Marc VDS Racing Team Ducati)
and Alex (Bimota by Kawasaki
Racing Team)—rounding out the
top 10, in that order.
Notable absentee on the
new-for-2025 BMW M 1000 RR
was Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT
BMW Motorrad WorldSBK
Team) after injuring his right
middle finger in an off-road
training crash. He hopes to be
at Portimao for the next test,
between January 28 and 29. Iker
Lecuona (Honda HRC) was an
-
other high-profile absentee due
to
an off-season training injury.
Michael van der Mark (ROKiT
BMW Motorrad WorldSBK
Team) was at Jerez and finished
11th fastest on the refreshed
2025 model BMW. Remy Gard
-
ner (GYTR GRT Yamaha World-
SBK
Team) took home the
status of top Yamaha rider on
site in 12th place.
On a wet day two, only a few
top names ventured out on
track, with Jonathan Rea (Pata
Maxus Yamaha) going from
13th on a dry Wednesday to the
fastest wet-weather rider on
Thursday.
The track action across what
was, in reality, three days of test
-
ing included some WorldSSP
riders who were
on track on
Tuesday, January 21, and even
some on Wednesday, mixing it
up with the Superbikes.
There were also some test
riders for the new BbKRT project
who were out on track one day
before the regular riders took to
the circuit. Most notably, Xavi
Fores, who is a new lead test
rider for Bimota.
Marcel Schroetter (WRP
Racing Ducati) was the fast
-
est WorldSSP on the mixed
WorldSSP/WorldSBK
day on
Wednesday, but he had earlier
had to give best to returning
WorldSSP rider Philipp Ottl
(Team Feel Racing Ducati) on
the opening day of WorldSSP
action.
Gordon Ritchie
OVERALL (Top 5)
1. Nicolo Bulega (Duc) 1:38.731
2. Andrea Iannone (Duc) 1:39.181
3. Scott Redding (Duc) 1:39.280
4. Garrett Gerloff (Kaw) 1:39.332
5. Axel Bassani (Bim) 1:39.463
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Garrett Gerloff appears
to be adapting to
Kawasaki life well, with
the fourth fastest time.
