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Rain played a deciding factor on Friday afternoon at the Jerez circuit, where the remainder of the combined session and individual Moto2 and 125cc sessions were effectively nullified by the weather conditions.
The skies opened at midday, by which stage Tom Luthi (Interwetten Paddock Moto2) had already set what was to be the fastest lap of the day, and the timesheet order was not altered for the remainder of Friday.
Indeed, Kev Coghlan, Mike di Meglio and Valentin Debise were the only Moto2 riders who went out again after midday, with Ricky Cardús the sole rider to brave the rain during the Moto2-only session later in the afternoon.
It was a similar story for the 125cc class, where the order was unchanged by the end of the day as well following the midday report.
Nico Terol remained top, but there were more 125cc riders who took to the track in wet conditions with Johann Zarco, Sandro Cortese, Héctor Faubel, Sergio Gadea and Sarath Kumar amongst a handful trying out the wet surface.
Times were unimproved, and during the 125cc-only session Jakub Kornfeil, riding again after suffering a small fracture in his right leg at the Valencia Test three weeks ago, was the sole rider on track.
Moto2 Jerez Test Results, Day 1 (Friday)
Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap | Prev. Gap | Lead. Gap | Laps |
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1. | Thomas LUTHI | Interwetten-Paddock Moto2 | 1:43.802 | – | – | 13 |
2. | Scott READING | Marc VDS Racing Team | 1:43.941 | +0.139 | +0.139 | 17 |
3. | Yuki TAKAHASHI | Gresini Racing Moto2 | 1:44.348 | +0.407 | +0.546 | 4 |
4. | Stefan BRADL | Viessmann Kiefer Racing | 1:44.510 | +0.162 | +0.708 | 13 |
5. | Jules CLUZEL | Forward Racing | 1:44.641 | +0.131 | +0.839 | 20 |
6. | Alex DE ANGELIS | JIR Moto2 | 1:45.128 | +0.487 | +1.326 | 12 |
7. | Marc MARQUEZ | Catalunya Caixa Repsol | 1:45.229 | +0.101 | +1.427 | 6 |
8. | Andrea IANNONE | Speed Master | 1:45.249 | +0.020 | +1.447 | 12 |
9. | Aleix ESPARGARO | Pons Racing | 1:45.439 | +0.190 | +1.637 | 10 |
10. | Mika KALLIO | Marc VDS Racing Team | 1:45.628 | +0.189 | +1.826 | 10 |
11. | Raffaele DE ROSA | G22 Racing Team | 1:46.167 | +0.539 | +2.365 | 21 |
12. | Randy KRUMMENACHER | GP Team Switzerland Kiefer Rac | 1:46.204 | +0.037 | +2.402 | 11 |
13. | Max NEUKIRCHNER | MZ Racing Team | 1:46.224 | +0.020 | +2.422 | 20 |
14. | Axel PONS | Pons Racing | 1:46.513 | +0.289 | +2.711 | 16 |
15. | Kenan SOFUOGLU | Technomag-CIP | 1:46.552 | +0.039 | +2.750 | 22 |
16. | Alex BALDOLINI | Forward Racing | 1:46.608 | +0.056 | +2.806 | 14 |
17. | Bradley SMITH | Tech3 Racing | 1:46.695 | +0.087 | +2.893 | 20 |
18. | Xavier SIMEON | Tech3 B | 1:46.779 | +0.084 | +2.977 | 20 |
19. | Claudio CORTI | Italtrans Racing Team | 1:46.812 | +0.033 | +3.010 | 13 |
20. | Mattia PASINI | Ioda Racing Project | 1:46.888 | +0.076 | +3.086 | 6 |
21. | Dominique AEGERTER | Technomag-CIP | 1:46.892 | +0.004 | +3.090 | 17 |
22. | Mike DI MEGLIO | Tech 3 Racing | 1:47.214 | +0.322 | +3.412 | 15 |
23. | Yonny HERNADEZ | Blusens-STX | 1:47.232 | +0.018 | +3.430 | 7 |
24. | Pol ESPARGARO | HP Tuenti Speed Up | 1:47.248 | +0.016 | +3.446 | 14 |
