Ducati continued to lead the tests and Honda finally launched the Kalex chassis

MotoGP riders and teams stayed one day at the Ángel Nieto circuit in Jerez for the first official post-race test of the season. In 2023 there will be only two official one-day tests, this one in Jerez and on September 11 in Misano for the main category. And as has been the case in all pre-season test days for 2023, since Cheste in November, a Ducati led the day in the hands of the former leader. Marco Bezzecchi who almost without testing worked on the set-up and riding sensations and got the best time with 1’36″574, 1″4 faster than the fastest lap in the Bagnaia race this Sunday and a bit slower than his own best Bagnaia weekend time in Q1 with 1’36″493.

sling bag

They released and tested the most parts, as well as the most delayed even though their number 1, Marc Márquez, is not yet on track, expected to return for the French GP in two weeks. Tester Stefan Bradl finally unveiled the much-announced Kalex chassis, a premiere that was delayed until this post-race test because HRC wanted to check the component in Japan before giving the final OK. The German suffered several falls with him trying to find the limit. The only official Repsol Honda rider in the test, Joan Mir, also suffered a crash on the new fairing used by Bradl during the GP. Alex Rins managed to make a comparison between his standard chassis and the one used by Joan Mir and also tested the new fairing.

yamaha

After rejecting the new swingarm after the preseason and choosing to compete with the old Fabio Quartararo, he regained 2023 to race in Jerez and this Monday with more time he tested two different chassis and also the aerodynamics seen in the winter tests . In addition, Morbidelli also tested new aerodynamic components, including larger wings.

KTM

Brad Binder and Jack Miller had the opportunity to test the new aerodynamic package that Dani Pedrosa rode in the Grand Prix while the man from Castellar del Vallès, who did just 35 laps, tested the new chassis.

ducati

After recovering the sensations of this weekend Bagnaia, the only Ducati of the official team on the track, does not have any good news in his box -what works is not affected and if they have to promote it, they save it for in September- while on the Pramac Zarco It has a new engine block with a small air intake that seems to be used under the bike for cooling. Mooney VR46 Racing Team Bezzecchi and Marini are also focused on improving their handling.

Aprilia

Noale also did not bring any great new things to this test – a new fork and a swingarm were tested – and they focused more on working on the distribution of weights to reduce the stress on the previous rubber and on recovering the sensations on the bike and improving startups.

They are trying radio communication with Race Direction

Besides the innovations specific to each brand, three drivers, Fabio Quartararo, Aleix Espargaró and Jonas Folger, are in charge of testing the new radio communication technology between Race Direction and the drivers. The signal receiver is placed on the overalls and a type of earphone is installed on the helmet pad where they listen to short and concise pre-recorded messages indicating the supposed danger such as “yellow flag”, “red flag “, “motorbike.” on the runway” or “oil on the runway”.

MotoGP test classification

1. Marco Bezzecchi (Ita/Ducati VR46) 1’36″574 (64)
2. Luca Marini (ITA/Ducati VR46) 1’36″678 (81)
3. Fabio Quartararo (FRA/Yamaha) 1’36″725 (88)
4. Fabio Di Giannantonio (ITA/Ducati Gresini) 1’36″963 (63)
5. Maverick Viñales (ESP/ Aprilia) 1’36″964 (94)
6. Francesco Bagnaia (Ita/Ducati) 1’37″024 (44)
7. Aleix Espargaró (ESP/Aprilia) 1’37″060 (79)
The8. Brad Binder (RSA/KTM) 1’37″068 (73)
9. Jorge Martin (ESP/Ducati Pramac) 1’37″089 (52)
10. Alex Marquez (ESP/Ducati Gresini) 1’37″189 (77)
The11. Raúl Fernandez (ESP/Aprilia RNF) 1’37″285 (71)
The12. Takaaki Nakagami (JAP/Honda LCR) 1’37″314 (70)
13. Johann Zarco (FRA/Ducati Pramac) 1’37″326 (60)
The14. Jack Miller (AUS/KTM) 1’37″431 (67)
Thefifteen. Joan Mir (ESP/Repsol Honda) 1’37″516 (67)
16. Franco Morbidelli (ITA/Yamaha) 1’37″543 (80)
17. Alex Rins (ESP/Honda LCR) 1’37″722 (82)
18. Augusto Fernandez (ESP/ GASGAS) 1’37″739 (69)
19. Stefan Bradl (Germany/Honda test) 1’37″782 (54)
20. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/ KTM test) 1’38″397 (35)
21. Jonas Folger (FALE/GASGAS)1’38″542 (63)
22. Lorenzo Savadori (ITA/Aprilia test) 1’38″558 (45)