Following Sunday's season-ending Valencia Grand Prix, a two-day post season
MotoGP test began at the circuit on Tuesday.
Day one was marred by poor weather, which caused seven of the 21 riders to remain in the pits and prompted the Factory Yamaha team to send
Valentino Rossi and
Jorge Lorenzo to Aragon for day two.
Unfortunately, rain has been falling off and on at both Valencia and Aragon this morning.
As of midday, only three riders have recorded a lap time at Valencia. Rossi and Lorenzo have both reportedly been out on track at Aragon, but were then forced back into the pits by showers.
Moto2 stars Marc Marquez and Bradley Smith - due to make their
MotoGP debuts at the Valencia test - did not set a lap time on Tuesday. The others to sit out day one were Dani Pedrosa, Cal Crutchlow, Shane Byrne, Danilo Petrucci and Lorenzo.
UPDATE: Bradley Smith left the pits for his first
MotoGP laps, on wet tyres, shortly after midday.
Ben Spies, moving from Yamaha to Ducati for 2013, is not present due to recent surgery. His place is being taken by new Ducati test rider Michele Pirro.
Alvaro Bautista's Tuesday time was set on slicks, just before rain arrived.
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MotoGP test...
1.
Aleix Espargaro ESP Aspar (ART CRT)
1m 43.704s (Lap 22/31)
2.
Michele Pirro ITA Pramac Racing (GP12)
1m 43.957s (5/8)
3.
Andrea Iannone ITA Pramac Racing (GP12)
1m 44.660s (7/16)
Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (GP12)
No Time Colin Edwards USA Forward (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)
No Time Stefan Bradl GER LCR Honda
MotoGP (RC213V)
No Time Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Avintia (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)
No Time Hector Barbera ESP Avintia (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)
No Time Danilo Petrucci ITA Came IodaRacing (Suter-BMW CRT)
No Time Randy De Puniet FRA Aspar (ART CRT)
No Time Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB (ART CRT)
No Time Alvaro Bautista ESP Honda Gresini (RC213V)
No Time Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V)
No Time Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)
No Time Bradley Smith GBR Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)
No Time Shane Byrne GBR Paul Bird Motorsport (ART CRT)
No Time Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team (GP12)
No Time Claudio Corti ITA Forward (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)
No Time Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V)
No Time Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory (YZR-M1)
Not present Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha Factory (YZR-M1)
Not present Fastest Day 1 time:Alvaro Bautista ESP Honda
1m 35.936sOfficial Valencia MotoGP records:Best lap: Dani Pedrosa ESP Honda
1m 30.844s (2012)
Fastest race lap:Casey Stoner AUS Ducati
1m 32.582s (2008)