Jerez MotoGP Test Results - Thursday lap times (4pm)

Lap times as of 4pm during the opening day of the final official 2021 MotoGP test, at Jerez.

18 Nov 2021

Enea Bastianini, Jerez MotoGP test, 18 November 2021
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Following's Sunday's Valencia season finale, MotoGP teams have travelled to Jerez for a two-day test and the last official track action of 2021.

Marc Marquez is absent as he continues treatment for double-vision problems, while Repsol Honda team-mate Pol Espargaro is back on track after withdrawing from Valencia due to rib pain from a huge Saturday highside.

The main task for the factory riders is to continue development work on their 2022 prototypes, which in the case of Yamaha, Ducati, Suzuki and Honda can feature engine upgrades for the first time since the Covid technical freeze at the start of 2020.

KTM's engine was frozen at the start of 2021, when it left Concessions, while Aprilia has been free to develop this year.

The test marks the debut of the new VR46 Ducati team, plus the heavily revised RNF Yamaha (formerly SRT) and Gresini Ducati (formerly partnered with Aprilia) squads.

After finishing the 2021 season on an A-Spec bike, Andrea Dovizioso has a 2022-spec M1 at RNF, with Darryn Binder on the 2021 model.

All five of next year's rookies are in action, reigning Moto2 champion Remy Gardner and Tech3 team-mate Raul Fernandez making their second appearances on the RC16 after some laps at the Misano test, while Binder (RNF), Fabio di Giannantonio (Gresini) and Marco Bezzecchi (VR46) get their first taste of MotoGP.

Testing began at 10am and concludes at 6pm, with Takaaki Nakagami dominating the top of the timesheets for much of the day, courtesy of an early lap time on the 2021 Honda, before switching to the 2022 prototype.

But new Gresini rider Enea Bastianini (upgraded from a GP19 to GP21 for next season), factory Ducati title runner-up Francesco Bagnaia and Aprilia's Maverick Vinales all moved ahead of the Japanese with two hours of testing to go...

2021 Jerez MotoGP Test - Thursday (4pm)
Pos		Rider	Nat	Team	Time	Lap
1	^1	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Gresini Ducati (GP)	1m 37.402s	38/44
2	^4	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo (GP)	+0.013s	47/54
3	^1	Maverick Vinales	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP)	+0.272s	56/59
4	˅3	Takaaki Nakagami	JPN	LCR Honda (RC213V)	+0.311s	4/50
5	˅2	Alex Rins	SPA	Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)	+0.408s	28/57
6	^1	Johann Zarco	FRA	Pramac Ducati (GP)	+0.475s	57/69
7	^1	Franco Morbidelli	ITA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+0.482s	46/52
8	˅3	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)	+0.618s	34/62
9	^5	Luca Marini	ITA	VR46 Ducati (GP)	+0.747s	50/52
10	˅1	Pol Espargaro	SPA	Repsol Honda (RC213V)	+0.750s	52/52
11	˅1	Joan Mir	SPA	Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)	+0.763s	19/45
12	˅1	Aleix Espargaro	SPA	Aprilia Racing (RS-GP)	+0.804s	32/53
13	^3	Miguel Oliveira	POR	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+0.805s	18/45
14	^1	Jorge Martin	SPA	Pramac Ducati (GP)	+0.910s	61/61
15	˅3	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)	+0.944s	6/44
16	˅3	Alex Marquez	SPA	LCR Honda (RC213V)	+1.078s	6/57
17	=	Jack Miller	AUS	Ducati Lenovo (GP)	+1.180s	38/43
18	=	Andrea Dovizioso	ITA	WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)	+1.196s	40/40
19	=	Mika Kallio	FIN	KTM Test Rider (RC16)	+1.874s	6/51
20	^1	Sylvain Guintoli	FRA	Suzuki Test Rider (GSX-RR)	+2.094s	20/32
21	˅1	Lorenzo Savadori	ITA	Aprilia Test Rider (RS-GP)	+2.325s	25/27
22	=	Raul Fernandez	SPA	KTM Tech3 (RC16)*	+2.363s	39/44
23	^1	Remy Gardner	AUS	KTM Tech3 (RC16)*	+2.768s	34/41
24	˅1	Takuya Tsuda	JPN	Suzuki Test Rider (GSX-RR)	+3.534s	38/38
25	^2	Fabio di Giannantonio	ITA	Gresini Ducati (GP)*	+3.717s	22/28
26	=	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	VR46 Ducati (GP)*	+4.083s	35/36
27	˅2	Darryn Binder	RSA	WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)*	+4.347s	35/35

Key:
^X Rider is X positions higher than previous hour.
= Rider is same position as previous hour.
˅X Rider is X positions lower than previous hour.

* Rookie

Official Jerez MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Maverick Vinales SPA Yamaha 1m 36.584s (2020)
Fastest race lap:
Fabio Quartararo FRA Yamaha 1m 37.770s (2021)