Nicolo Bulega ended the final day of the private 850cc MotoGP test at Jerez on top, with Ducati benefiting from more favourable weather than earlier in the week. The newly crowned WorldSBK champion set a 1m 39.253s lap and is identified as VR46 Ducati’s 2027 rider, giving the manufacturer a useful benchmark in the development of the next MotoGP generation.

Bulega’s lap was 1.904s slower than the 1000cc race-lap record on Michelin tyres, set by Alex Marquez in 2025 at 1m 37.349s. The gap to the pole record set by Fabio Quartararo that same year was 3.643s, with the benchmark standing at 1m 35.610s. These figures provide context rather than a direct performance comparison, since the motorcycles represent different technical specifications.

Lorenzo Savadori was approximately three-tenths behind Bulega on Aprilia’s developing version of the RS-GP. Pol Espargaro finished 0.8s adrift on the KTM, after setting the quickest time in wet conditions on Wednesday. Michele Pirro was also present, but his work was directed towards developing Ducati’s Superbike rather than the MotoGP machine.

Iker Lecuona, the WorldSBK runner-up and a recent Gresini replacement rider in MotoGP, did not take part in the riding on the final day. The next major step comes after the season-ending Valencia round: Pirelli’s first official MotoGP test is scheduled for 1 December and will be open to the full 2027 grid.