The final day of Moto2 testing at Jerez de la Frontera was a washout, with only twenty riders of the previous 33 that were present deciding to take to track only during the morning session, after the rain returned to the Spanish circuit, while in the afternoon only Toni Elias and Marcel Schrotter put in a few laps as everyone packed up to go homeIn the wet, Aspar’s Nico Terol was the fastest rider, as he was on Tuesday with the same weather conditions, and his best lap of 1’54″860 leaving British riders Scott Redding and Moto2 rookie Danny Kent to finish the day in second and third respectively and three tenths behind.
Johann Zarco with Iodaracing Project’s Suter was fourth, while the first NGM Forward rider this time was Ricky Cardus, but his three other team mates, Simone Corsi, Alex De Angelis and Mattia Pasini decided to sit the day out.
Xavier Simeon was sixth followed by Takaaki Nakagami, Dominique Aegerter, Jordi Torres, while wet weather specialist Anthony West closed out the top ten for QMMF.
In the three-days of Jerez testing, the fastest rider overall was title favourite Pol Espargaro who posted his stunning 1’42″332 yesterday in the dry, with Kalex being most competitive Moto2 machine so far as they’ve dominated the top four positions overall.
Moto2 testing will resume at Jerez from March 18th to the 21st, with the teams finally receiving their 2013 Honda engines which will now be prepared by MEF instead of Geo Technologies who used to supply and maintain the engines for Moto2 from 2010 to 2012.
Moto2 Jerez test Day 3 results:01- Nico Terol – MAPFRE Aspar Team Moto2 – Suter MMX2 – 1’54.
860 02- Scott Redding – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 0.
285 03- Danny Kent – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 0.
307 04- Johann Zarco – CAME Iodaracing Project – Suter MMX2 – + 0.
427 05- Ricky Cardus – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – Speed Up SF13 – + 0.
466 06- Xavier Simeon – Maptaq SAG Zelos Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 0.
615 07- Takaaki Nakagami – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
095 08- Dominique Aegerter – Technomag carXpert – Suter MMX2 – + 1.
135 09- Jordi Torres – MAPFRE Aspar Team Moto2 – Suter MMX2 – + 1.
232 10- Anthony West – QMMF Racing Team – Speed Up SF13 – + 1.
426 11- Kyle Smith – Blusens Avintia – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
501 12- Toni Elias – Blusens Avintia – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
531 13- Mike Di Meglio – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 1.
553 14- Mika Kallio – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.
704 15- Marcel Schrotter – Desguaces La Torre SAG Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 2.
024 16- Steven Odendaal – Argiñano & Gines Racing – Speed Up SF13 – + 2.
262 17- Randy Krummenacher – Technomag carXpert – Suter MMX2 – + 2.
520 18- Yuki Takahashi – Idemitsu Honda Team Asia – Moriwaki MD600 – + 2.
823 19- Louis Rossi – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 3.
710 20- Rafid Topan Sucipto – QMMF Racing Team – Speed Up SF13 – + 7.
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