The paddock stayed in Jerez for a day of testing, although Yamaha’s Quartararo ruled against running because of the arm pump problem that cost him victory in the race and put him in 13th place.
The French driver has returned home for a medical consultation to determine the best course of action for his arm ahead of his home lap at Le Mans in two weeks.
Six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez also felt the effects of his severe FP3 crash on Saturday. The Spaniard, who said he felt “devastated” after finishing ninth in his second race after an injury, only completed seven laps on Monday before calling it day due to neck pain.
Aleix Espargaro’s run was also limited to 12 laps after the Aprilia rider’s early crash at Turn 6, while HRC test rider Stefan Bradl, who had a placeholder at the Spanish GP, was not involved on Monday.
Around the same time that Espargaro crashed, Vinales had also stopped on the track because oil had been lost – having just hit the top in 1: 37.717 minutes – which resulted in the session being briefly interrupted by a red flag has been.
Vinales’ run was not significantly affected by its earlier edition. However, the Qatar GP winner improved to 1: 37.135 seconds to finish the second hour.
Alex Rins would take over the fastest final hour from him with a time of 1: 36.913 minutes when the Suzuki driver – together with his teammate Joan Mir – tested a 2022 prototype engine again while both Rins and Mir were working on setup ideas Mans worked for Le.
It wasn’t more than two hours before Rins’ time fell. Vinales returned to the lead with 1: 36.879 minutes as he worked towards a total of 101 laps.
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Vinales’ time wasn’t going to be any better as most of them ended their days prematurely. Rins was 0.034 seconds behind his next challenger while Mir completed the top three.
Takaaki Nakagami was the best Honda rider on his LCR machine after testing various new parts – including a new Yamaha-style aerodynamic fairing.
Johann Zarco finished fifth on the Pramac Ducati ahead of Hondas Pol Espargaro, who crashed twice on Monday.
The top 10 were completed by Miguel Oliveira from KTM, Avintia newcomer Luca Marini, Spanish GP podium finisher Franco Morbidelli (Petronas SRT) and championship leader Francesco Bagnaia.
The Ducati rider’s race-winning team-mate, Jack Miller, was 18th behind Iker Lecuona, Marc and Alex Marquez (LCR) and Aleix Espargaro from Tech3.
| Item | driver | bicycle | time | gap | Round |
| 1 | Maverick Vinales | Yamaha | 1’36.879 | 101 | |
| 2 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 1’36.913 | 0.034 | 59 |
| 3 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | 1’37.310 | 0.431 | 64 |
| 4th | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | 1’37.348 | 0.469 | 71 |
| 5 | Johann Zarco | Ducati | 1’37.435 | 0.556 | 75 |
| 6th | Pol Espargaro | Honda | 1’37.506 | 0.627 | 89 |
| 7th | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 1’37.508 | 0.629 | 72 |
| 8th | Luca Marini | Ducati | 1’37.559 | 0.680 | 66 |
| 9 | Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha | 1’37.627 | 0.748 | 67 |
| 10 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 1’37.690 | 0.811 | 40 |
| 11 | Brad Binder | KTM | 1’37.698 | 0.819 | 66 |
| 12th | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 1’37.700 | 0.821 | 73 |
| 13th | Enea Bastianini | Ducati | 1’37.717 | 0.838 | 54 |
| 14th | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 1’37.885 | 1.006 | 12th |
| fifteen | Alex Marquez | Honda | 1’38.170 | 1,291 | 75 |
| 16 | Marc Marquez | Honda | 1’38.303 | 1,424 | 7th |
| 17th | Iker Lecuona | KTM | 1’38.374 | 1.495 | 64 |
| 18th | Jack Miller | Ducati | 1’38.455 | 1,576 | 44 |
| 19th | Danilo Petrucci | KTM | 1’38.608 | 1.729 | 63 |
| 20th | Tito Rabat | Ducati | 1’38.826 | 1,947 | 65 |
| 21 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia | 1’39.024 | 2.145 | 54 |