Following the Gran Premio de España, Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Álex Rins and Fabio Quartararo resumed work at the Circuito de Jerez - Ángel Nieto during the one-day Jerez MotoGP Official Test. Making the most of today's perfectly sunny conditions, the duo put in a great effort to gain as much data as possible. They focused on trying a new chassis, a new aeropackage, and some electronic settings, all with the goal of improving the bike's turning. At the end of a productive day, they finished in 14th and 18th place respectively in the overall results.
Rins enjoyed trying updated parts during the test. Having completed many laps at Jerez the days prior, he was in a perfect position to draw a comparison between the standard 2024 and the newly updated items. Once he completed his evaluation he gave one final push. His best time, a 1'37.024s, set on lap 73/73, put him in 14th position in the Jerez Test timesheets, 0.619s off the fastest time.
Quartararo was highly motivated to make steps during the eight hours of available track time. He dropped under the 1'38s mark quite early on, clocking his fastest time of the day, a 1'37.438s, on lap 18/84. However, his attention was more on gathering data related to bike improvement. Yet, the effort did hold him in 18th place in the overall test rankings, with a 1.033s gap to first.
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP will be back in action from 10 - 12 May for the Michelin Grand Prix de France in Le Mans. After the French GP, the team plan to travel to Italy for a private test at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello to build upon the Jerez Test findings.
Following the Gran Premio de España, Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Álex Rins and Fabio Quartararo resumed work at the Circuito de Jerez - Ángel Nieto during the one-day Jerez MotoGP Official Test. Making the most of today's perfectly sunny conditions, the duo put in a great effort to gain as much data as possible. They focused on trying a new chassis, a new aeropackage, and some electronic settings, all with the goal of improving the bike's turning. At the end of a productive day, they finished in 14th and 18th place respectively in the overall results.
Rins enjoyed trying updated parts during the test. Having completed many laps at Jerez the days prior, he was in a perfect position to draw a comparison between the standard 2024 and the newly updated items. Once he completed his evaluation he gave one final push. His best time, a 1'37.024s, set on lap 73/73, put him in 14th position in the Jerez Test timesheets, 0.619s off the fastest time.
Quartararo was highly motivated to make steps during the eight hours of available track time. He dropped under the 1'38s mark quite early on, clocking his fastest time of the day, a 1'37.438s, on lap 18/84. However, his attention was more on gathering data related to bike improvement. Yet, the effort did hold him in 18th place in the overall test rankings, with a 1.033s gap to first.
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP will be back in action from 10 - 12 May for the Michelin Grand Prix de France in Le Mans. After the French GP, the team plan to travel to Italy for a private test at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello to build upon the Jerez Test findings.