Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi were back on the Circuito de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo to continue their 2017 MotoGP testing programme.
Despite having to sit out one hour in the pit box during this second day of testing after the session was red flagged due to two crashes from other riders in turn 12, the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team were able to made the most of the perfect riding conditions at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit and assembled useful data.
Maverick Viñales again eagerly entered the track in the morning and was immediately on the pace. Upon his return in the afternoon he focused on bettering his bike’s set-up and posted an impressive 1’30.930s on lap 25, for third place, but he was far from done. The 21-year-old rider’s energy was seemingly inexhaustible as he rode a total of 76 laps and became the first rider to drop under the 1’30s with a stunning 1’29.975s on his 66th lap, 0.196s faster than his closest rival.