Márquez, Kallio and Lorenzo the best in the MotoGP Warm up at Jerez

The World Motorcycle Championship kicked off Sunday’s action at the Jerez Circuit with the warm-ups of the three categories, so the last test before the races at the Andalusian track, of this fourth event of the 2014 season.

The first riders to hit the track were the Moto3 riders, with Álex Márquez as the best, setting a lap time of 1:47.626 and placing Efrén Vázquez second, just 0.052s behind the leader. Meanwhile, the top 10 was completed by Kornfeil in 3rd, Miller 4th, Fenati 5th, Viñales 6th, Ajo 7th, Guevara 8th, Mpchee 9th and Rins 10th. The rest of our riders finished Herrera 22nd, Ramírez 23rd and Carrasco 33rd.

Behind them came the turn of the Moto2 riders, with Mika Kallio as the fastest, setting a time of 1:42.924, while second place went to Jonas Folger, just 0.007s behind the leader, so they were practically neck and neck at the front. The rest of the top 10 was completed by Rabat 3rd, Viñales 4th, Zarco 5th, Lowes 6th, Simeon 7th, Aegerter 8th, Luthi 9th and Corsi 10th.

The rest of our riders finished Salom 14th, Simón 18th, Pons 20th, Torres 22nd, Cardús 24th, E. Pons 30th and Ramos 31st. Meanwhile, Nico Terol did not take part in the Warm up, and the young rider will not race due to the severe hip pain he has suffered since yesterday’s crash.

And closing the Jerez warm-ups were the MotoGP riders, with the best being Jorge Lorenzo with a time of 1:38.983, the 99 started his birthday celebration in style; while in second place was Marc Márquez, just 0.253s behind the leader. The top 10 was completed by Rossi 3rd, Bradl 4th, Pedrosa 5th, Hernández 6th, Hayden 7th, Smith 8th, Dovi 9th and Bautista 10th. The rest of our riders were placed Á. Espargaró 11th, P. Espargaró 13th and Barberá 20th.

At the end of the session we saw several crashes, those of Abraham and Petrucci, and problems with Barberá’s machine.

On to the races!

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