Maverick Vinales was the fastest rider of the day on third day of Moto3 testing at the Jerez circuit, however the Team Calvo rider who is tipped to be this year’s favourite suffered a traumatic injury to his third finger when he crashed out at the Crivillé corner and trapping his hand under his KTM bike.
Apparently the Spanish rider not only lost a nail, but suffered severe lacerations to the top of his finger that it was decided to fly him to Barcelona for further medical checks, and after being examined Dr.
Xavier Mir at the Instituto Universitario USP Dexeus, he’ll be forced undergo reconstructive surgery on Thursday, but it seems that his partecipation in the first round of the season is not under discussion.
Vinales’s best lap was in 1:46.
603 while Álex Rins who lead the morning session dropped to second and he ended the day just 0.
086s adrift from Vinales.
Jonas Folger continues to impress both in the wet and dry as finished in third and he was followed by Luis Salom and Brad Binder, who was the only Honda rider able to break up the bevy of dominating KTM and KTM Kalex machines that dominated the top ten.
Estrella Galicia 0,0s Alex Marquez was sixth with Brazilian teenager Eric Granado in 7th.
Niklas Ajo was eighth and more that 1.
1 seconds adrift followed by Jakub Kornfeil and Arthur Sissis tenth.
Vinales’ crash was the only injury of the day as Moto3 rookie Francesco Bagnaia crashed his Gresini FTR Honda and ended up with a fractured left wrist that will force him to skip the Losail round.
Moto3 testing concludes tomorrow.
Moto3 Jerez test Day 3 results: 1 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team Calvo KTM 1:46.
603 2 Alex RINS SPA Estrella Galicia 0′0 KTM 1:46.
689 +0.
086 3 Jonas FOLGER GER Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 KALEX KTM 1:47.
010 +0.
407 4 Luis SALOM SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 1:47.
094 +0.
491 5 Brad BINDER RSA Ambrogio Racing SUTER HONDA 1:47.
701 +1.
098 6 Alex MARQUEZ SPA Estrella Galicia 0′0 KTM 1:47.
706 +1.
103 7 Eric GRANADO BRA Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 KALEX KTM 1:47.
742 +1.
139 8 Niklas AJO FIN Avant Tecno KTM 1:47.
787 +1.
184 9 Jakub KORNFEIL CZE Redox RW Racing GP KALEX KTM 1:47.
854 +1.
251 10 Arthur SISSIS AUS Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 1:47.
861 +1.
258 11 Jack MILLER AUS Caretta Technology-RTG FTR HONDA 1:48.
038 +1.
435 12 Niccolo ANTONELLI ITA GO&FUN Gresini Moto3 FTR HONDA 1:48.
076 +1.
473 13 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Mahindra Racing MAHINDRA 1:48.
083 +1.
480 14 Isaac VIÑALES SPA Bimbo-Ongetta-Centro Seta FTR HONDA 1:48.
088 +1.
485 15 Alexis MASBOU FRA Ongetta-Rivacold FTR HONDA 1:48.
253 +1.
650 16 Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN MAL Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 1:48.
316 +1.
713 17 Romano FENATI ITA San Carlo Team Italia FTR HONDA 1:48.
393 +1.
790 18 Livio LOI BEL Marc VDS Racing Team KALEX KTM 1:48.
568 +1.
965 19 Efren VAZQUEZ SPA Mahindra Racing MAHINDRA 1:48.
699 +2.
096 20 Lorenzo BALDASSARRI ITA GO&FUN Gresini Moto3 FTR HONDA 1:48.
819 +2.
216 21 Alessandro TONUCCI ITA Team Lafonte Tascaracing HONDA 1:48.
859 +2.
256 22 Jasper IWEMA NED RW Racing GP KALEX KTM 1:48.
868 +2.
265 23 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA San Carlo Team Italia FTR HONDA 1:48.
886 +2.
283 24 John McPHEE GBR Caretta Technology-RTG FTR HONDA 1:48.
907 +2.
304 25 Toni FINSTERBUSCH GER Kiefer Racing KALEX KTM 1:48.
988 +2.
385 26 Alan TECHER FRA CIP Moto3 TSR HONDA 1:49.
129 +2.
526 27 Danny WEBB GBR Ambrogio Racing SUTER HONDA 1:49.
168 +2.
565 28 Philipp OETTL GER Paddock TT Motion Events KALEX KTM 1:49.
248 +2.
645 29 Juanfran GUEVARA SPA CIP Moto3 TSR HONDA 1:49.
264 +2.
661 30 Matteo FERRARI ITA Ongetta-Centro Seta FTR HONDA 1:49.
299 +2.
696 31 Ana CARRASCO SPA Team Calvo KTM 1:49.
555 +2.
952 32 Florian ALT GER Kiefer Racing KALEX KTM 1:49.
740 +3.
137 33 Hyuga WATANABE JPN Team Lafonte Tascaracing HONDA 1:50.
332 +3.
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