Source: LCR.

CWM-LCR Honda rider Jack Miller expressed his happiness after a very encouraging opening day of the February tests at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia.

The South East Asian country has become the destination of choice for pre-season testing sessions in recent years and, once again, there was a full turn-out from the MotoGP paddock on Wednesday.

Miller, who has moved up to the premier class after finishing second in last year’s Moto3 championship, continued his impressive adaptation to his new Open category RC213V-RS as he put in a stint of 59 laps.

He improved throughout the day, his best lap being his 53rd which was clocked at 2m02.807s. The Queenslander insisted there was still plenty of room for improvement over the next couple of days, but was left excited by his progress on 2015 package.

“I’m very happy with the result today, we started off where we left things at the end of last year and I’m really happy with how the bike is working,” Miller explained.

“The team is working great as always and today we tested many things. Without electronics, I’m still trying to adjust my riding style to fit the MotoGP bike and tomorrow we might be able to start working with some electronics and start making some more steps forward.

“For today we are really happy. We are learning to conserve the tyres better and making a good job and looking forward to the rest of the test.”

Click here for the full report from Wednesday including overall lap times. Miller was second of the RC213V-RS entries, just 0.2s off the pace of 2006 world champion Nicky Hayden.