Misano MotoGP Test: Alex Rins “found 0.7s” on 2025 Yamaha engine - raced at Aragon

Alex Rins has already homologated a prototype 2025 ಌengine -🍃 found an 'unbelievable' 0.5-0.7s when he tried it again at the Misano Test.

Alex Rins, 2024 Misano MotoGP Test
Alex Rins, 2024 Misano MotoGP Test

Previous private tests, courtesy of concessions, meant Monster Yamaha didn’t have a backlog of new parts for Monday’s official Misano MotoGP test.

But a new engine was available for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Rins to try, plus more laps on the chassis already introduced during the San Marino r💯ace weekend.

The 'new' engine was the most interesting development, with team dir🍌ector Massimo Meregalli referring to it as ‘the base of the 2025 engine, the💃 prototype’.

Then came a further surprise.

The 2025 engine has already been homologated for Alex Rins, a week ago at Aragon. ൩Rins used it throughout the Spanish race weekend, culminating in a season-best ninth place on the slippery track.

Rins then switched back to older engines for the San Marino GP. But when he tried the 2025 engine again at Monday’s test, Rins said he was able to knock a massive 0.5-0.7s from his race pace.

‘Rins was keen... to try the prototype 2025 engine again which he had𒁏 already used once before at the Aragon GP,’ confirmed a Yamaha press release.

Rins said: “We starᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚted using the engine that we tried at MotorLand Arago⛦n. 

"I didn't use it in the Misano GP weekend because I broke some 🔯engines in Qatar🤡 and Austria so we need to manage [the mileage across the remaining engines].

"But honest🦩ly using only this updated engine I improved 0.5-0.7s my pace. So this was unbelievable!

“We were also testin♋g some 🐈things on the chassis, that was also positive.

"With one of t💞he things we did, I felt a really big difference in terms of traction."

Rins’ best lap time put him 1💛6th overall, 1.332s from test leader Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati).

Fresh from Yamaha’s best Sunday result of the season, a seventh place, Quartararo again impressed with the fifth-quickest tim෴e on Monday.

Th🍨e Frenchman, who has not had a new engine in his official allocation since Silverstone, also tried the '2025 prototype' plus further work on the new chassis.

“We had the chassis to try [again]… we also tried a few set-up♐s that we never tried before as well as a prototype new engine for 2025 – just the first step – and some electronics,” Quartararo confirmed.

“It was quite good. I think we have found a good way to proceed with this new chassis. Hopefully we can make another step in terms of grip and the engine before the end of the se❀ason so we can always fight for better positions.”

Meregalli added; “We will analyse♍ the data carefully. Some of it will ⛎already be useful for the next race weekend, other data will be crucial for 2025 bike development.”

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