25. | Kev COGHLAN | Aeroport de Castello | 1:47.717 | +0.469 | +3.915 | 27 |
26. | Anthony WEST | MZ Racing Team | 1:47.747 | +0.030 | +3.945 | 16 |
27. | Santi HERNANDEZ | SAG Team | 1:48.274 | +0.527 | +4.472 | 13 |
28. | Robertino PIETRI | Italtrans Racing Team | 1:48.350 | +0.076 | +4.548 | 21 |
29. | Ratthapark WILAIROT | Thai Honda Singha SAG | 1:48.560 | +0.210 | +4.758 | 7 |
30. | Esteve RABAT | Blusens-STX | 1:48.633 | +0.073 | +4.831 | 8 |
31. | Valentin DEBISE | Speed Up | 1:49.467 | +0.834 | +5.665 | 7 |
32. | Simone CORSI | Ioda Racing Project | -.— | – | – | 0 |
33. | Michele PIRRO | Gresini Racing Moto2 | -.— | – | – | 0 |
125cc Jerez Test Results, Day 1 (Friday)
1. | Nicolas TEROL | Aspar Team | 1:49.168 | – | – | 25 |
2. | Maverick VI?ALES | PEV-Blusens-SMX-Paris Hilton | 1:49.413 | +0.245 | +0.245 | 19 |
3. | Johan ZARCO | Ajo Motorsport | 1:49.971 | +0.558 | +0.803 | 37 |
4. | Jonas FOLGER | Red Bull Ajo Motorsport | 1:50.153 | +0.182 | +0.985 | 13 |
5. | Efren VAZQUEZ | Ajo Motorsport | 1:50.167 | +0.014 | +0.999 | 14 |
6. | Alberto MONCAYO | Andalucia Banca Civica | 1:50.469 | +0.302 | +1.301 | 12 |
7. | Sandro CORTESE | Intact-Racing Team Germany | 1:50.865 | +0.396 | +1.697 | 33 |
8. | Louis ROSSI | Matteoni Racing | 1:51.402 | +0.537 | +2.234 | 18 |
9. | Tylor MACKENZIE | Phonica Racing | 1:52.155 | +0.753 | +2.987 | 17 |
10. | Danny KENT | Red Bull Ajo Motorsport | 1:52.404 | +0.249 | +3.236 | 10 |
11. | Niklas AJO | TT Motion Events Racing | 1:52.449 | +0.045 | +3.281 | 20 |
12. | Simone GROTZKYJ | Phonica Racing | 1:52.586 | +0.137 | +3.418 | 13 |
13. | Danny WEBB | Mahindra Racing | 1:52.588 | +0.002 | +3.420 | 20 |
14. | Hiroki ONO | Caretta Technology Forward T | 1:53.335 | +0.747 | +4.167 | 10 |
15. | Hector FAUBEL | Aspar Team | 1:53.630 | +0.295 | +4.462 | 28 |
16. | Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN | Air Asia-SIC-Ajo | 1:53.800 | +0.170 | +4.632 | 13 |
17. | Alessandro TONUCCI | Team Italia FMI | 1:54.298 | +0.498 | +5.130 | 22 |
18. | Giulian PEDONE | Phonica Racing | 1:54.447 | +0.149 | +5.279 | 18 |
19. | Harry STAFFORD | Ongetta-Centro Seta | 1:54.459 | +0.012 | +5.291 | 8 |
20. | Joan PERELLO | Matteoni Racing | 1:55.561 | +1.102 | +6.393 | 10 |
21. | Marcel SCHROTTER | Mahindra Racing | 1:55.619 | +0.058 | +6.451 | 5 |
22. | Daniel KARTHEININGER | Caretta Technology Forward T | 1:55.710 | +0.091 | +6.542 | 13 |
23. | Francesco MAURIELLO | WTR-Ten10 Racing | 1:56.136 | +0.426 | +6.968 | 29 |
24. | Jakub KORNFEIL | Ongetta-Centro Seta | 1:56.504 | +0.368 | +7.336 | 9 |
25. | Jasper IWEMA | Team Ongetta | 1:56.627 | +0.123 | +7.459 | 5 |
26. | Luigi MORCIANO | Team Italia FMI | 2:02.274 | +5.647 | +13.106 | 17 |
27. | Sergio GADEA | PEV-Blusens-SMX-Paris Hilton | 2:03.902 | +1.628 | +14.734 | 23 |
28. | Sarath KUMAR | WTR-Ten10 Racing | 2:09.618 | +5.716 | +20.450 | 28 |
29. | Ratthapark WILAIROT | Thai Honda Singha SAG | 1:48.560 | +0.210 | +4.758 | 7 |
30. | Esteve RABAT | Blusens-STX | 1:48.633 | +0.073 | +4.831 | 8 |
31. | Valentin DEBISE | Speed Up | 1:49.467 | +0.834 | +5.665 | 7 |
32. | Simone CORSI | Ioda Racing Project | -.— | – | – | 0 |