Submitted by David Emmett on
Danilo Petrucci topped the first day of testing at Jerez, the Italian the only rider to get into the 1'37s. He beat factory Ducati teammate Andrea Dovizioso by two tenths of a second, though Dovizioso had a crash at the end of the session, which stopped him pushing for a fast time.
Takaaki Nakagami pulled a surprise on the LCR Honda, the Japanese rider getting a tow off Petrucci to shoot to the third fastest time, ahead of Maverick Viñales on the factory Yamaha. Viñales' teammate Valentino Rossi could manage only the 17th fastest time, but was hampered by a problem with the engine, Rossi stopping the bike when it made a worrying noise. Marc Marquez ended the first day in fifth spot, half a second behind Petrucci, and just ahead of Petronas SRT's Franco Morbidelli, the Italian fast on the satellite Yamaha. Jorge Lorenzo led the session at one point, before dropping to seventh, two tenths off the time of his teammate.
Times:
| Pos | No | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
| 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 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati GP18 | 1:39.157 | 1.189 | 0.007 |
| 15 | 44 | Pol Espargaro | 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 | Hafizh 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 | Matteo Baiocco | Aprilia RS-GP | 1:42.766 | 4.798 | 1.067 |
Comments
comparison times
David is there any chance you can give a qulifying time from the race to compare?
Fun fact...
... Jonny Rea ended Tuesday’s Jerez WorldSBK test with a 1:38.713.
But
With a qualifying tyre. Important difference to make there.
Jonny Rae
I'm too lazy to check but would assume that SBK riders have soft qualifiers to chase a fast lap at The test.
Surely Rea was on qualifiers.
Surely Rea was on qualifiers...
REA
That time puts Rea just ahead of Jorge Lorenzo (1m 38.749s) and behind Franco Morbidellie (1m 38.659s). Reminds a few of us of the days when Graeme Crosby would race a Yoshimura Kawasaki in open class races, beating a lot of riders on RG500 Suzukis or Yamaha TZ750s. Needless to say, when he got on a pure-bred racer, he was right at the front.