Paddock Pass Podcast patrons can listen to myself and Adam Wheeler wrap up the second and final day of the test at Portimao

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https://www.patreon.com/posts/79929066

Quick post-test round up posted
- Yamaha's rear wing tested and rejected
- Bagnaia extending his reign
- Quartararo finds speed at last
- Aprilia treading water
- KTM make a step
- Honda looking to the long term

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https://motomatters.com/analysis/2023/03/13/portim_o_motogp_test_sunday_round_up.html

Revised unscientific ranking of factories after Day 2 at Portimão
1 Ducati
2 Fabio Quartararo
3 Aprilia
4 KTM/GasGas
5 Honda
6 Franco Morbidelli
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Fabio Quartararo confident. They went back to basically the 2022 bike with a 2023 engine, and it worked really well. Feels he can fight for the championship.

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New tail wing on Fabio Quartararo's Yamaha M1

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Times at the #MotoGP #PortimaoTest are really fast. Bagnaia is 0.6 under the lap record, Quartararo is 2nd, 0.4 under the lap record. First 8 riders are all under the pole record.

You know that feeling of absolute joy you get when you are riding your motorcycle and everything is going just perfectly?

That's what Alex Marquez looks like on the bike.

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Alex Rins out on Honda's ground effect fairing

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Saturday round up posted for the #MotoGP #PortimaoTest

Who is happy and who is not. Electronic gremlins. Lots of aero updates. And where the five factories stand after the first day of the test.

https://motomatters.com/analysis/2023/03/12/portim_o_motogp_test_saturday_round_up.html

Unscientific ranking of factories after Day 1 at Portimão
1= Ducati
1= Aprilia
3 Yamaha (in reality, Fabio Quartararo)
4 Honda
5 KTM/GasGas

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El campió mundial @PeccoBagnaia acaba la jornada a #PortimaoTest amb el millor registre @MotoGP https://www.lesportiudecatalunya.cat/motor/article/2265107-vinales-fa-el-tercer-temps-i-alex-marquez-el-quart-el-primer-dia-dels-tests-de-motogp.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=xarxes&utm_campaign=xarxes

What is fascinating to me is the fact that while the rest of the MotoGP riders have someone holding a lap board out for them at the test, Marc Marquez doesn't. Doesn't need to be told how many laps he's done or when to come in

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Neat: #Aprilia have the Dorna tail camera built into the tail wing

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Joan Mir #JM36 with the same two frames as Marc Marquez. Equal treatment so far at #Honda
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Stefan #Bradl has another version of #Honda's ground effect fairing on his test bike

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Repsol #Honda mechanics warming up bikes with 2 different frames for #MM93 Marc Marquez. One of them used at the #SepangTest, one new

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