2013 motogp test jerez Archives

Cal Crutchlow takes home fastest lap time at Jerez MotoGP test

24 April, 2020

The final day of the last pre-season MotoGP test, saw Yamaha Tech3’s Cal Crutchlow’s name not only on top of the timesheets at Jerez, but the British rider also came away with the fastest lap overall during the three days,…

Pedrosa: productive laps at wet Jerez, Marquez: the importance of smoothness

17 April, 2020

Despite the intermittent rain showers that hit Jerez on the first day of MotoGP testing, both Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez were not that disappointed about the conditions as many would have believed, taking advantage of the rain to get…

Dani Pedrosa wants more dry time while Marquez suffers rear grip issues

15 April, 2020

After saying that he was happy with yesterday’s rain to test their wet weather set-up, during the second of day of testing at Jerez, saw about three hours of dry time, Dani Pedrosa admitted that he wants more dry weather…

Yamaha announces 2013 MotoGP team launch

14 April, 2020

Yamaha Factory Racing will be holding their official 2013 team launch during the final pre-season test at Jerez de la Frontera on March 22nd at 3pm (CET) when they will present reigning World Champion Jorge Lorenzo and nine-time World Champion…

Stefan Bradl unveils 2013 LCR Honda livery at Jerez

13 April, 2020

With a lot less fanfare and attention that Yamaha’s team presentation at Jerez received by the press yesterday, LCR Honda also took the wraps their 2013 team livery during today’s test at the Spanish circuit, and we must say that…

Cal Crutchlow: 'I could have been faster" – Smith to make bike more like Cal's

10 April, 2020

Cal Crutchlow’s Yamaha M1 satellite bike may be behind the factory’s team with chassis development (apparently Tech3 is 3 steps behind) but he did receive some electronics update after the Sepang test, but having a bike that is basically the…

2013 MotoGP test Jerez day 2: more rider quotes

6 April, 2020

Cal Crutchlow set the third fastest time in today’s MotoGP test session at Jerez and was just 0.049s adrift from both Yamaha factory riders, and despite grumblings over his dated version of the M1 he was able to keep almost…

Hayden, Dovizioso and Iannone talk about Jerez test

25 March, 2020

Three days at Valencia and three days at Jerez for testing - with only two and half days out of the six completely dry - hopefully may have ben enough for the Ducati to gather sufficient feedback on which of…

Valentino Rossi pips top spot on day 2 testing at Jerez

24 March, 2020

On the second day of official MotoGP testing at Jerez de la Frontera, most of the MotoGP riders decided to wait (and keep an eye the Formula 1 race) for the afternoon session to hit the track, after it began…

Dani Pedrosa happy with machine, Marquez improves on final day of testing

24 March, 2020

Dani Pedrosa didn’t even turn a wheel during today’s third and final test day of pre-season testing at Jerez. The Repsol Honda rider decided that his RC213V is already perfect (which is pretty scary) and preferred to leave the Spanish…

2013 MotoGP Jerez test day 1 – comments from the riders and image gallery

22 March, 2020

Day one of three days of the final pre-season MotoGP test of the year in Jerez de la Frontera, was conditioned by off-and-on rainfall limiting the amount of useful track time for the MotoGP teams and riders, here’s what some…

2013 MotoGP test Jerez – more comments from the final day

22 March, 2020

Yesterday was the final day of the last pre-season test at Jerez and now the opening round in Qatar is finally looming on us after four long, long months of waiting and all the riders are ready to hit the…

New set-up helps Valentino Rossi top test, Lorenzo works on suspensions

18 March, 2020

It’s been a long time since Valentino Rossi has topped any timesheets (in the first free practice at Silverstone last year) and after finishing ahead of the rest of field in today’s day 2, admitting he was happy with the…