Record-breaking races in Jerez for Pirelli with victory for Aldeguer and Veijer

Moto2™ · As for the rear tyre, rider choices for the race were more or less unanimous. Everyone mounted the softest SC0 solution except for Somkiat Chantra (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia/Kalex) who preferred the SC1 (medium). At the front, the SC1 (soft) was used by19 riders, including race winner Fermín Aldeguer (Beta Tools SpeedUp/Boscoscuro) and third-place finisher Manuel Gonzalez (QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2/Kalex), whereas the remaining 11 opted for the SC2 (medium), including second-place finisher Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing Team/Kalex). · Joe Roberts also set the new race lap record in 1’41.020 on the ninth lap, improving on the one Sam Lowes set in 2021 by almost 3 tenths of a second. In addition to the American rider, four others also beat the previous record, including the other two on the podium, Sergio Garcia (MT Helmets – MSI/Boscoscuro) and Marcos Ramirez (OnlyFans American Racing Team/Kalex). · The race time was 35’36.316, 9 seconds faster than 2023 with an average improvement on lap times of over 4 tenths, in similar temperature conditions to last year. Moto3™ · Collin Veijer (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP/Husqvarna) won the race after starting from the third spot on the grid using SC2 (medium) compound tyres on both the front and the rear. This was also the most popular combination, chosen by 17 out of the 26 riders in the race. Finishing behind the Husqvarna rider were Spaniards David Muñoz (BOE Motorsports/KTM), who started second, and Ivan Ortola (MT Helmets – MSI/KTM), third from the seventh spot on the grid using a rear tyre in SC1 compound combined with an SC2 front tyre. · Ryusei Yamanaka (MT Helmets – MSI/KTM), fourth across the finish line, set the new race lap record on the eighth lap in 1’45.105, breaking his own previous one, set in 2023, by 1 second. The Japanese rider used SC1 (soft) compound tyres on both the front and the rear, the only one to do so other than Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia/Honda) and Xabi Zurutuza (Red Bull KTM Ajo/KTM).· All the way to the chequered flag, all three riders on the podium lapped consistently at times lower than the 2023 record, demonstrating the outstanding consistency of tyre performance. There was a total of 19 riders who did at least one lap faster than the 2023 record in the race. · The overall race time this year was 33’29.725, which is an improvement of almost 28 seconds and 1.5 seconds per lap on average compared with 2023 and in almost identical conditions, with 28°C asphalt temperature and air temperature just under 20°C.