Milwaukee Yamaha’s Tommy Bridewell bounced back well from a Cartagena testing crash to equal Nico Terol’s best lap at Alcarras today with a fastest of 1’34.5.

The Devizes rider, who had the front end of his YZF-R1 re-built after the crash damaged his front Ohlins setup, knocked 1.7s off his laptime over the two days and left the track in a good frame of mind.

“The tests have been really beneficial. Cartagena was really good, although we had a small crash which was just annoying more than anything else. I was feeling comfortable on the bike and we had been working through a few small things before we lost that bit of time,” said Bridewell.

“We then went to Alcarras and I was suffering a bit on the first day, which we found to be a problem with the forks after the crash. The team rebuilt the chassis and changed the forks and it completely transformed the bike and we made leaps and bounds in progress; I was 1.7 seconds faster on the second day. I am happy with how we have finished up as we are not a million miles off and we turned it around on the final day.”