Motorcycles: look at 2022 in Jerez, between news and absences

The Japanese of the Honda Takaaki Nakagami was the star of the first day of the tests that the MotoGP held in Jerez de la Frontera, in fact the opening act of the 2022 season just four days after the end of the 2021 one, with the farewell of Valentino Rossi. With a windy but sunny climate, from the early hours we saw several innovations on the prototypes, especially from the aerodynamic and chassis point of view. With the LCR team bike, Nakagami was the best already in the morning (time 1'37 "713). After the break he filed a few more tenths, dropping to 1'37" 313. All five rookies in the category took to the track to become familiar with the racing cars of the highest displacement. At the end of the test, the fastest was Spaniard Raul Fernandez (Tech3 KTM Factory Racing),followed by the Roman Fabio Di Giannantonio (Team Gresini Racing), the Moto2 world champion, the Australian Remy Gardner (Tech3 KTM Factory Racing), the Rimini Marco Bezzecchi (VR46 Racing Team) and the South African Darryn Binder (Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team ), coming from Moto3. Behind Nakagami three Ducatis. Zarco (Ducati Pramac), trailing by 43 thousandths and author of 78 laps. Then Enea Bastianini (+0.089) and Francesco Bagnaia (+0.102). Fifth time for Maveick Vinales' Aprilia (72 laps, +0.361), which has an advanced engine and chassis. Sixth is Alex Rins' Suzuki (+0.497). Completing the top ten are Franco Morbidelli (Yamaha), Jack Miller (Ducati), Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) and Brad Binder (KTM). to run thelast GP of 2021. Thirteenth time for him and 45 laps completed. Alex Marquez had the Honda HRC 2022 at his disposal, given the absence of his brother Marc. He got the sixteenth time. An updated version of the bike also for Andrea Dovizioso, eighteenth on the Yamaha M1.