After struggling with sickness and ꦆa lack of front-end feel during the first two days of testing at Jerez, Aleix Espargaro lopped 1.5sec from his lap time during a promising final 🌃day.

The Power Electronics Aspar rider finished the test 0.8sec behind team-mate Randy de Puniet, but move🔥d back ahead of Speed Master's Mattia Pasini to be the second-best ART rider.

"The first day I was sick, yesterday was better, but൲ a little off, then frꦍom this morning the feeling was great," said Espargaro, returning to MotoGP after a season in Moto2.

"Today we worked a lot꧃ on the front, and succeeded in gaining confiden๊ce. We changed the forks and greatly improved our times. I didn't expect to improve so much.

"I'm leaving Jerez happy. The first two days were not very 🐻productive, but we kept working ha☂rd and finally today we received our reward.

"T🔴he bike is working better than [the previous test] in Valencia, and it is impor🐼tant to see that we are evolving gradually."

Espargar🦂o also offered his condolences to fellow Spanish grand prix rider Esteve Rabat, follo💜wing a family bereavement.

"I want to send a giant hu﷽g to my friend Tito Rabat who is 🌳undergoing a tough time following the loss of his mother," said Aleix, older brother of 2012 Moto2 rider Pol.