After topping the first day of🌳 official Moto2 testing in Portimao, Jake Dixon continued his impressive form to claim෴ P4 on day two. 

Dixon, who made his MotoGP debut for Petronas Yamaha in 2021 - contested his home round at Silverstone and Aragon as he replaced an injured Franco Morbidelli - was one of four riders to go underneath 2022 MotoGP rookie Raul Fernandez’ official Portimao la൲p record from last season. 

The ex-BSB rider set a best lap time of 1:42.🌠040s which was +0.148s away from the rider he replaces at GASGAS Aspar for 2022, Aron Canet. 

Dixon chose not to make any changes to the bike throug💖hout the day, instead using the available track time to analyse his performance on old and new tyres. 

"Day two done. It has been a positive day, just riding: I haven't changed anything. I'm just trying to ♛get the flow, feeling good on the bike and ꦛaround the track," added Dixon. 

"I have been running on old tyres, I was fast i⭕n old and new and I’m looking forward to day 3, to see what we can do, continuing in this way, doing a lot of laps on thಞe last day before Qatar."

Dixon’s team-mate Albert Arenas also had a strong showing despite being eight tenths away fr🎐om the Brit. 

Theꦬ former Moto3 world champion did suffer a crash towards 🗹the end of S6, however, the Spaniard feels his consistency has improved a lot over the two days. 

Arenas said: "We finished today satisfied with how consistent we are. There is still work to be done, but at the end of the day I feel like we have taken another st🔴ep fo🀅rward. 

"I had a small crash when 🅰I was improving at the end, but I keep the positive: I always ride close to my best time. 

"We want to confirm this consistency tomorr🧸ow and to corroborate some things, but the path 𝓰we are taking gives me the confidence to keep going like this."