Fenati and Nakagami the best in the Moto3 and Moto2 pre-season test at Jerez
The Moto2 and Moto3 World Championships have wrapped up their first 2017 pre-season test at the Jerez Circuit, where several teams and riders have been in action to prepare for the coming year and also to get some work done before the winter break. Nakagami and Fenati were the benchmarks.
The Moto2 and Moto3 World Championships have wrapped up their first 2017 pre-season test at the Jerez Circuit, where several teams and riders have been in action to prepare for the coming year and also to get some work done before the winter break.
The first day of Moto3 was led by Romano Fenati, the Italian who was a protagonist in 2016 before his exit from the championship, returned with great force, and placed himself as the fastest with a lap time of 1’46.930, while in second position was his compatriot, Enea Bastianini, who was already posting times faster than 1.47. Among the新 faces we saw were Enea Bastianini with the Estrella Galicia team and Niccolò Antonelli with the KTM from the Ajo Motorsport team. The presence of the Cadiz rider Marcos Ramírez also stands out; he will race the 2017 world championship with the Platinum Bay Real Estate team, although on this occasion he is riding the bike he uses in the FIM CEV Repsol, precisely to prepare for the final round.
The second day of Moto3 at the test went to Di Giannantonio, who recorded a time of 1’46.995, followed by Bo Bendsneyder with 1’47.017, then Andrea Migno stopping the clock at 1’47.150, after whom came Romano Fenati with a time of 1’47.157, Jorge Martín and Aaron Canet, with 1’47.188 and 1’47.321 respectively. The top ten was completed by Marco Bezzechi, Albert Arenas, Enea Bastianini and Niccolò Antonelli.
The Moto2 category saw Takaaki Nakagami as the best of the first day, with a time of 1’42.181, Álex Márquez second, finishing more than three tenths behind the leader. The Italian Lorenzo Baldassarri was third, stopping the clock at 1’42.520, with Luca Marini fourth with 1’42.798. Fifth-best time went to Danny Kent with 1’43.156, followed by Edgar Pons in sixth with 1’43.212. Seventh-best time for the Swiss Dominique Aegerter, who debuted with the Suter, setting a time of 1’43.320.
A good debut for KTM under the Portuguese rider Miguel Oliveira, who was eighth with 1’43.547, followed by the Italian Francesco Bagnaia with the Kalex Moto2 of the VR46 team, stopping the clock at 1’43.656. Mattia Pasini closed the top ten of the category with 1’43.804. The Spanish riders Isaac Viñales and Jorge Navarro were eleventh and fourteenth respectively with 1’43.834 and 1’44.275.
And closing the test on the second day, we saw Nakagami as the best, achieving a time of 1’42.280, slower than on the first day of action. For his part, the Spanish rider Álex Márquez again came second behind the Japanese rider with a best lap of 1’42.302, improving on his first-day time. Third-best time for the Italian Lorenzo Baldassarri with 1.42.413. Danny Kent was fourth, Axel Pons fifth with a time of 1’42.698. Luca Marini was sixth-best, followed by Dominique Aegerter, seventh. Edgar Pons, Francesco Bagnaia and Miguel Oliveira completed the list of the top ten.
Source | MotoGP Official website and teams
