The final day of Moto2 testing at Valencia, saw rain and colder temperatures than from the previous two days but at the end of the day when the track dried out it looked like an ex-MotoGP riders class reunion with four former 2009 riders finishing in the top four spots.

Scot Racing Team’s Alex De Angelis headed the top of chart with a best lap time of 1.37”687 bettering his Tuesday times by three tenths of second. Second on the chart was Toni Elias who was half a second slower than De Angelis and coming up in third was Yuki Takahashi and Gabor Talmacsi in fourth.

During the wet morning session saw very few riders decided to risk riding, but Anthony West who doesn’t let a little rain bother him was the fastest on the MZ racer. Other riders who ventured out were Andrea Iannone and Gabor Talmacsi with Luca Boscoscuro’s Speed Up team and Mattia Pasini and Simone Corsi with the JiR team, who have yet to come to grips with their TSR bike.

Valencia Moto2 overall test times can be found here.

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Three days of official Moto2 testing got underway today at Valencia, with all the teams finally receiving the long awaited official spec engines signed, sealed and powered by Honda and prepared by Geo Technology that will have to last for the first three races.

Today’s testing saw reigning 125cc champion Julian Simon come out on top of the charts with his RSV and a best lap of 1.37”548 during the afternoon session pipping out former MotoGP rider Toni Elias of Gresini Racing by just 0.004.

Taking third was Claudio Corti on a Suter chassis bike (Forward Racing) who was 0.489s behind Simon and and another former MotoGP rider, Yuki Takahasi on the Tech3 bike in fourth.

Fifth was Yonny Hernandez who has taken Bernat Martinez place in the Blusens STX team. Anthony West was sixth with Ralf Waldmann’s MZ Racing Team is still on the reserve list.

The entry list for Moto2 has increased from 39 to 40 riders with the official admission of Marc VDS Racing Team’s second rider Vincent Lonbois. Also confirmed in Moto 2 is Simone Corsi with Japan Italy Racing that will ride a TSR alongside team mate Mattia Pasini, who will race with #3 as #24 is being used by Toni Elias.

All the official test times from Day 1 can be found here.

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