Last weekend saw the Moto2 teams at Jerez again for the final official test before the season opener at Losail, Qatar on April 9-11th.

Day 1, with mixed weather conditions saw former MotoGP rider Toni Elias come out on top with a best time of 1’44.077, with the Gresini rider improving almost a full second from his test times three weekes ago.

Colombian rider Yonny Hernadez on his BQR bike was down four tenths of second from Elias’ best time. In third Jules Cluzel. The first day also saw several riders fall: Sergio Gadea, Dominique Aegerter, Axel Pons, Niccolò Canepa and Karel Abraham, while Kenny Noyes was riding with a hairline fracture in his right hand that he picked up in training incident the week before the tests.

Day 2, saw another former MotoGP rider top the timesheet, this time it was Yuki Takahashi who’s best lap was 1’44.552, more than five tenths of a second slower than Elias’ best time set on Day 1. In second place Scott Redding of the Marc VDS Racing team with a best lap of 1’44.600, while new entry Anthony West on the MZ racer posted a best time of 1’44.614 that put him in third.

Day 3 was the final day of testing at Jerez and Italian Claudio Corti, from Forward Racing hit the top of the Moto2 timesheet with a best lap of 1’44.044 which was the fastest time posted in the entire three day test. Toni Elias who was leading for most of the session crashed trying to avoid a slower moving 125cc rider. The Spaniard came out of the crash with a fracture in his little fingerand a fracture in his foot and was operated on this morning in Barcelona.

Third place went to Karel Abraham, who bettered his lap time by more than two seconds from day one.

Combined Test Times:

1. Claudio Corti ITA Forward Racing (Suter) 1min 44.044 sec [Day 3]
2. Toni Elias SPA Gresini Racing Moto2 (Moriwaki) 1min 44.077 sec [Day 1]
3. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing (RSV) 1min 44.291 sec [Day 3]
4. Scott Redding GBR Marc VDS Racing Team (Suter) 1min 44.394 sec [Day 3]
5. Kenny Noyes USA Jack&Jones by A.Banderas (Promoharris) 1min 44.406 sec [Day 3]
6. Julian Simon SPA Mapfre Aspar Team (RSV) 1min 44.450 sec [Day 3]
7. Yonny Hernandez COL Blusens-STX (BQR-Moto2) 1min 44.477 sec [Day 1]
8. Jules Cluzel FRA Forward Racing (Suter) 1min 44.522 sec [Day 3]
9. Anthony West AUS MZ Racing Team (MZ) 1min 44.530 sec [Day 3]
10. Yuki Takahashi JPN Tech 3 Racing (Tech 3) 1min 44.552 sec [Day 2]
11. Thomas Luthi SWI Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2 (Moriwaki) 1min 44.615 sec [Day 3]
12. Alex de Angelis RSM Scot Racing Team (Scot) 1min 44.624 sec [Day 1]
13. Shova Tomizawa JPN Technomag-Cip (Suter) 1min 44.635 sec [Day 3]
14. Stefan Bradl GER Viessmann Kiefer Racing (Suter) 1min 44.737 sec [Day 2]
15. Alex Debon SPA Aeroport de Castello-Ajo (FTR) 1min 44.848 sec [Day 3]
16. Roberto Rolfo ITA Italtrans STR (Suter) 1min 45.009 sec [Day 2]
17. Niccolo Canepa ITA Scot Racing Team (Scot) 1min 45.264 sec [Day 3]
18. Gabor Talmacsi HUN Fimmco-Speed Up (Speed Up) 1min 45.286 sec [Day 2]
19. Axel Pons SPA Tenerife 40 Pons (Pons Kalex) 1min 45.331 sec [Day 2]
20. Alex Baldolini ITA Caretta Tech Race Dept. (ICP) 1min 45.357 sec [Day 2]
21. Ratthapark Wilairot THA Thai Honda PTT-SAG (Bimota) 1min 45.463 sec [Day 2]
22. Dominique Aegerter SWI Technomag-Cip (Suter) 1min 45.527 sec [Day 3]
23. Mike di Meglio FRA Mapfre Aspar Team (RSV) 1min 45.550 sec [Day 3]
24. Sergio Gadea SPA Tenerife 40 Pons (Pons Kalex) 1min 45.618 sec [Day 2]
25. Fonsi Nieto SPA G22 Holidaygym (Moriwaki) 1min 45.638 sec [Day 3]
26. Raffaele de Rosa ITA Tech 3 Racing (Tech 3) 1min 45.641 sec [Day 2]
27. Robertino Pietri VNZ Italtrans STR (Suter) 1min 45.777 sec [Day 3]
28. Valentin Debise FRA WTR San Marino Team (ADV) 1min 45.852 sec [Day 1]
29. Mattia Pasini ITA JiR Moto2 (TSR) 1min 45.987 sec [Day 3]
30. Lukas Pesek CZE Matteoni CP Racing (Moriwaki) 1min 45.993 sec [Day 1]
31. Simone Corsi ITA JiR Moto2 (TSR) 1min 45.994 sec [Day 2]
32. Andrea Iannone ITA Fimmco-Speed Up (Speed Up) 1min 46.059 sec [Day 3]
33. Bernat Martinez SPA Maquinza-SAG Team (Bimota) 1min 46.247 sec [Day 3]
34. Vladimir Ivanov UKR Gresini Racing Moto2 (Moriwaki) 1min 46.254 sec [Day 2]
35. Vladimir Leonov RUS Vector Kiefer Racing (Suter) 1min 46.426 sec [Day 1]
36. Joan Olive SPA Jack&Jones by A.Banderas (Promoharris) 1min 46.448 sec [Day 1]
37. Arne Tode GER Racing Team Germany (Suter) 1min 46.492 sec [Day 1]
38. Mashel Al Naimi QAT Blusens-STX (BQR-Moto2) 1min 46.650 sec [Day 3]
39. Yannick Guerra SPA G22 Holidaygym (Moriwaki) 1min 46.828 sec [Day 3]
40. Vincent Lonbois BEL Marc VDS Racing Team (Suter) 1min 47.331 sec [Day 2]

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