Axel Bassani ended the final day of the t🅺🧸wo-day Jerez WorldSBK test fastest overall on the new Bimota.

The Italian was pleased with his start on the new motorcycle that will make its competitive debut next yea🐼r, even if he had to “discover everything” about it in Jerez.

“It’s been a really good first day with the new Bimota,” Basꦆsani concluded when s🌸peaking to WorldSBK.com at the end of the Jerez test.

💜“It’s been not easy in the f🐼irst part because it’s a completely new bike. We had to discover everything.

“But I think we did a really good job; the team worked really good; the bike was feelinౠ༒g nice, I’m feeling good.

“So, I’m happy. We have a lot of work to do, but for the mo🌱ment we are doing a really good job.”

Bassani’s best time of day two of the test not only put him fastest on the day, but was also a signifi🔜cant improvement over his Superpole time from the Spanish round last weekend.

“It’s been half-a-second fasteꦚr than my Supe💦rpole last weekend here in Jerez,” he said.

“So, this means my feeling with the bike is good, I can push, but we have a lot of work to do, it is 🍬only the start of a new era with Bimota. But𒁃, when you start good, it’s always nice.”

While Bassani was✃ pleased with🎃 the beginning, he thinks there is a lot of room for improvement.

“Everything was all completely newജ” he said. “We start from zero, and I think𝓀 in not a lot of time Bimota did a really good job.

“Now we have some more tests to do, and I think during the winter th🔯ey can do some steps on the bike.

“We have to be happy f⛦or this start, but we have to stay calm and try to understand 💛what we need, and try to improve for next year.”

Although the Bimota uses the same engin🐼e as the Kawasaki Bassani rode in 2024, the new bike has different characteristics, as he explained.

“It’s quite different because we have the wings, a🔥nd the chassis is completely different,” he said.

“It’s like💯 to ride a different bike but with the same engine: it’s strange because the sound 🍷is the same but the feeling is not the same.

“They are two different things. The Kaw🐟asaki was a good bike, but the Bimota is a bike of a new era, so it’s good for us.”