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Joan Mir : Found Positive Results in Jerez Test

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