Michael Ruben Rinaldi seems to be on his way off of the WorldSBK grid after the end of the 2024 season, but he began his final weekend in the to♎p class of production motorcy🐠cle racing on top.

Rinaldi used the SCQ tyre to go fastest in FP2 on Friday afterno🥂on at the WorldSBK Spanish Round at Jerez, beating Nicolo Bulega by just over 0.2 second💞s.

Rinaldi concluded that it was a “good” Friday ꦍfor him in Jerez, even if he confirmed that it was his last in WorldSBK — although we know Rinaldi will be replaced by Ryan Vickers at the Moto✨corsa team next year, his destination has still not been made official.

“It was a good day for us,” Rinaldi told WorldSBK.com. “This morning, I started pretty🎃 confidently. We tried the tyres that I won’t use in the race because of the numbers.

“The feeling wasn’t bad but it wasn’t perfect. I thought this afternoon could be better and it was, so I was pretty happy with my pace with the race🍬 tyre.

“We made some modifications with the electronics side. I feel we can be a little bit more competitiv🍌e than at other rounds, which is positive.

“Today i𓂃s my last Friday as a WorldSBK rider, so it was important to finish on top and I’m pretty🍬 glad to do that.”

Although he was fastest of all on Friday, Rinaldi felt ther🍷e was more time for him to find for Saturday’s Superpole session.

“I think I could be a little bit faster, ꧟but I found some traffic on the first and then, on the second, the tyre already dropped,” Rinaldi said.

“This is good because I know I understand that, maybe there’s a 90% chance I✅ won’t use this t🦩yre [SCQ] in the Superpole Race.

“Also, I can improve with my team to bꦗe faster in Superpole🅰 tomorrow which is very important.”