2024 MotoGP Test Jerez, Spain - Results

2024 MotoGP Test Jerez, Spain - Results
VR46 rider Fabio di Giannantonio𒅌 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 Vin♚ales puts him second-faste🌳st at the end of the Jerez test.
Franco Morbidelli missed the entirety of pre-season testing due to i🦩njury so he's put in some crucial laps on his Pramac Ducati today.
He has tested his settings and engine braking.
Pramac rider is only 0.122s behind leader Di Giannantoni꧒o, 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 which was p🐬ositive to understand. We didn’t get any upgrades that allowed us to go faster.
"We know the direction to take. Now, just waiting on upgrades. There is a small step we can do [on Monday]. I hope the upgrades come before the suജmmer."
Jack Mill🍃er said: "There is some stuff on the cards. We’ve g🐠ot a few things on the cards which will be interesting for later in the season.
"Stuff that Dani and Pol have alre🍬ady tried.
"Getting confirmation on whether or not we’re happy to move in that direction▨, or whether we put it off until the Barcelona test.
"It’s a first roll-out to understand where we can improve, in term🎃s of fairing.
"The rest of i♛t? There’s not much you can do mid-season. We hav♍e 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 Monday. The test team have done… I don’t know how many days here. They have found things to try on M✅onday."
Two and a half hours ꦛto 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 chꩵeck all the problems we had over the weekend.
"We focused on the setting and aerodynamics, with the aim of helping the riders find the right feelin🐭g when entering corners and br✃aking.
"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 is a♏n increasingly important aspect, starting with the position in the saddle."
Ducati's Davide Tardozzi told Sky Italia: "We have seen great news from Honda a𝄹nd Yamaha, they are reacting and heavily.𒁃
"We'll see the resultﷺs 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 o💛f items to test. We must prioritise.
"After Le Mans, we have two more test days in Mugello where we can ꧑test what we don't do here.
"The two biggest things to test and evaluated are the ae꧅ro package - we want to homologate as soon as pos𝔍sible, 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 of the✤ Jerez test.
Fabio di Giannantonio posts a 1:36.405s la🌳p t💫o go top.
2) Francesco Bagnaia
3) Brad Binder
4) Marc Marquez
5) Maverick Vinales
"Martin's GP24 just went bang on🌜 the front straight," MotoGP.com are r✃eporting.
"Testing is always positive if you want to ౠimprove," Aleix Espargaro said.
"Lorenzo Savadori was testing something interesting [a new ride height device] which isn’t ready for us to test on a race weekend, so Monday i💙s the perfect time to test it.📖"
Raul Fernandez said: "I have the opportunity to tr𓃲y a 2024 bike. It is good feedback for the future. I will receive the bi🌺ke in four or five races."
"For 🐬sure, it will be important during the t✱est," Jorge Martin said.
"But it’s no🔴t something we can change with set-up. It’s something inside the bike which we need to understand. Th🍒e test will help me."
Francesco Bagnaia said: "It will be very important. I hope to solve some problems during the weekend. No pressure. We will⭕ try to do the maximum…"
A really noticable aerodynamic part is being tested by Yamah🍃a today.
They are debuting a new front wing among o♏ther things.
Luca Marini is testing a new chassis on his Honda, while teammate Joan Mir is so far using the standard biꦍke.
LCR pair Johann 𒉰Zarco 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 one eac🐷h.
Francesco B🤡ag🎉naia is trialling new geometry settings in the morning hours in Jerez.
Aleix Espargaro is testing a new ride height device for Aprilia. While Trackhouse's Raul Fernandez is riding the 2024 factory𝓀-spec bike which he will begin racing with later this year.