“Everything is going good,” begins the Brit, with the first port of call his injury and recovery. “I’m in California, recovering well, doing my best. Sepang? I don’t know, I’ll do my best to be there. Obviously you know the extent of the injury to my tibia, fibia and talus bone in the ankle. It was a big one, a very very big one, I had fantastic surgery and a fantastic surgeon who put it back together very well. I’ve got good movement in the ankle so far, about four or five weeks ahead of a normal schedule. It’s going good, don’t get me wrong it’s going good, I am aiming to be back in Sepang there’s no doubt about that. But if it was next week there would be no chance, I know that!”

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Meanwhile Ducati were the only manufacturer, according to Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team), who weren’t on engine duty – they were confirming, successfully, their results from the Valencia test. The Borgo Panigale factory were focused elsewhere, including some time working on a seat modification first seen on Day 1 ridden by test rider stand-in Alvaro Bautista. Despite a tumble on Wednesday, Dovizioso put in 44 laps – saying he didn’t feel limited by the crash – with a fastest of 1:38.292 to put him in P8, and it was new teammate Danilo Petrucci who flew the flag highest in fifth, a 1:38.109 his fastest of 68 laps.

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Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) has started the final day of testing before the winter break as the quickest rider on track in Jerez, setting the day’s fastest time so far – a 1:38.452 on his fifth lap of his 18 so far. Danio Petrucci (Ducati Team) – Wednesday’s pacesetter – currently sits in P2, 0.361 off Marquez’ time, with Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) P3 on the timesheets at 13:00 local time (GMT +1) – 0.466 off the top.

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Official ASBK Test
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Phillip Island, VIC

Round 1: Wakefield Park Raceway (ASBK)
Goulburn, NSW

Round 2: Broadford State Motorcycle Complex
Broadford, VIC

Round 3: Morgan Park Raceway (ASBK)
Warwick, QLD

Round 4: Winton Motor Raceway (ASBK)
Benalla, VIC

Round 5: Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit (ASBK)
Phillip Island, VIC

Round 6: Sydney Motorsport Park (ASBK)
Eastern Creek, NSW

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“We are very happy to kick-start the Qatar Motorsports Academy activities,” says Al Remaihi. “We have worked very hard, with the help of Dorna Sports SL and Aspire Academy, to make this project a reality. We are delighted with the response we have received, with more than 200 children pre-registering for Academy. Of course, the Academy capacity is less than this number and we will have to carefully choose who stays with the Academy. It is really nice to see the excitement of all the children that joined us today and amazing to share this experience with all of them.”

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The Italian was present for the Bologna factory at the Valencia Test but after the successful operation, former MotoGP™ rider Alvaro Bautista has taken over testing duties for the factory team for the two days at the Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto.

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