.002 |
| 26 | 32 | L.SAVADORI | ITA | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 1:56.168 | TD3 | 2.571/0.112 |
| 27 | 83 | Y.TEST3 | Yamaha Test Team | Yamaha | 1:55.831 | TD4 | 2.648/0.077 | |
| 28 | 51 | M.PIRRO | ITA | Ducati Test Team | Ducati | 1:56.732 | TD4 | 3.549/0.901 |
| 29 | 85 | T.TSUDA | JPN | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 1:57.795 | TD3 | 4.612/1.063 |
TD3, TD4, TD5 denote day of official testing, including first, two-day test
Fastest lap on first test: Fabio Quartararo 1:53.940
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