2025 WorldSBK rookie Yari Montella was confronted with mixed conditions at his maiden test in the premier class of the producti💟on derivative series, but those presented an opportunity for the young Italian.

The test in Jerez was Montella’s first on a WorldSBK-spec machine, and he ended the second day – a day on which only 11 riders set lap times due to wet condit🍷ions – third🥀-fastest.

“I’m happy for that because I’m in the top three𝔍 so it’s nice,” he told WorldSBK.com.

“But, in the end, we were justღ [a few] riders in a strange condition, on wet.

“But we decided to ride because I need to ride in every condition, because I🤡 need to keep the feeling with the bike, I need to understand the bike in every condition.

“So, I’m quite happy for the test becaus𒀰e it was complete, with s⭕ome dry, some wet, so happy for that and we just need to stay focused and continue to work.”

Montella now has four remaining test days – two at Portimao and a further two at Phillip Island – and the Italian is antici🅰pating a different approach compared to his first test.

“For sure it will be a differen♍t approach from here, because now more or less I know what I expect from the bike,” he said.

“So, for sure, we will try to push a bit, and start to try something on the bike because in these days [in Jerez] we made nothing more or less, just some adjustments for my ridinꦰg style, but nothing specia🎀l.

“So, I think for sure we will make a c𓄧omplete job on the bike, on myself, and we will try to push a little 𒉰bit more to understand our position on the grid.”

He added: “But I know that I need for sure also some races to understand the categ🌜ory, to understand the Superpole Race, to unꦯderstand the Superpole – well, we have some work to do, for sure.”