RiderTua.com – By finishing in 12th position in Sunday’s main race at Jerez, Joan Mir became the Japanese manufacturer’s best rider. In Monday’s test, the Repsol Honda rider was in the bottom position with a time of 1:37.7 minutes. For comparison, Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46 Ducati) who was the fastest rider in the test posted a time of 1:36.4 minutes.
Mir explains that today is more positive than it seems. They tried different concepts and they worked. He says that’s the direction he wants to take in the future. This is a direction they can develop further. This path has potential but not now, but in the future.
Joan Mir: Found Positive Results in Jerez Test
Luca Marini’s teammate added, “Finally we know the direction and it’s positive. We tried to find the feeling when turning. It seems like we achieved a better bike handling behavior with this. It’s true, this means we lose in other areas. But we can do a lot growing there.”
“I tried Stefan Bradl’s bike at Montmelo, it gave me some good information but it was also less useful. It wasn’t a different direction. Stefan’s bike is not a bike we will develop further for me. We tried different things on the machine to find a direction with better,” concluded Joan Mir.
2024 Spanish MotoGP Official Test Results
| Pos | Nat | Rider | Team | Best Lap | Gap |
| 1 | ITA | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Pertamina VR46 | 1:36.405 | 0.000 |
| 2 | ITA | Franco Morbidelli | Prima Pramac | 1:36.561 | +0.156 |
| 3 | ITA | Francesco Bagnaia | Lenovo Team | 1:36.589 | +0.184 |
| 4 | ESP | Marc Marquez | Gresini Racing | 1:36.637 | +0.232 |
| 5 | ITA | Enea Bastianini | Lenovo Team | 1:36.792 | +0.387 |
| 6 | ZAF | Brad Binder | Red Bull Racing | 1:36.824 | +0.419 |
| 7 | ESP | Maverick Vinales | Aprilia Racing | 1:36.855 | +0.450 |
| 8 | ESP | Alex Marquez | Gresini Racing | 1:36.900 | +0.495 |
| 9 | ESP | Raul Fernandez | TrackHouse Racing | 1:36.905 | +0.500 |
| 10 | ESP | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia Racing | 1:37.025 | +0.620 |
| 11 | PRT | Miguel Oliveira | TrackHouse Racing | 1:37.063 | +0.658 |
| 12 | ITA | Marco Bezzecchi | Pertamina VR46 | 1:37.066 | +0.661 |
| 13 | ESP | Jorge Martin | Prima Pramac | 1:37.202 | +0.797 |
| 14 | ESP | Pedro Acosta | GasGas Tech3 | 1:37.224 | +0.819 |
| 15 | AUS | Jack Miller | Red Bull Racing | 1:37.365 | +0.960 |
| 16 | FRA | Fabio Quartararo | Monster Energy | 1:37.438 | +1.033 |
| 17 | ESP | Pol Espargaro | KTM Team | 1:37.521 | +1.116 |
| 18 | ESP | Alex Rins | Monster Energy | 1:37.559 | +1.154 |
| 19 | FRA | Johann Zarco | LCR Honda Castrol | 1:37.747 | +1.342 |
| 20 | ESP | Joan Mir | Repsol Team | 1:37.784 | +1.379 |
| 21 | ESP | Augusto Fernandez | GasGas Tech3 | 1:37.904 | +1.499 |
| 22 | JPN | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR IDEMITSU | 1:38.024 | +1.619 |
| 23 | ITA | Luca Marini | Repsol Team | 1:38.263 | +1.858 |
| 24 | ITA | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia Team | 1:38.842 | +2.437 |
