~ Auto Buzz ~: MotoGP TEST TIMES: Day 1, Sepang Marc Marquez leads the way on the first test of the 2015 MotoGP season.

In the first test of the 2015 MotoGP season, which is taking place at the 3.44-mile Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia, two-time World Champion Marc Marquez of Repsol Team Honda topped the time sheets, a little more than a tenbth of a second quicker than Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi. Here are the official times, followed by quotes from the top five riders, a familiar group to MotoGP fans. American Nicky Hayden, on the Aspar Honda, was 17th quick on the first day.

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	MARQUEZ Marc	93	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	2'00.262
2	ROSSI Valentino	46	ITA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	2'00.380
3	LORENZO Jorge	99	SPA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	2'00.521
4	DOVIZIOSO Andrea	4	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	2'00.617
5	PEDROSA Dani	26	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	2'00.745
6	ESPARGARO Pol	44	SPA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	2'00.930
7	IANNONE Andrea	29	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	2'01.424
8	BRADL Stefan	6	GER	NGM Forward Racing	Forward Yamaha	2'01.556
9	SMITH Bradley	38	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	2'01.707
10	CRUTCHLOW Cal	35	GBR	CWM LCR Honda	Honda	2'01.713
11	REDDING Scott	45	GBR	Marc VDS Racing Team	Honda	2'01.917
12	PIRRO Michele	51	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	2'01.951
13	PETRUCCI Danilo	9	ITA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	2'02.136
14	ESPARGARO Aleix	41	SPA	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	2'02.225
15	BAUTISTA Alvaro	19	SPA	Factory Aprilia Gresini	Aprilia	2'02.285
16	AOYAMA Hiroshi	7	JPN	HRC Test Team	Honda	2'02.560
17	HAYDEN Nicky	69	USA	Drive M7 Aspar	Honda	2'02.699
18	BARBERA Hector	8	SPA	Avintia Racing	Ducati	2'02.700
19	MILLER Jack	43	AUS	CWM LCR Honda	Honda	2'02.807
20	NAKASUGA Katsuyuki	T1	JPN	Yamaha Test Team	Yamaha	2'03.092
21	VINALES Maverick	25	SPA	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	2'03.164
22	LAVERTY Eugene	50	IRE	Drive M7 Aspar	Honda	2'03.295
23	DI MEGLIO Mike	63	FRA	Avintia Racing	Ducati	2'03.878
24	ABRAHAM Karel	17	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing	Honda	2'03.879
25	BAZ Loris	76	FRA	NGM Forward Racing	Forward Yamaha	2'04.163
26	MELANDRI Marco	33	ITA	Factory Aprilia Gresini	Aprilia	2'04.502
27	DE ANGELIS Alex	15	RSM	NGM Forward Racing	Forward Yamaha	2'04.673
28	TAKAHASHI Takumi	72	JPN	HRC Test Team	Honda	2'04.719
29	TSUDA Takuya	12	JPN	Team Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	2'05.478
30	LAVERTY Michael	T3	GBR	Aprilia Test Team	Aprilia	2'06.190

Marc Marquez: "I'm glad to finally get back on the bike. It's been a hard day and at the same time very positive, because on the first day after the winter break you have to regain confidence with the bike and adapt to the feeling of the MotoGP machine again. We tried three different bikes today, and this has been very important. I focused on testing them thoroughly and deciding which bike was the ideal one to continue working with at this test, and then this afternoon we focused more on one of the machines. I was able to start riding better and feel more comfortable on the bike. There are still many things to try at this test, so we have to remain calm like we did today and keep working." Valentino Rossi: “It’s a positive first day and I’m very excited to be back on the bike. Today has been really good because I was consistently fast in both the morning and afternoon. We worked a lot on trying to improve our pace with a used tire, but it’s already quite good. The bike is good and with the new tire we were able to attack and ride a good lap time. At the end I was in second place just behind Marquez, but not by far. It looks like the bike has improved in different areas. We still have a lot of work to do but the first day was ok.” Jorge Lorenzo: “It’s a completely different story from last year, when we had a lot of problems, to now arrive here and feel comfortable on the bike and also with our position in the classification lap time-wise. This year we’ve been at the front from the beginning, in first three positions, and that means that the bike is working. My physical condition is very good. I feel strong, but the first day is always difficult. You have to use different muscles that you don’t usually use at the gym or during your preparations, so you always get tired. However, compared to the normal pre-season I’m feeling well. Sepang is not our best track, but to have two Yamaha's in the top three is a good signal.”

Andrea Dovizioso: “I’m really happy about today because the track was luckily in a good condition and we were able to start in the right way to test what we wanted. We tried some set-ups for the chassis and the electronics, and from the beginning my feeling was very good today. I like Sepang a lot: I always manage to go well here and our speed is really good compared to that of our rivals. I am still using last year’s bike, with several important updates, but I’m really curious to try the new bike at the end of the month. The GP15 will be quite different from this one, but all the work we are doing is useful feedback for the new bike, and so the work in these three days is very important.” Dani Pedrosa: "I'm happy with the work we have done today on the first day of testing, because we were able to get back on the bike and we had a good pace. It went pretty well and I think we have improved the bike compared to the one we tested it at Valencia. We had a lot of work to do and it has been positive to have a good first day: it was important and we are happy with what we have achieved. There is still more to do, but we have taken a good first step. Tomorrow we'll see if we can continue moving things forward."