Aprilia Racing newbie, Marco Bezzecchi, is still trying to find the limit of the Aprilia RS-GP after the Sepang Test.

The Sepang Test had seen a lot of race runs during the first two days in Malaysia for the MotoGP field. However, on the final day, the riders were let loose and were allowed to complete time attacks early on in the day.

Marco Bezzecchi was able to conduct his first time attack with the Aprilia RS-GP which shows a level of promise. But there is still more that the Italian knows he could do to improve his one-lap pace.

"It was my first time attack," Bezzecchi said.

"Today I actually did a real time attack. I’m happy about the performance. I think I didn’t put the bike at the limit, but not because of the bike, more because of myself.

"Still I need to understand better and understand where is the limit of the bike. But it was important to do a time attack to see the result of the work done until now. We still have some items to try, so the job is not finished."

'I still need to adapt a bit, but I’m working on it' - Bezzecchi.

It has been well documented that Aprilia was weakened during the Sepang Test due to injuries to Jorge Martin and Raul Fernandez. The biggest hindrance that this caused Aprilia was the amount of testing duties that were offloaded to Bezzecchi and Ai Ogura.

Luckily Lorenzo Savadori was still around and picked up some of the testing duties on days two and three. The Italian has spent his whole MotoGP career on the RS-GP and knows the ideal way to ride the Aprilia, something that Bezzecchi is still trying to figure out.

"I think Sava [Lorenzo Savadori] actually rides in a better way the Aprilia," Bezzecchi said.

"His style was born on the Aprilia, so for sure he knows better how to ride it. I think I’m still adapting myself; in braking I’m quite strong, so I try to maximise this strong point that I have in my riding.

"But still sometimes, with the Aprilia, I’m still trying to do what I was doing before. So, of course, I still need to adapt a bit, but I’m working on it and in some corners I was able to ride how I like to ride.

"At the end, I’m quite satisfied. But it’s also difficult, to be honest, to get the rhythm when you try many things. For me, it’s my first time [testing as a factory rider], so overall I’m happy because I was able to give good comments.

"Still, the job is not finished, but until now it was positive for me. I think that when we will have the possibility to focus on the setting, to focus more on the riding, I will try to make more steps forward."