Marc Marquez’ double-vision problems has yet to clear up. The 2011 Moto2 World Championship runner-up had to miss the final two races of the season and concede the Moto2 title to Stefan Bradl, has not recovered in time to take part in this week’s Moto2 three day test at Jerez de la Frontera.

A medical check-up last Thursday by Dr. Jordi Arruga, a neuro-ophtalmologist at the Instituto Catalán de la Retina in Barcelona, confirmed that Marquez’ eyesight has improved but the problem hasn’t totally cleared up enough for him to ride safely.

“As the doctors said we cannot estimate how much time Marc will need to be completely recovered, although the evolution of the injury has been positive, as Dr. Arruga informed us. So right now we need to be patient,”said team manager Emilio Alzamora.

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We can bet that the Moto2 teams at Jerez are chanting rain rain go away, come back another day as bad weather has once again affected testing and the forecast for the next two days says more rain.

Only 11 riders out of the 30 present braved the wet track with laps times so high that they’re barely worth mentioning. When the rain let up the riders ventured out of their garages on a drying circuit and Alex De Anglis set the fastest time of the day with a best lap of 1’55.835 with Tech3’s Raffaele De Rosa behind his the Sammarinese by less that three tenths of second and Toni Elias from Gresini Racing in third with a best lap of 1:56.246.

Back on track after his injury was Roberto Rolfo (Italtrans STR) who did 9 laps in the afternoon session finishing the day in 23rd.

Continue reading: Moto2 Jerez Day 1 Test: De Angelis on top

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