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Thomas Luthi continues to lead the Moto2 class at the IRTA test at Jerez, the Interwetten Paddock rider taking half a second off his best time from Monday to secure his spot at the top of the timesheets. Italtrans rider Claudio Corti leads Luthi's challengers, heading up a group of four riders separated by just over a tenth of a second. Marc Marquez once again confirmed his fitness, creeping up the timesheets into 3rd behind Corti and closing the gap to Luthi. Marc VDS Racing's Scott Redding set the 4th fastest time, just edging ahead of Pol Espargaro on the Pons HP Tuenti machine.
Conditions on day 2 were a little trickier than on the first day, the wind causing problems for a number of riders. Redding and Marquez both took a tumble at turn 10, but both walked away unhurt. Andrea Iannone also blamed the wind for the problems he's been having, last year's title challenger ending the day down in 22nd on Tuesday, nearly two seconds off the pace of Luthi. Riders once again took an early break, as they reached the daily mileage limits on their engines, meaning the track did not see much action in the late afternoon.
The teams return for the final day of testing on Wednesday, before packing up and shipping out for the season opener at Qatar on April 8th.
Day 2 times, courtesy of MotoGP.com
| Pos | Rider | Team | Bike | Time | Diff | Previous |
| 1 | Thomas LUTHI | Interwetten Paddock | Suter | 1:42.158 | ||
| 2 | Claudio CORTI | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 1:42.548 | 0.390 | 0.390 |
| 3 | Marc MARQUEZ | Team Catalunyacaixa Repsol | Suter | 1:42.557 | 0.399 | 0.009 |
| 4 | Scott REDDING | Marc VDS Racing Team | Kalex | 1:42.638 | 0.480 | 0.081 |
| 5 | Pol ESPARGARO | Pons 40 HP Tuenti | Kalex | 1:42.656 | 0.498 | 0.018 |
| 6 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 1:42.881 | 0.723 | 0.225 |
| 7 | Mika KALLIO | Marc VDS Racing Team | Kalex | 1:42.891 | 0.733 | 0.010 |
| 8 | Bradley SMITH | Tech 3 Racing | Tech 3 | 1:43.012 | 0.854 | 0.121 |
| 9 | Julian SIMON | Avintia Racing Moto2 | FTR | 1:43.037 | 0.879 | 0.025 |
| 10 | Esteve RABAT | Pons 40 HP Tuenti | Kalex | 1:43.076 | 0.918 | 0.039 |
| 11 | Toni ELIAS | Mapfre Aspar Team | Suter | 1:43.112 | 0.954 | 0.036 |
| 12 | Alex DE ANGELIS | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Suter | 1:43.147 | 0.989 | 0.035 |
| 13 | Randy KRUMMENACHER | GP Team Switzerland | Kalex | 1:43.389 | 1.231 | 0.242 |
| 14 | Gino REA | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | Moriwaki | 1:43.486 | 1.328 | 0.097 |
| 15 | Max NEUKIRCHNER | Kiefer Racing | Kalex | 1:43.611 | 1.453 | 0.125 |
| 16 | Yuki TAKAHASHI | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Suter | 1:43.653 | 1.495 | 0.042 |
| 17 | Angel RODRIGUEZ | Desguaces La Torre SAG | FTR | 1:43.702 | 1.544 | 0.049 |
| 18 | Mike DI MEGLIO | Speed Master Speed Up | Speed Up | 1:43.711 | 1.553 | 0.009 |
| 19 | Xavier SIMEON | Tech 3 Racing | Tech 3 | 1:43.796 | 1.638 | 0.085 |
| 20 | Simone CORSI | Ioda Racing Project | FTR | 1:43.862 | 1.704 | 0.066 |
| 21 | Johann ZARCO | JIR Moto2 | Motobi | 1:43.943 | 1.785 | 0.081 |
| 22 | Andrea IANNONE | Speed Master | Speed Up | 1:44.038 | 1.880 | 0.095 |
| 23 | Nico TEROL | Mapfre Aspar Team | Suter | 1:44.066 | 1.908 | 0.028 |
| 24 | Ratthapark WILAIROT | Thai Honda Gresini Moto2 | Moriwaki | 1:44.260 | 2.102 | 0.194 |
| 25 | Dominique AEGERTER | Technomag-CIP | Suter | 1:44.264 | 2.106 | 0.004 |
| 26 | Axel PONS | Pons 40 HP Tuenti | Kalex | 1:44.666 | 2.508 | 0.402 |
| 27 | Roberto ROLFO | Italian Technomag-CIP | Suter | 1:44.721 | 2.563 | 0.055 |
| 28 | Ricky CARDUS | Arguiñano Racing Team | AJR | 1:44.765 | 2.607 | 0.044 |
| 29 | Damian CUDLIN | QMMF Racing Team | Moriwaki | 1:45.248 | 3.090 | 0.483 |
| 30 | Eric GRANADO | JIR Moto2 | Motobi | 1:45.349 | 3.191 | 0.101 |
| 31 | Alexander LUNDH | Cresto Guide MZ Racing | FTR | 1:45.357 | 3.199 | 0.008 |
| 32 | Marco COLANDREA | SAG Team | FTR | 1:45.482 | 3.324 | 0.125 |
| 33 | Elena ROSELL | QMMF Racing Team | Moriwaki | 1:46.542 | 4.384 | 1.060 |
Comments
Nice seeing M Marquez back on
Nice seeing M Marquez back on the track.
Daily mileage limits?
Are the daily mileage limits set by the teams or the engine provider or ???
Engine limits
Ridiculous that they're having to cut short their testing so they don't put too many miles on an engine because they have to race with at Qatar. Why don't they have testing engines separate from the race engines? One engine for pre-season testing on top of the yearly allotment isn't going to tip the teams over into financial ruin.