Jerez MotoGP Test Results – Thursday lap times (5pm)

Jerez MotoGP Test Results – Thursday lap times (5pm)

 
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Following’s Sunday’s Valencia season finale, MotoGP teams have travelled to Jerez for a two-day test and the last official track action of 2021.

Marc Marquez is absent as he continues treatment for double-vision problems, while Repsol Honda team-mate Pol Espargaro is back on track after withdrawing from Valencia due to rib pain from a huge Saturday highside.

The main task for the factory riders is to continue development work on their 2022 prototypes, which in the case of Yamaha, Ducati, Suzuki and Honda can feature engine upgrades for the first time since the Covid technical freeze at the start of 2020.

KTM’s engine was frozen at the start of 2021, when it left Concessions, while Aprilia has been free to develop this year.

The test marks the debut of the new VR46 Ducati team, plus the heavily revised RNF Yamaha (formerly SRT) and Gresini Ducati (formerly partnered with Aprilia) squads.

After finishing the 2021 season on an A-Spec bike, Andrea Dovizioso has a 2022-spec M1 at RNF, with Darryn Binder on the 2021 model.

All five of next year’s rookies are in action, reigning Moto2 champion Remy Gardner and Tech3 team-mate Raul Fernandez making their second appearances on the RC16 after some laps at the Misano test, while Binder (RNF), Fabio di Giannantonio (Gresini) and Marco Bezzecchi (VR46) get their first taste of MotoGP.

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Testing began at 10am and concludes at 6pm, with Takaaki Nakagami dominating the top of the timesheets for much of the day, courtesy of an early lap time on the 2021 Honda, before switching to the 2022 prototype.

New Gresini rider Enea Bastianini, upgraded from a GP19 to GP21 this season, Ducati title runner-up Enea Bastianini and Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales briefly moved ahead of the Japanese before Nakagami responded with a 1m 37.313s just after 4pm. Pramac Ducati’s Johann Zarco has also made progress to second as the final hour begins…

2021 Jerez MotoGP Test – Thursday (5pm)
Pos   Rider Nat Team Time Lap
1 ^3 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 37.313s 51/58
2 ^4 Johann Zarco FRA Pramac Ducati (GP) +0.043s 78/78
3 ˅2 Enea Bastianini ITA Gresini Ducati (GP) +0.089s 38/51
4 ˅2 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP) +0.102s 47/68
5 ˅2 Maverick Vinales SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) +0.361s 56/72
6 ˅1 Alex Rins SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.497s 28/76
7 =  Franco Morbidelli ITA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.571s 46/56
8 ^9 Jack Miller AUS Ducati Lenovo (GP) +0.689s 53/61
9 ˅1 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.707s 34/73
10 ˅1 Luca Marini ITA VR46 Ducati (GP) +0.836s 50/58
11 ^3 Jorge Martin SPA Pramac Ducati (GP) +0.839s 52/61
12 ˅2 Pol Espargaro SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.852s 19/45
13 ˅2 Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +0.881s 59/71
14 ˅2 Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) +0.894s 18/45
15 ˅2 Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.999s 61/67
16 ˅1 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +1.033s 6/45
17 ˅1 Alex Marquez SPA LCR Honda (RC213V) +1.167s 6/71
18 = Andrea Dovizioso ITA WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1) +1.285s 40/49
19 ^3 Raul Fernandez SPA KTM Tech3 (RC16)* +1.770s 56/57
20 ˅1 Mika Kallio FIN KTM Test Rider (RC16) +1.963s 6/67
21 ˅1 Sylvain Guintoli FRA Suzuki Test Rider (GSX-RR) +2.183s 20/43
22 ^3 Fabio di Giannantonio ITA Gresini Ducati (GP)* +2.315s 48/48
23 ˅2 Lorenzo Savadori ITA Aprilia Test Rider (RS-GP) +2.414s 25/34
24 ˅1 Remy Gardner AUS KTM Tech3 (RC16)* +2.857s 34/52
25 ^1 Marco Bezzecchi ITA VR46 Ducati (GP)* +3.525s 42/45
26 ˅2 Takuya Tsuda JPN Suzuki Test Rider (GSX-RR) +3.623s 22/28
27 = Darryn Binder RSA WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)* +4.436s 35/43

Key:
^X Rider is X positions higher than previous hour.
= Rider is same position as previous hour.
˅X Rider is X positions lower than previous hour.

* Rookie

Official Jerez MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Maverick Vinales SPA Yamaha 1m 36.584s (2020)
Fastest race lap:
Fabio Quartararo FRA Yamaha 1m 37.770s (2021)

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