Pre-2024 Jerez WorldSBK Test results - Wednesday

Remy Gardner went fastest on Wednesday with a time of 1:38.448s, having alreaꦫd🌱y 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 |
Wednesday was the second oppor൩tunity for WorldSBK's riders to test their 2024 bikes, and get to grips with their new teams.
Jonathan Rea was a꧅gain testing his new Yamaha, Andrea Iannone was busy on his Ducati, Axel Bassani with Kawaౠsaki.
Toprak Razgatlioglu was again absent on Wednesday due to a cont🌜ractual issue tying him to Yamaha, meaning he must wait until December to test his 2024 BMW.
When Rea emerged after a 𒀰quiet, wet morning he shoౠt 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’s pace-setter💦, then went top of the time🌠sheet with 1'40.708s.
Iann๊one was third, at this point 🌱mid-afternoon, 0.170s 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 better (1'39.111s).
Iannone ran wide, and Dominique Aege🎐rter, crashed at Turn 1.
Bulega delivered the first 1'𒀰38s lap with less than two hours left. Comparatively, 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 bot𝓀h crashed (they are both okay).
Iannone was briefly P3 until Lowes overhauledꦰ him.

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