After struggling with sickness and a lack of front-end feel during the first two days of testing a🔴🔯t Jerez, Aleix Espargaro lopped 1.5sec from his lap time during a promising final day.

The Powไer Electronics Aspar rider finished the test 0.8sec behind team-mate Randy de Puniꦺet, but moved back ahead of Speed Master's Mattia Pasini to be the second-best ART rider.

"The first day I was sick, yesterday was better, but a little off, then from th♊is morning the feeling was great," said Espargaro, returning to MotoGP after a season in Mಞoto2.

"Today we worked a lot on the front, and succeeded in ga൲ining confidence. We changed the forks and greatly improved our times. I didn't expect to improve so much.

"I'm 🐟leaving Jerez꧙ happy. The first two days were not very productive, but we kept working hard and finally today we received our reward.

"The bike is working better than [the previous te🧸st] in Valencia, and it is importa💮nt to see that we are evolving gradually."

Espargaro also offered his condolences🤪 to fellow Spanis𒈔h grand prix rider Esteve Rabat, following a family bereavement.

"I want to send a giant hug to my friend Tito Rabat who is undergoing a tough time following the loss of𒊎 his moth🤪er," said Aleix, older brother of 2012 Moto2 rider Pol.