Among the many changes for 2025 MotoGP ꦅrookie Fermin Aldeguer faced on his premier-class debut at the Barcelona test was operating the ride-height device on his Gresini Ducati.

Lowering the rear on the exit of some slow corners is a unique feature of premier-class technologyౠ.

“I started to use it from the fir💧st lap because I💝 said, ‘I have to be automatic with this thing’,” Aldeguer explained.

“The first run was crazy because sꦍometimes, I put it, but I didn't unlock it[by braking hard enough]. So I was in the thi🐼rd corner with the bike [still down]!

“But I used it in all l📖aps and, in the end, I finished good.”

Aldeguer, who dominated the end of the 2023 Moto2 seaso🃏n but won only three races this year, finished the test as the fastes💦t rookie, in 20th place and 1.761s from new team-mate Alex Marquez.

“This is the target [to be top rookie], but we have to stay calm and then go step by step,”🌌 said the teenager, who has slotted into the ex-Marc Marquez side of the Gresini garage, run by Frankie Carchedi.

In a☂ddition to the ride height device, Aldeguer had Michelin tyres and carbon brakes to adapt to during his 58 laps on the title-winning GP24.

“Today was very good because I feel incredible with the bike from th✅e first lap,” he sai♉d.

“Everything is incredible - the acceleraꦚ🍎tion, the speed, but I think the most important was the brake point. It’s amazing, you can brake so late and still stop the bike. Understanding this on the first laps was difficult.

“The tyres are completely different [from Pirelli in Moto2] but it’s hard to say exactly where because also💃 the bike is ✃different.

“But Michelin have asymmetric tyres, you feel this and can push on the ജleཧft side. But maybe it's a little bit cold and I lost the front [crashed once] so I need more laps to understand.

“I have to work a little bit more on my style with the bike. I think it's not time to think about the settings yeꦇt, we will see what’s happening in Sepang.

“But the Ducati staff and my team were happy.”

Like fellow newcomers Somkiat Ch⛎🔥antra and Ai Ogura, Aldeguer also knows he needs to hit the gym over the winter.

“I feel good with my physical condition, only a little bit of arm pump and the surgery on my hand, but for sure I have work to do for a long rac✅e,” he said.

All three rookies will be eligible to take part in🥂 the Sepang shakedown test, whic🐠h starts on January 31, ahead of the official test.