Submitted by David Emmett on
Maverick Viñales remains the man to beat in the Moto3 class, the JHK T-Shirt LaGlisse rider topping the timesheets on the second day, just as he had done on the first. The Spaniard was fast, beating the Moto3 race lap record by over a second on Wednesday, helped in no small part by the wind having dropped off since yesterday.
Alex Rins leads the chase for Viñales, the Spaniard just under a quarter of a second off the pace of his compatriot, while yesterday's 2nd fastest man Luis Salom has dropped to 3rd, though only a couple of hundredths slower than Rins. Romano Fenati managed to disrupt the KTM party, the Italian finding one and a half seconds from his FTR Honda, to leap up to 4th place, three quarters of a second behind Viñales, and just ahead of Malaysian rider Zulfahmi Khairuddin on the AirAsia KTM. Khairuddin was the last rider to get within a second of fastest man Viñales, the rest still some way off the pace.
Fenati was not the only rider to make big steps forward. Alex Marquez took nearly 1.7 seconds off his best time from Tuesday to nab 6th spot, Brad Binder improved by over 1.3 seconds, and Miguel Oliveira made a huge step forward of nearly 2.5 seconds to get into the top 10. Jasper Iwema and John McPhee also made excellent progress, as did the raft of rookies entering the class, with Livio Loi, Philipp Oettl, and Francesco Bagnaia all taking upwards of 1.5 seconds off their best times from Tuesday.
Testing concludes on Thursday, and with the wind expected to disappear altogether, the chances of getting into the 1'39s and heading towards the records held by the 125cc two strokes the Moto3 class replaced are good.
Overall after day 2 | |||||||
Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev. | In Session |
1 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | KTM | 1:40.168 | Session 6 | ||
2 | 42 | Alex RINS | KTM | 1:40.408 | 0.240 | 0.240 | Session 6 |
3 | 39 | Luis SALOM | KTM | 1:40.435 | 0.267 | 0.027 | Session 6 |
4 | 5 | Romano FENATI | FTR HONDA | 1:40.911 | 0.743 | 0.476 | Session 4 |
5 | 63 | Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN | KTM | 1:40.961 | 0.793 | 0.050 | Session 6 |
6 | 12 | Alex MARQUEZ | KTM | 1:41.295 | 1.127 | 0.334 | Session 6 |
7 | 94 | Jonas FOLGER | KALEX KTM | 1:41.590 | 1.422 | 0.295 | Session 4 |
8 | 84 | Jakub KORNFEIL | KALEX KTM | 1:41.667 | 1.499 | 0.077 | Session 6 |
9 | 41 | Brad BINDER | SUTER HONDA | 1:41.785 | 1.617 | 0.118 | Session 6 |
10 | 44 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | MAHINDRA | 1:41.902 | 1.734 | 0.117 | Session 6 |
11 | 8 | Jack MILLER | FTR HONDA | 1:42.109 | 1.941 | 0.207 | Session 4 |
12 | 32 | Isaac VIÑALES | FTR HONDA | 1:42.134 | 1.966 | 0.025 | Session 4 |
13 | 53 | Jasper IWEMA | KALEX KTM | 1:42.182 | 2.014 | 0.048 | Session 6 |
14 | 7 | Efren VAZQUEZ | MAHINDRA | 1:42.201 | 2.033 | 0.019 | Session 5 |
15 | 61 | Arthur SISSIS | KTM | 1:42.298 | 2.130 | 0.097 | Session 4 |
