It hasn’t taken Spain’s Maverick Viñales long to get used to his new bike.

The former Suzuki star has been out and testing for Yamaha during 2017 MotoGP pre-season testing in Valencia, finishing first in the early session timesheets, 0.020s ahead of his new team-mate, Italy’s long-time Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi.

Vinales led testing also on day two, this time with Honda’s Marc Marquez second fastest.

Though the main goal of the outing for Viñales was to get a feel for his new bike, he didn’t waste time to make a statement.

The Spaniard started his test around eleven o’clock and only took half an hour to ride to second place and continued to be in the top six throughout his morning run.

He kept the momentum going during his afternoon stint and showed his confidence posting a 1’30.930s on lap 55 to take over first place from Rossi. The 21-year-old completed 61 laps in total and wrapped up the day of testing leading the way.

Rossi had a mixed but ultimately successful testing on day one. He was quickly on the pace in the morning on his 2016 bike and topped the standings after his 11th lap, clocking a 1’30.950s, which was only bettered by Viñales later in the afternoon when the temperatures rose.

Despite suffering a crash on lap 32 in turn 10, he walked away unharmed and started the Valencia test with a positive feeling overall. The Italian spent his afternoon session preparing for next year’s season.

He completed 47 laps in total and finished in second place in the testing results, just 0.020s off the front.

Rossi was only seventh fastest on day two of testing.

Day 1 Testing Results

Pos.   Rider Number  Nation        Team Constructor Time/Gap

1       VINALES Maverick        25     SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP         Yamaha      1’30.930

2       ROSSI Valentino 46     ITA    Movistar Yamaha MotoGP      Yamaha         0.020

3       LORENZO Jorge   99     SPA   Ducati Team        Ducati        0.122

4       MARQUEZ Marc   93     SPA   Repsol Honda Team      Honda         0.172

5       DOVIZIOSO Andrea      4       ITA    Ducati Team        Ducati         0.201

6       CRUTCHLOW Cal 35     GBR  LCR Honda Honda        0.226

7       IANNONE Andrea         29     ITA    Team Suzuki Ecstar      Suzuki         0.235

8       REDDING Scott    45     GBR  Octo Pramac Racing      Ducati         0.312

9       BARBERA Hector 8       SPA   Avintia Racing     Ducati        0.356

10     PEDROSA Dani    26     SPA   Repsol Honda Team      Honda         0.376

11     MILLER Jack        43     AUS  Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda         0.547

12     BAUTISTA Alvaro         19     SPA   Aspar Team         Ducati         0.744

13     PIRRO Michele     51     ITA    Ducati Team        Ducati        1.138

14     ESPARGARO Aleix        41     SPA   Aprilia Racing Team Gresini         Aprilia        1.247

15     BAZ Loris   76     FRA   Avintia Racing     Ducati        1.385

16     FOLGER Jonas     94     GER  Monster Yamaha Tech 3        Yamaha         1.520

17     ZARCO Johann    5       FRA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3        Yamaha         1.532

18     RABAT Tito          53     SPA   Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda         1.648

19     ESPARGARO Pol 44     SPA   Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM         1.683

20     SMITH Bradley    38     GBR  Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM         1.876

21     RINS Alex   42     SPA   Team Suzuki Ecstar      Suzuki       1.881

22     LAVERTY Eugene          50     IRE    Aspar Team         Ducati         2.005

23     ABRAHAM Karel   17     CZE   Aspar Team         Ducati        2.301

24     LOWES Sam        22     GBR  Aprilia Racing Team Gresini   Aprilia         2.429

 

Day 2 Testing Results

Pos.   Rider Num  Nation        Team Constructor Time/Gap

1       VINALES Maverick        25     SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP         Yamaha      1’29.975

2       MARQUEZ Marc   93     SPA   Repsol Honda Team      Honda         0.191

3       DOVIZIOSO Andrea      4       ITA    Ducati Team        Ducati         0.468

4       IANNONE Andrea         29     ITA    Team Suzuki Ecstar      Suzuki         0.624

5       PEDROSA Dani    26     SPA   Repsol Honda Team      Honda         0.711

6       CRUTCHLOW Cal 35     GBR  LCR Honda Honda        0.734

7       ROSSI Valentino 46     ITA    Movistar Yamaha MotoGP      Yamaha         0.734

8       LORENZO Jorge   99     SPA   Ducati Team        Ducati        0.769

9       ESPARGARO Aleix        41     SPA   Aprilia Racing Team Gresini         Aprilia        0.910

10     FOLGER Jonas     94     GER  Monster Yamaha Tech 3        Yamaha         0.973

11     ZARCO Johann    5       FRA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3        Yamaha         1.040

12     MILLER Jack        43     AUS  Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda         1.094

13     REDDING Scott    45     GBR  Octo Pramac Racing      Ducati         1.143

14     BAUTISTA Alvaro         19     SPA   Aspar Team         Ducati         1.211

15     BARBERA Hector 8       SPA   Avintia Racing     Ducati        1.269

16     PIRRO Michele     51     ITA    Ducati        Ducati        1.841

17     ESPARGARO Pol 44     SPA   Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM         1.878

18     RABAT Tito          53     SPA   Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda         1.943

19     BAZ Loris   76     FRA   Avintia Racing     Ducati        2.186

20     SMITH Bradley    38     GBR  Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM         2.563

21     LAVERTY Eugene          50     IRE    Aspar Team         Ducati         2.593

22     ABRAHAM Karel   17     CZE   Aspar Team         Ducati        2.724

23     TSUDA Takuya    22     JPN   Suzuki Test Team         Suzuki         3.330

24     RINS Alex   42     SPA   Team Suzuki Ecstar      Suzuki       3.786

25     LOWES Sam        22     GBR  Aprilia Racing Team Gresini   Aprilia