Although Darryn Binder has completed three days of testing at Sepang already, t𝔉he 2022 MotoGP rookie will ride alongside three-time championship runner-up Andrea Dovizioso for the first time this weekend. 

Binder's best finish during the three-day Shakedown test was seventh which c🎀ame on both days one and two, before claiming ninth p✅lace on Wednesday. 

The RNF Yamaha rider also ended the final day of action last of the rookies as Raul Fernandez was quickest for the second time in three days - Marco Bezzecchi was the top rookie on day-two.🐠 

Looking ahead to the first official pre-season test, Binder said: "These three days of the shakedown have been pretty intense already, so it wꦇas good to get two days of rest, but we took it step by ste🌼p and improved each day. 

"Now I’m really looking forward to having someone like Dovi wi💖th a load of experience next to me in the garage. 

"I hope that I can work with him and learn a lot from him. The plan is the same every day here, arrive and try to learn as much as po♈ssible, keep moving forward and gaining a little bit more, while not doing anything too crazy. 

"I just want to progress each day, to figure things out and further improve gradually🍬.ಞ"

For Dovizioso this will be his first on track a♒ction of 2022 and the first since last season’s final rou🅰nd in Valencia. 

The 15-time MotoGP race winner is aiming to use both the Sepang and Mandalika tests to see where ‘my feeling with the bike i💖s’, ahead of his first full-season with Yamaha since 2012.

"I’m really happy to arrive in Malaysia, which is one of my favou🌊rite tracks and one of the best circuits to test," said Dovizioso. 

"I’m super excited to ride the Yamaha in Sepang and interested to understand how🌊 this test is going to be, to check my feel꧟ing with the bike. 

"I’m very happy to do Malaysia and then also Indonesia afterwards in order to be as🐼🤪 ready as possible for the first round in Qatar."