Rain affected the second day of testing in Malaysia, yet Portuguese rider Miguel Oliveira, from the RNF Aprilia MotoGP Team, improved noticeably.
The second day of the official MotoGP testing at the Sepang International Circuit started on a damp track this morning. Some rain showers interrupted proceedings throughout the day, but Miguel Oliveira did not only just set fast dry lap times, but also learned to ride his new Aprilia RS-GP in the wet.
Although time on a dry track was limited due to some drops of rain and some heavier showers towards the end of the day, Oliveira managed to improve on his personal best lap time from day one by 0.891 seconds. Thereby, the Portuguese star moved up to second place in the test standings of the day, just 0.103 seconds behind the fastest rider after doing 52 laps today.
“Today was a good day! It’s true that we didn’t get as much dry time as we wanted. Actually, we wanted to test a couple more things with the bike, but we couldn’t. That was a shame. But we still enjoyed ourselves throughout today. Hopefully, we get the chance to have some more track time in dry conditions tomorrow”, reveals Miguel Oliveira.
Tomorrow will be the final test day at the Sepang International Circuit, before the entire paddock moves over to Europe for two further days of testing at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve, at Portimão, Portugal, in March ahead of the first of 21 rounds of 2023 at the same venue.
