MotoGP, Michele Pirro warming up the Ducati GP23 for Sepang tests

Here we are! The Shakedown will begin tomorrow, and we’ll be seeing the test riders for every Constructor at work, with the addition of rookie Augusto Fernandez, as they enter into the Sepang test mood. They've already arrived in Malaysia, and Michele Pirro – who was immortalized in this shot with the Ducati – is obviously among them.

After winning the title last year, the rider from San Giovanni Rotondo has a task that is by no means simple: namely, to improve an already perfect bike like the Ducati.