LCR Honda rider Takaaki Nakagami has pipped factory counterpart Marc Marquez to top spot on the final day of MotoGP testing of 2018 at Jerez.
Nakagami laid down a 1:37.945s with just over an hour of the season remaining to not only usurp Marquez but also better Danilo Petrucci’s fastest lap of a day earlier.
Marquez ended up 0.025s shy of Nakagami while new Repsol Honda team-mate Jorge Lorenzo was 0.135s slower again in fourth position on the day.
Maverick Viñales split them with a fast lap set also with a bit more than 60 minutes left on the clock, but Yamaha Factory Racing team-mate Valentino Rossi was 0.651s off the pace in 11th.
Petrucci again led the way for the Ducati Team in fifth, two positions and less than a tenth of a second ahead of Pramac Racing’s Jack Miller.
Andrea Dovizioso, who reported that Ducati was not working on engines, was eighth and Miller’s team-mate Francesco Bagnaia the top rookie in ninth.
Ducati’s fill-in test rider Alvaro Bautista trialled a seat modification as he went 16th-fastest.
Franco Morbidelli put his Petronas Yamaha sixth while Suzuki Ecstar’s Alex Rins rounded out the top 10.
Pol Espargaro was again 15th and again fastest of the KTMs, while Andrea Iannone was top Aprilia rider in 18th.
Testing is now banned until the next official running, a shakedown at Sepang on February 1-3.
Day 2: Jerez Post-season test
| Pos | Num | Rider | Nat | Team | Bike | Time | Gap 1st/Prev |
| 1 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | JPN | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | Honda | 1:37.945 | |
| 2 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | ESP | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1:37.970 | 0.025/0.025 |
| 3 | 12 | Maverick VIÑALES | ESP | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 1:38.066 | 0.121/0.096 |
| 4 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | ESP | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1:38.105 | 0.160/0.039 |
| 5 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1:38.109 | 0.164/0.004 |
| 6 | 21 | Franco MORBIDELLI | ITA | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 1:38.118 | 0.173/0.009 |
| 7 | 43 | Jack MILLER | AUS | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 1:38.207 | 0.262/0.089 |
| 8 | 04 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1:38.292 | 0.347/0.085 |
| 9 | 63 | Francesco BAGNAIA | ITA | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 1:38.333 | 0.388/0.041 |
| 10 | 42 | Alex RINS | ESP | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 1:38.522 | 0.577/0.189 |
| 11 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 1:38.596 | 0.651/0.074 |
| 12 | 20 | Fabio QUARTARARO | FRA | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 1:38.761 | 0.816/0.165 |
| 13 | 53 | Tito RABAT | ESP | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 1:38.876 | 0.931/0.115 |
| 14 | 36 | Joan MIR | ESP | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 1:38.931 | 0.986/0.055 |
| 15 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO | ESP | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 1:39.144 | 1.199/0.213 |
| 16 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | ESP | Ducati Test Team | Ducati | 1:39.338 | 1.393/0.194 |
| 17 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 1:39.744 | 1.799/0.406 |
| 18 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 1:39.826 | 1.881/0.082 |
| 19 | 5 | Johann ZARCO | FRA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 1:39.864 | 1.919/0.038 |
| 20 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | ESP | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 1:40.156 | 2.211/0.292 |
| 21 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Aprilia Racing Test Team | Aprilia | 1:40.325 | 2.380/0.169 |
| 22 | 50 | Sylvain GUINTOLI | FRA | SUZUKI Test Team | Suzuki | 1:40.498 | 2.553/0.173 |
| 23 | 55 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | MAS | KTM Tech 3 Racing | KTM | 1:40.520 | 2.575/0.022 |
| 24 | 88 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | POR | KTM Tech 3 Racing | KTM | 1:40.577 | 2.632/0.057 |
| 25 | 15 | Matteo BAIOCCO | ITA | Aprilia Racing Test Team | Aprilia | 1:41.907 | 3.962/1.330 |
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