Alex Rins has already homologated a prototype 2025 engine - found an 'unbelievable' 0.5-0.7s when he tried it again at the Misano Test.
Previous private tests, courtesy of concessions, meant Monster Yamaha didn’t have a backlog of new parts for Monday’s official MisanoThe 'new' engine was the most interesting development, with team director Massimo Meregalli referring to it as ‘the base of the 2025 engine, the prototype’.The 2025 engine has already been homologated for Alex Rins , a week ago at Aragon. Rins used it throughout the Spanish race weekend, culminating in a season-best ninth place on the slippery track.
‘Rins was keen... to try the prototype 2025 engine again which he had already used once before at the Aragon GP,’ confirmed a Yamaha press release."I didn't use it in the Misano GP weekend because I broke some engines in Qatar and Austria so we need to manage .“We were also testing some things on the chassis, that was also positive.Rins’ best lap time put him 16th overall, 1.332s from test leader Francesco Bagnaia .
The Frenchman, who has not had a new engine in his official allocation since Silverstone, also tried the '2025 prototype' plus further work on the new chassis.
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