Michael Laverty has only taken part in two MotoGP tests - but both times he and the PBM team have pulled off something of an upset.
The MotoGP rookie produced one of the surprises of the opening Sepang test by finishing the final day second in the CRT class, while using PBM team-mate Yonny Hernandez's spare ART.
Returning this week to make his debut on PBM's own bike - featuring a bespoke aluminium chassis, Aprilia engine and the standard ECU system - Laverty missed all of day one and most of day two while the machine was assembled.
His 19 laps on day two had been little more a very public shakedown, highlighting numerous bugs in the engine management that left Laverty nearly eight seconds off the pace. When the Ulsterman then skipped the final morning it looked like technical gremlins may have ended his Malaysian hopes.
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