Marc Marquez disregarded his crash out of the Spanish Grand Prix to high the primary in-season take a look at of the 2025 MotoGP season on his manufacturing unit Ducati at Jerez.
The eight-time world champion misplaced the lead of the championship on Sunday when crashed on lap three of the grand prix whereas battling for victory.
He remounted his broken GP25 to complete twelfth and restrict his deficit within the standings to his brother Alex Marquez – who received the grand prix – to only one level.
Within the first in-season take a look at of the season, Marc Marquez topped each classes on his manufacturing unit Ducati as he labored on varied issues – together with a brand new chassis – on Monday at Jerez.
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He set the tempo within the first session a 1m36.184s, earlier than bettering that with simply over an hour to go within the afternoon session to a 1m35.876s.
He headed Tech3 KTM’s Maverick Vinales, who was near the rostrum in Sunday’s grand prix in fourth as he continues to be the main mild on the RC16 in current rounds.
Vinales ended the take a look at with 46 laps below his belt within the second session and was 0.361s off the tempo, whereas Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo accomplished the highest three.
Yamaha had a brand new engine to strive, amongst different updates, at Jerez on Monday aimed toward boosting high velocity on the M1.
Although not the V4 it has been testing in non-public, the brand new motor was apparently acquired with constructive suggestions from the riders.
Quartararo, who was second within the grand prix as he ended a two-year wait for an additional Yamaha podium, solely accomplished 24 laps within the afternoon session.
He headed manufacturing unit Yamaha team-mate Alex Rins, who made a big step in lap time in comparison with the race weekend on the brand new M1 engine and confirmed it will likely be raced subsequent trip on the French GP.
Finishing the highest 5 total was KTM’s Pedro Acosta in what has been seen as an important day of the season for the 20-year-old, as his future on the model stays a sizzling subject within the paddock.
Acosta did have a crash early within the day at Flip 10, however was unscathed from it.
Sixth total went to Johann Zarco on the main Honda for LCR, who set his greatest lap within the first session of the day, whereas Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi was seventh.
Bezzecchi’s concentrate on Monday was a brand new swingarm and aerodynamics bundle.
He headed Gresini rookie Fermin Aldeguer, who might work on enhancing his feeling on his GP24 following a robust weekend at Jerez regardless of his crash out of the race on Sunday.
Raul Fernandez was an encouraging eighth for Trackhouse Aprilia, whereas Fabio Di Giannantonio for VR46 Ducati trailed him regardless of a crash within the afternoon at Flip 13.
The highest 10 was accomplished by Spanish GP winner Alex Marquez on the sister Gresini Ducati.
Pecco Bagnaia didn’t issue within the high 10 of the timesheets in both session on Monday as he seemed to discover a treatment for the issues he says he has been having on the manufacturing unit Ducati thus far this yr.
His greatest time of the day was a 1m37.461s, which was 1.585s adrift of team-mate Marc Marquez’s day-topping lap.
Following a heavy crash within the grand prix, VR46 elected to relaxation Franco Morbidelli, whereas on the HRC take a look at staff Aleix Espargaro stepped apart for Takaaki Nakagami.
Full 2025 MotoGP Jerez take a look at outcomes
