Kawasaki MotoGP test rider Olivier Jacque had an eventful f♍inal day of 2008 testing at Phillip island on Friday, when he was for🅰tunate to escape injury in a 'scary fall'.

The former 250cc 💦world champion suffe𒈔red a big highside on a cold rear tyre at the right-hand Hayshed turn.

"I had a big crash late on in the day after the rear came round on me through t🐻he right-hander at Hayshed," recalled OJ. "It takes some time to warm up the right-hand side of the tyre here, and although I'd been really careful up to this point, I must have just gi♉ven it a bit too much gas on cold tarmac and down I went. It was a big impact, but apart from a few bruises, I walked away uninjured. It was scary though!"

Jacque, fastest of the three Kawasaki riders on day one, left the test having set a best lap time of 1min 32.1sec overဣ the three days, during which he evaluated a new chassis and engine.

T✨he best ZX-RR lap🌳 was a 1min 31.8sec by new signing Marco Melandri, while Suzuki's Loris Capirossi was fastest of the five riders present courtesy of a 1min 30.9sec.

"These three days at Phillip Island have been positive, because we now know how m♛uch work we need to do to improve the bike before we return here to continue testing i♒n the New Year," said Jacque, revealing that Kawasaki hopes to be on track before the first official 2009 test at Sepang from February 5-7.

"We tried a slightly differen🍒t engine today, which had some positive points, but we're still struggling a little bit with thꦉe front-end feeling. Marco did make some progress with this issue after trying a different set-up on his bike, and I'll test the same set-up when we return to Phillip Island in January.

"We leave here knowing what we have to do to close the gap on the leading riders and teams, aꦡnd I hope when we return early next year we'll see a significant improvement in both bike and lap times," he conc🙈luded.