MotoGP, Jerez J.1 Tests, Francesco Bagnaia: “we have made great progress”.

After positive Valencia tests, Francis Bagnaia continued with the same good intentions at Jerez. During the first of the two days of testing which will be the last of the year, he finished fourteenth and ceded the scepter of best rookie to the official Suzuki rider Joan Mir. But the most important thing at this stage are the sensations. And they are good!

Francis Bagnaia fourteenth loop of the first day of MotoGP testing in Jerez. The Moto2 world champion still has to learn on the Ducati GP18 but the student is gifted. The Pramac driver returns 1s189 to the leader Petrucci on a GP19. On his performance, the teammate of a Miller eighth comments: “  I'm quite happy because when you ride a bike like that, it's impossible not to be. This track is much more difficult than the one in Valencia because you have to use your body a lot more. It takes more strength to do everything ».

He adds : " we have made great progress with the settings, especially in the corners and so I am happy. I still need to improve on the brakes, but we have time to learn, it's not very easy ».

During 51 laps, Pecco progressed and was able to make basic adjustments in preparation for the final day tomorrow. He will then set out better armed to conquer the time trial. When we point out to him that he is ahead of a Valentino Rossi only 17th at 1s596 in the general classification, Francis Bagnaia answers : " it depends on the tires we use, whether they are new or old, but we ride well, we are strong, we are all very close. Petrucci had a great ride. We are quite happy because we have put in place the conditions to resolve the problems that we still need to resolve "

MotoGP, Jerez J.1 Tests: times

1	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati GP19	1:37.968
2	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati GP19	1:38.185	0.217	0.217
3	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda RC213V	1:38.348	0.380	0.163
4	12	Maverick Vinales	Yamaha M1	1:38.376	0.408	0.028
5	93	Marc Marquez	Honda RC213V	1:38.517	0.549	0.141
6	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha M1	1:38.659	0.691	0.142
7	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda RC213V	1:38.749	0.781	0.090
8	43	Jack Miller	Ducati GP19	1:38.816	0.848	0.067
9	19	Alvaro Bautstia	Ducati GP19	1:38.830	0.862	0.014
10	36	Joan mir	Suzuki GSX-RR	1:38.956	0.988	0.126
11	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia RS-GP	1:39.008	1.040	0.052
12	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati GP18	1:39.097	1.129	0.089
13	42	alex rins	Suzuki GSX-RR	1:39.150	1.182	0.053
14	63	Francis Bagnaia	Ducati GP18	1:39.157	1.189	0.007
15	44	Espargaro Pol	KTM RC16	1:39.375	1.407	0.218
16	20	fabio quartararo	Yamaha M1	1:39.414	1.446	0.039
17	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha M1	1:39.564	1.596	0.150
18	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia RS-GP	1:40.174	2.206	0.610
19	5	Johann zarco	KTM RC16	1:40.192	2.224	0.018
20	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati GP18	1:40.438	2.470	0.246
21	55	Hafiz Syahrin	KTM RC16	1:40.630	2.662	0.192
22	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Suzuki GSX-RR	1:40.743	2.775	0.113
23	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM RC16	1:41.699	3.731	0.956
24	15	Matthew Baiocco	Aprilia RS-GP	1:42.766	4.798	1.067