While day 2 (Thursday) of Moto2 testing at Valencia was a total washout due to rain and with barely a handful of riders taking to track that not even unofficial lap times were taken, today’s session was dry in the morning and wet in the afternoon.
Gino Rea, who should confirmed by Gresini’s Moto2 team to ride a Moriwaki next season, took the top of the timesheets with a best lap of 1.
36.
4, but he was matched by Claudio Corti who was reconfirmed for another season with the Italtrans team.
Marc VDS Racing Team duo, Scott Redding and Mika Kallio were 3rd and 4th after switching from Suter to the now very popular Kalex chassis.
Andrea Iannone only did five laps today and he finished fifth followed by Italtrans’ Takaaki Nakagami.
Newly signed Aspar rider Toni Elias (in the photo) was seventh, while Johann Zarco in his second test with JiR’s Motobi was 8th and the rider who did the most laps (62) and he was 7 tenths of second faster than his former 125cc rival and 125cc World Champion Nico Terol who is riding Aspar’s Suter.
Roberto Locatelli was also back on track for the final day with the Italtrans machine.
Valencia Moto2 Day 3 unofficial lap times:1.
– Gino Rea ITA Moriwaki Gresini 1′36.
41.
– Claudio Corti ITA Suter Ital Trans 1.
’36.
43.
– Scott Redding GBR Kalex MarcVDS 1′36.
84.
– Mika Kallio FIN Kalex MarcVDS 1′37.
15.
– Andrea Iannone ITA Kalex SpeedMaster 1′37.
46.
– Takaaki Nakagami JAP Suter Ital Trans 1′37.
57.
– Toni ElĂas ESP Suter Mapfre Aspar 1′38.
37.
– Johann Zarco FRA JiR JiR 1′38.
39.
– Nico Terol ESP Suter Mapfre Aspar 1′39.
010.
– Roberto Locatelli ITA Suter Ital Trans 1′39.
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