MOTOGP
JEREZ POST SEASON TEST
NOVEMBER 27-28, 2018
JEREZ / JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, SPAIN
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20th and new tester Bradley
Smith one place down.
MotoGP now packs up until
the start of February, with the first
tests at Sepang. CN
COMBINED RESULTS
1. Takaaki Nakagami (Honda) 1:37.945
2. Danilo Petrucci (Ducati) 1:37.968
3. Marc Marquez (Honda) 1:37.970
4. Maverick Vinales (Yamaha) 1:38.066
5. Jorge Lorenzo (Honda) 1:38.105
year. He placed sixth at Jerez.
Suzuki riders were mainly
testing a new power-up engine,
with promising results. Alex
Rins placed 10th, and Mir came
back from a fast crash on the
first day, while "almost upright"
at the end of the back straight,
to place 14th on day two and
15th overall.
New Yamaha rider Franco
Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha)
continued his strong start, sixth-
fastest, still less than two tenths
off the top time, and almost one
ahead of seventh-placed Jack
Miller (Pramac Ducati).
KTM, with a huge pile of
parts including several chas-
sis to test, was still lagging.
Pol Espargaro placed 15th and
new team recruit Johann Zarco
was down in 19th, 1.9 seconds
down. His smooth style was
very different from Espargaro's,
so there was little overlap in
requirements, and with so many
things to test, "we have to do
them one by one," he said.
New Tech3 KTM teammates
Hafizh Syahrin and rookie
Miguel Oliveira were 23rd and
24th, with only Aprilia test rider
Matteo Baiocco slower.
Aprilia had no revelations,
and were missing lead rider
Aleix Espargaro on day one,
still off-color on day two after
suffering a stomach bug. New
team man Andrea Iannone was
the fastest in spite of two falls,
placed 16th, with Espargaro
Jack Miller's GP19 sports the
test floating rear brake caliper,
anchored to the silver trailing arm
beneath the swingarm.
