Hampered by fog during the initial hours of both days of the test, Lowes and Guintoli made the most of the subsequent good weather to set over 100 laps each across the two days. The Frenchman set his fastest time of 1:41.018 on his penultimate attempt, whereas his British teammate's 1:41.361 was set five laps from the close of play.

Evaluating a raft of new settings and parts, including swingarm, suspension, engine specifications and electronics, the team are confident that the advancements made and understandings gained throughout the past four days on track and will help to continue the progression back at its German and UK bases.

Lowes is not quite back to full strength after injuring himself at the previous test in Jerez, but is satisfied with progress and expects to be race ready in Phillip Island. Both riders now have their sights firmly set on the start of the 2016 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship in Australia, where the YZF R1 is set to make its WorldSBK race debut.

Sylvain Guintoli, 1:41.018: "It's gone well! We've completed everything we wanted to do, to test and to explore. We've focused on various things including carrying on working with the new swingarm, riding position, back-shifting, engine-brake strategies, new forks and different configurations within them, and traction control, so we've done a lot! We have a lot more experience with the YZF-R1 now, a lot more of an understanding, so now we just have to take this with us to Australia and carry on the good work!"

Alex Lowes, 1:41.361: "We have a lot still to do but it's been a good two days. We have been working through everything including front and rear feeling, and a lot of work on electronics - trying to get a better understanding of the YZF-R1 and its engine character. I was limited with my shoulder so I couldn't push too much but I enjoyed it and hopefully we can improve quite a bit before Phillip Island."

Paul Denning - Team Principal: "These additional two days in Jerez have been very important - with a new bike, new riders and a new project every lap is a benefit. Sylvain did a very consistent job getting through a huge programme of test items and remaining extremely precise and steady, which is incredibly important for the development of the bike. When a rider is that consistent it generally means there is something left in the pocket in terms of performance so we are looking forward to getting to Australia now and seeing Sylvain more in race mode than test mode and taking the next steps. For Alex, every lap has been a bonus, his shoulder injury restricting him to short runs and limited laps in general. Despite that, Alex has done an incredible job, he's given the team excellent and accurate information and his own understanding of the YZF-R1 has increased dramatically over these January tests. He didn't run a qualifying tyre and his pace on the race tyres, despite the injury, was less than half a second away from the fastest, so when we consider the state of his shoulder we are quietly confident that we can be closer again when it's time to go racing."