MotoGP Jerez testing results

MotoGP

November 30, 2018

November 30th 2018 - Last updated: September 19th 2019

November 30, 2018

Combined times from the MotoGP test on November 28-29 at Jerez

Japanese rider Takaaki Nakagami set the fastest overall time in MotoGP testing at Jerez on November 29. The LCR Honda Idemitsu rider did so on Cal Crutchlow’s 2018 motorcycle, finishing 0.025sec faster than Marc Márquez.

Jorge Lorenzo was 0.135sec slower than his team-mate but still “mightily fast” according to Mat Oxley.

Franco Morbidelli was marginally slower than fellow Yamaha rider Maverick Viñales, while Valentino Rossi was 11th-fastest overall. Rossi split with rider coach Luca Cadalora after the test. Cadalora and Rossi have worked together since 2016.

Álvaro Bautista replaced full-time test rider Michele Pirro (recovering from surgery) to finish 13th over the two days on his Ducati.

KTM pair Pol Espargaró and Johann Zarco finished 17th and 19th, respectively.

Combined test times, Jerez MotoGP test 2018

Position	Rider	Day 1 time	Day 2 time	Bike
1	Takaaki Nakagami	1min38.348sec	1min37.945sec	Honda
2	Danilo Petrucci	1min37.968sec	1min38.109sec	Ducati
3	Marc Márquez	1min38.517sec	1min37.970sec	Honda
4	Maverick Viñales	1min38.376sec	1min38.066sec	Yamaha
5	Jorge Lorenzo	1min38.749sec	1min38.105sec	Honda
6	Franco Morbidelli	1min38.659sec	1min38.118sec	Yamaha
7	Andrea Dovizioso	1min38.185sec	1min38.292sec	Ducati
8	Jack Miller	1min38.816sec	1min38.207sec	Ducati
9	Francesco Bagnaia	1min39.157sec	1min38.333sec	Ducati
10	Alex Rins	1min39.150sec	1min38.522sec	Suzuki
11	Valentino Rossi	1min39.564sec	1min38.596sec	Yamaha
12	Fabio Quartararo	1min39.414sec	1min38.761sec	Yamaha
13	Álvaro Bautista	1min38.830sec	1min39.338sec	Ducati
14	Tito Rabat	1min39.097sec	1min38.876sec	Ducati
15	Joan Mir	1min38.956sec	1min38.931sec	Suzuki
16	Andrea Iannone	1min39.008sec	1min39.826sec	Aprilia
17	Pol Espargaró	1min39.241sec	1min39.144sec	KTM
18	Karel Abraham	1min40.438sec	1min39.744sec	Ducati
19	Johann Zarco	1min40.192sec	1min39.864sec	KTM
20	Aleix Espargaró	–	1min40.156sec	Aprilia
21	Bradley Smith	1min40.174sec	1min40.325sec	Aprilia
22	Sylvain Guintoli	1min40.743sec	1min40.498sec	Suzuki
23	Hafizh Syahrin	1min40.630sec	1min40.520sec	KTM
24	Miguel Oliveira	1min41.699sec	1min40.577sec	KTM
25	Matteo Baiocco	1min42.766sec	1min41.907sec	Aprilia