Yesterday the Moto2 test kicked off at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia, with the top spot speaking only Italian and shared by two riders, Alex de Angelis and Andrea Iannone.
The teams are running with unofficial engines (the official ones will be available only at Jerez) so we don’t exactly know what 600cc spec Honda engines the various teams are using, so lap times are unofficial and to be taken with a grain a salt.
Iannone (with his new Suter) and de Angelis (his JiR MotoBi with a new livery) both posted a time of 1’36.
7, and the only riders to break under the 1′37 mark.
As customary with Moto2 lap times, there’s a gaggle of riders all within bare tenths of seconds of each other, with Julián Simón and Stefan Bradl tied for the second spot with a 1′37, followed by Marc Marquez who after spending two days at Barcelona, was just a tenth of a second off, as was Gresini’s new rider, Michele Pirro.
Last year’s MotoGP riders Aleix Espargaró and Mika Kallio, still coming to grips with their Moto2’s were 8th and 10th respectively.
Moto 2 –Valencia Day 1 – unofficial lap times01- Alex De Angelis – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – 1’36.
702- Andrea Iannone – Speed Master Team – Suter MMXI – 1’36.
703- Julian Simon – Mapfre Aspar Team – Suter MMXI – 1’37.
004- Stefan Bradl – Viessmann Kiefer Racing – KALEX Moto2 – 1’37.
005- Marc Marquez – Team Catalunya Caixa Repsol – Suter MMXI – 1’37.
106- Michele Pirro – Gresini Racing Moto2 – Moriwaki MD600 – 1’37.
107- Thomas Luthi – Interwetten Paddock M2 Racing – Suter MMXI – 1’37.
208- Aleix Espargaro – Tenerife 40 Pons – KALEX Moto2 – 1’37.
409- Scott Redding – Marc VDS Racing Team – Suter MMXI – 1’37.
410- Mika Kallio – Marc VDS Racing Team – Suter MMXI – 1’37.
511- Yuki Takahashi – Gresini Racing Moto2 – Moriwaki MD600 – 1’37.
512- Axel Pons – Tenerife 40 Pons – KALEX Moto2 – 1’37.
613- Jules Cluzel – Forward Racing – Suter MMXI – 1’37.
814- Randy Krummenacher – Grand Prix Switzerland – KALEX Moto2 – 1’37.
915- Raffaele De Rosa – G22 Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – 1’38.
016- Bradley Smith – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 611 – 1’38.
017- Simone Corsi – Ioda Racing Project – FTR Moto M211 – 1’38.
818- Claudio Corti – Italtrans Racing Team – Suter MMXI – 1’38.
819- Santiago Hernandez – SAG Racing Team – FTR Moto M211 – 1’40.
120- Mattia Pasini – Ioda Racing Project – FTR Moto M211 – 1’40.
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