Marking the primary in-season take a look at of the 2024 marketing campaign, the MotoGP paddock remained at Jerez for an eight-hour session on Monday.
Run in good circumstances, VR46 Ducati rider Di Giannantonio led the way in which with Maverick Vinales chasing him on the manufacturing facility Aprilia.
Pramac’s Franco Morbidelli accomplished the highest three from Spanish GP winner Francesco Bagnaia on the manufacturing facility Ducati, whereas Alex Rins was 14th as Yamaha debuted its new M1.
Marc Marquez topped the opening hour of operating after the session received underway at 10am native time, with the Gresini rider posting a 1m36.826s.
Regardless of not operating a factory-spec Ducati, Marquez and Gresini nonetheless had a lot to check, with Monday’s session at Jerez the primary alternative for the partnership to evolve the bike based mostly on the eight-time world champion’s feedback from the primary 4 rounds.
Bagnaia discovered his option to the highest of the order within the second hour of operating with a 1m36.589s, earlier than Di Giannantonio took over on the finish of hour three with a 1m36.405s.
This could stand because the benchmark for the session by way of to the chequered flag, with no one troubling this because the outing got here to a detailed.
Yamaha YZR-M1 of Alex Rins, Yamaha Manufacturing facility Racing
Picture by: Lorenza Dadderio
Vinales received closest as he examined varied new objects, whereas additionally discovering that the bike he raced within the Spanish GP had an issue with it.
The Aprilia rider accomplished 80 laps in comparison with Di Giannantonio’s 70, whereas Pramac’s Franco Morbidelli was one of many busiest riders on the take a look at day in third after 82 laps.
Bagnaia was fourth from Spanish GP rival Marquez in fifth, whereas Brad Binder accomplished the highest six for KTM forward of Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro, Gresini’s Alex Marquez, Ducati’s Enea Bastianini and Pramac’s Jorge Martin.
Yamaha stole many of the headlines on Monday because it unveiled its radically completely different bike, which featured – amongst different issues – new aerodynamics, a brand new chassis, swingarm and digital settings.
Alex Rins was 14th, 0.619s off the tempo, whereas team-mate Fabio Quartararo was 18th.
Honda additionally had a brand new bike idea to strive on Monday, with Takaaki Nakagami the main HRC runner in sixteenth and Joan Mir the highest manufacturing facility workforce Honda runner in twenty first.
