A crash for Andrea Locatelli on the second day of this week’s two-day WorldSBK test in Jerez saw the Italian’s ꦛyear ended early.

Locatelli crashed at turn seven, the first of the two fast left-handers in the third sector of the Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto. The Pata Yamaha rider was okay, but was forced to miss some of his tes⛎t programme.

“The rhythm wit🌸h the race tyre was good,” Locatelli said in review of his second day i𒉰n Jerez.

“It was a shame to have such 🌸a big crash this morning on the second day and miss some of the test programme. But, now we are looking forward and waiting for January so I can ride on my R1 again.

“We have time to analyse the data from both days and make another upgrade to prepare the bike f♔or four more days of testing in January — which will be important to finalise everything ready for the season.

“We did 72 laps yesterday and in general for the first day I was 🔥happy, immediately with a good pace even though we were n⛦ot in search of a fast lap time. It is important after a long time I have been with Yamaha that we push to the maximum, no matter what the condition.

“If we can be fastꩲ immediately it can be a big advantage for us both in testing and during the race weekends, in this area I have improved a lot.

“It is a step-by-ste♊p process overall in testing, we stay positive and I always believe that we can make a difference in all the areas where we work.”