2024 MotoGP Test Jerez, Spain - Results

2024 MotoGP Test Jerez, Spain - Results
෴VR46 rider Fabio di Giannantonio tops the timesheets at the end of the MotoGP Jerez test.
Full lap times will be posted here shortly...
A late 1:36.492s lap from Maverick Vinales puts him second-fastest at t💃he end of the Jerez test.
Franco Morbidelli missed the entirety of pre-season testℱing due to injury so he's put in some crucial laps on his Pramac Ducatꦕi today.
He has tested his settings and engine braking.
Pramac rider is o🍃nly 0.122s beh🦂ind leader Di Giannantonio, with 50 minutes left.
The order at the top of the timesheet is still:
1) Di Giannantonio
2) Morbidelli
3) Bagnaia
4) M Marquez
5) A Espargaro
6) A Marquez
Joan Mir: "We came from a test in Barcelona whicꦗh was positive to understand. We didn’t get any upgrades that allowed us to go fast🐻er.
"We know the direction to take. Now, just waiting on upgrades. There is𒆙 a small step we can do [on Monday]. I hope the upgrades come ꧅before the summer."
Jack Miller said: "There is some stuff on the cards. We’ve got a few things on the cards which will be interesting for later in the sea🤪son.
"Stuff that Dani and Pol𒆙 have already tried.
"Getting confirmation on whether or not we’re happy to mov🐈e in that𓃲 direction, or whether we put it off until the Barcelona test.
"It’s a first roll-out to u🌼nderstand where we can improve, in terms of fairin🃏g.
"The rest of it💯? There’s not much you can do mid-season. We have a fantastic package already. I’m sure the direction will be to our benefit."
Brad Binder said: "We have a couple of different set-ups to try on ওMonday. The test team have done… I don’t know how many days here. They have found things to try on Monday."
Two and a half hours ꦬto♌ go, Fabio di Giannantonio still fastest.
2) Franco Morbidelli
3) Francesco Bagnaia
4) Marc Marquez
5)Aleix Espargaro
Paolo Bonora told Sky Italia: "For us, it's an opportunity to check all the problems we had over the weekend. 🧔;
"We focused on the setting and aerodynamics, with the aiꦍm of helping the riders find the right feeling w🧸hen entering corners and braking.
"Savadori continued the work started in the GP: on the chassis and also on the engine with 2025 solutions.
"In addition, we also worked on the start, which i♊s an increasingly important aspect, starting w𒁏ith the position in the saddle."
Ducati's Davide T♏ardozzi told Sky Italia: "We have seen great news from Honda and Yamaha, they are reacting and heavily.
"We'💖ll see the results in due course, but they're doing important things."
But the VR46 rider is Ok♔ after going down at Turn 5.
Team director Massimo Meregalli said: "We have a lot of items to test. Wཧe must prioritise.
"After Le Mans, we have two more test days in Mugello where we can te🧸st what we don't do here.
"The two biggest things to test and evaluated are the aero package - we want to homologate a🅷s soon as possible, depending on⛦ the riders' feelings - and the chassis.
"We are going to evaluate these items here.
"So far, from good information has come."
A 1:36.561s lap from the Pramac Ducati rider puts him behind only Fabio di Giannantonio after three hours and 10 minutes ﷺof the Jerez test.
Fabio di Giannantonio posts a 1:36.405s lapꦑ to go top.
2) Francesco Bagnaia
3) Brad Binder
4) Marc Marquez
5) Maverick Vinales
"Martin's GP24 just went bang on the front straight," M𒁃otoGP.com are reportin🍨g.
"Testin💜g is always pos🧸itive if you want to improve," Aleix Espargaro said.
"Lorenzo Savadori was testing something interesting [a new ride height device] which isn’t rea🐭dy for us to tes🅠t on a race weekend, so Monday is the perfect time to test it."
Raul Fernandez said: "I have the opportunity to try a 2024 bike. It is good feedback for the future. I will receive the bike in four or five races.🤪"
"For ♑sure, it𓂃 will be important during the test," Jorge Martin said.
"But it’s not something we can change with set-up. It’s something inside the bike which we need to understaꦗnd. The test will help me."
Francesco Bagnaia saiꦺd: "It will be very important. I hope to solve some problꦐems during the weekend. No pressure. We will try to do the maximum…"
A reall🤪y noticable aerodyna🅠mic part is being tested by Yamaha today.
T📖hey are debuting a new front wing among other things.
Luca Marini is testing a new chassis on hi𒁃s Honda, while teammate Joan Mir is s💝o far using the standard bike.
LCR pai♍𓂃r Johann Zarco and Takaaki Nakagami will test brand-new RC213Vs which test rider Stefan Bradl has already tested.
The two bikes are different to each 🍸other. Zarco and Nakagami will test oꦬne each.
France✨sco Bagnaia is trialling new geo𝔍metry settings in the morning hours in Jerez.
Aleix Espargaro is testing a new ride height device for Aprilia. While Trackhouse's R๊aul Fernandez is riding the 2024 factory-spec bike♛ which he will begin racing with later this year.