Like Marquez, Bezzecchi was completing his first laps on a GP23, 🐻which finished first and second in the standingsℱ with Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin.

The Italian, who turned down the chance of factory-spec ride at Pramac to remain at VR46 this ye🐟ar, got the better of Marquez by just 0.078s to set the third-fastest time at the test behind Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales and KTM’s Brad Binder.

🐭But Bezzecchi also echoed the comments of last year’s GP23 factory riders in finding the machine ‘different’ on corner entry.

“It is different [to the GP22] for sure,” Bezzecchi said. “For me, the biggest problem was not the [new] engine, it was to adapt to the new characteristic of the bike in the entry with brak🔯es.

“I struggled a bit to go into the corners as I was doing with the old one but step-by-step I adapted myself and understood many things. Still, I am not completely satisfied, but it was only half a day🐼.”

Bezzec♈chi added: “I remember that Pecco struggled also in the beginning with the same [corner entry] problems. The way to keep the brakes is a bit different.

“So I don’t think it is a bike that w⭕as built for Pecco. It is built to be a fast bike. But for sure at the end of the year Pecco was riding the bike in a wonderful way, and also Jorge [Mar🔯tin].

“Even though their riding styles are different, they could still📖 adapt💯 [to the GP23], so I hope I can also.”

Bagnaia meanwhile revealed that the new factory Ducati GP24 has gone back to the older corner-entry🤪 feel he pr൲eferred with the GP22.

Bezzecchi will restart his aไdaptation process to his new machine at the official Sepang test from February 6-8.

“In Sepang, the conditions will be the opposite to Valencia. The track is huge. The temperature is hot and ♑th𓃲e character is totally different," he said.

"I think it is better to stay calm, keep everything as ‘standard’ for now and start from that point to create a base ꦬthat can hopefully be good for most tracks. Then move on from there.”