Pre-2024 Jerez WorldSBK Test results - Wednesday

Remy Gardn🐷er went fastest on Wednesday with a time of 1:38.448s, having already gone fastest on Tuesday.
2023 Jerez WorldSBK postseason test - Wednesday | ||
Order | Rider | Time |
1 | Remy GARDNER | 1:38.448 |
2 | Nicoló BULEGA | 1:38.726 |
3 | Jonathan REA | 1:39.179 |
4 | Alex LOWES | 1:39.211 |
5 | Andrea IANNONE | 1:39.335 |
6 | Lorenzo SAVADORI | 1:39.669 |
7 | Michael R RINALDI | 1:39.807 |
8 | SB V BIKE | 1:39.832 |
9 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | 1:39.962 |
10 | Bradley RAY | 1:40.007 |
11 | Michele PIRRO | 1:40.024 |
12 | Dominique AEGERTER | 1:40.103 |
13 | Scott REDDING | 1:40.291 |
14 | Garrett GERLOFF | 1:40.334 |
15 | SB T22 BIKE | 1:40.367 |
16 | Axel BASSANI | 1:41.346 |
17 | Tarran MACKENZIE | 1:42.110 |
18 | Adrian HUERTAS | 1:42.470 |
19 | Valentine DEBISE | 1:43.084 |
Wedne༒sday was the second opportunity for WorldSBK's riders to test their 2024 bikes, and get to grips with their new tea🐲ms.
Jonathan Rea was again testing his new Yamaha, Andrea Iannone was busy on his Ducati, Axel Bassa༒ni with Kawasaki.
Toprak Razgatlioglu was again absent on Wednesday due to a contractual issue tying him to Yamaౠha, meaning he must wait until December to test his 2024 BMW.
When Rea emerged after a quiet, wet morning he shot straight to P1 with a time ✤of 1'40.987s until Alex Lowes went 0.050s faster. Rea then improved on Lowe’s time by 0.043s.
Remy Gardner, Tuesday’𒈔s pace-setter, then went top of𝓀 the timesheet with 1'40.708s.
Iannone was third, at this point mid-afternoon, 0.170🐼s off the top.
Michael Ruben Rinaldi went fastest in a🌞 time of 1'40.211s before, with🔴 three hours to go, Rea came roaring back to regain top spot (1'40.147s).
Rinaldi then posted the first sub-1'40s lap of the day before Nicolo Bulega went even betꦺter (1'39.111s).
Iannone ran wide, and Dominique Aegerter, crashed 🐠at Turn♚ 1.
Bulega delivered the first 1'38s lap with less than two hours left. Comparativelꦰy, Alvaro Bautista📖’s Bautista's pole lap from Saturday was a 1'38.635s.
Gardner retook top spot with a 1'38.448s lap.
In the final hour, Tarran MacKenzie and Garrett Gerloff both crashed (they aไre both okay).
I𒐪annone was briefly P3 until Lowes overhauled him.

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