Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP |News details:Productive Day of Testing for Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP in Jerez

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One day after the Gran Premio de España, the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team returned to the Circuito de Jerez - Ángel Nieto for a full-on day of testing from 10:00 - 18:00 local track time (GMT +2). Riders Álex Rins and Fabio Quartararo wrapped up the day in 14th and 18th place respectively in the overall timesheets.

Jerez de la Frontera (Spain), 29th April 2024

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.

Massimo Meregalli

Team Director

It was a busy test. The list of items we brought here was long, so we had to prioritise the three most important ones: the aeropackage, the chassis, and some electronics settings, the latter we unfortunately couldn't try earlier. Basically, we went through the testing plan step by step, going over these items. We are always trying to improve the turning with the chassis and the aerodynamics. Today, we were able to find the information we were looking for. After Le Mans, we will move on to Mugello for hopefully two more days of testing where we will evaluate all the items again because we want to be sure. We want to test the items at more than one track to avoid making a mistake. If the results of both riders at the private test in Mugello are the same, and they are happy, the target will be to introduce a bike update at the GP round in Barcelona or else in Mugello. We've exploited today's test as much as we could, and now we leave all the information to the engineers for them analyse, and we'll start action again in ten days' time.

Álex Rins

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Rider

For sure it was a really positive test today! We tried some items: an aeropackage, a new chassis, and we also worked on the electronics side. Fabio and I rode together for a bit, just to understand the difference. He was riding with the standard aero and I was riding with the new one, and we wanted to see the positive and negative points, just to collect information. Honestly, the new aeropackage is something I like. I'm riding in a good way with this aeropackage, but we can't have it for Le Mans just yet because the engineers need more time. But they are going to work on it. Regarding the chassis, that part I didn't like that much, so we need to work on that some more, and I'm looking forward to it.

Fabio Quartararo

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Rider

It was a long day! We had many items to test and took away a lot of information. We tested a new chassis, a new aero, some electronics as well. We gathered a lot of data but, of course, we need more time before coming to a conclusion. We will also have a private test in Mugello to get to know more. We just finished the test here, so we have to analyse all the data well before Le Mans. I think there are some positives but, naturally, there are also some things that we need more time for to make it work. But I think that maybe for Le Mans we can already start to introduce some new things.