16 | 99 | Danny WEBB | SUTER HONDA | 1:42.328 | 2.160 | 0.030 | Session 6 |
17 | 58 | Juan GUEVARA | TSR HONDA | 1:42.346 | 2.178 | 0.018 | Session 6 |
18 | 3 | Matteo FERRARI | FTR HONDA | 1:42.443 | 2.275 | 0.097 | Session 4 |
19 | 17 | John McPHEE | FTR HONDA | 1:42.446 | 2.278 | 0.003 | Session 6 |
20 | 11 | Livio LOI | KALEX KTM | 1:42.475 | 2.307 | 0.029 | Session 6 |
21 | 65 | Philipp OETTL | KALEX KTM | 1:42.574 | 2.406 | 0.099 | Session 6 |
22 | 4 | Francesco BAGNAIA | FTR HONDA | 1:42.577 | 2.409 | 0.003 | Session 6 |
23 | 31 | Niklas AJO | KTM | 1:42.624 | 2.456 | 0.047 | Session 5 |
24 | 22 | Ana CARRASCO | KTM | 1:42.655 | 2.487 | 0.031 | Session 6 |
25 | 57 | Eric GRANADO | KALEX KTM | 1:42.672 | 2.504 | 0.017 | Session 6 |
26 | 89 | Alan TECHER | TSR HONDA | 1:43.069 | 2.901 | 0.397 | Session 6 |
27 | 9 | Toni FINSTERBUSCH | KALEX KTM | 1:43.082 | 2.914 | 0.013 | Session 4 |
28 | 77 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | FTR HONDA | 1:43.256 | 3.088 | 0.174 | Session 4 |
29 | 19 | Alessandro TONUCCI | HONDA | 1:44.081 | 3.913 | 0.825 | Session 6 |
30 | 23 | Niccolo ANTONELLI | FTR HONDA | 1:44.398 | 4.230 | 0.317 | Session 6 |
31 | 29 | Hyuga WATANABE | HONDA | 1:44.464 | 4.296 | 0.066 | Session 6 |
32 | 10 | Alexis MASBOU | FTR HONDA | 1:44.647 | 4.479 | 0.183 | Session 4 |
Improvement from Day1 to Day 2 | ||||||
No. | Rider | Bike | Day 1 | Day 2 | Fastest | Improvement |
25 | Maverick VIÑALES | KTM | 1:40.715 | 1:40.168 | 1:40.168 | -0.547 |
42 | Alex RINS | KTM | 1:41.304 | 1:40.408 | 1:40.408 | -0.896 |
39 | Luis SALOM | KTM | 1:40.871 | 1:40.435 | 1:40.435 | -0.436 |
5 | Romano FENATI | FTR HONDA | 1:42.432 | 1:40.911 | 1:40.911 | -1.521 |
63 | Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN | KTM | 1:41.788 | 1:40.961 | 1:40.961 | -0.827 |
12 | Alex MARQUEZ | KTM | 1:42.967 | 1:41.295 | 1:41.295 | -1.672 |
94 | Jonas FOLGER | KALEX KTM | 1:42.093 | 1:41.590 | 1:41.590 | -0.503 |
84 | Jakub KORNFEIL | KALEX KTM | 1:42.460 | 1:41.667 | 1:41.667 | -0.793 |
41 | Brad BINDER | SUTER HONDA | 1:43.129 | 1:41.785 | 1:41.785 | -1.344 |
44 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | MAHINDRA | 1:44.357 | 1:41.902 | 1:41.902 | -2.455 |
8 | Jack MILLER | FTR HONDA | 1:43.166 | 1:42.109 | 1:42.109 | -1.057 |
32 | Isaac VIÑALES | FTR HONDA | 1:42.975 | 1:42.134 | 1:42.134 | -0.841 |
53 | Jasper IWEMA | KALEX KTM | 1:43.900 | 1:42.182 | 1:42.182 | -1.718 |
7 | Efren VAZQUEZ | MAHINDRA | 1:42.587 | 1:42.201 | 1:42.201 | -0.386 |
61 | Arthur SISSIS | KTM | 1:42.690 | 1:42.298 | 1:42.298 | -0.392 |
99 | Danny WEBB | SUTER HONDA | 1:43.178 | 1:42.328 | 1:42.328 | -0.850 |
58 | Juan GUEVARA | TSR HONDA | 1:43.524 | 1:42.346 | 1:42.346 | -1.178 |
3 | Matteo FERRARI | FTR HONDA | 1:43.179 | 1:42.443 | 1:42.443 | -0.736 |
17 | John McPHEE | FTR HONDA | 1:44.026 | 1:42.446 | 1:42.446 | -1.580 |
11 | Livio LOI | KALEX KTM | 1:44.183 | 1:42.475 | 1:42.475 | -1.708 |
65 | Philipp OETTL | KALEX KTM | 1:44.184 | 1:42.574 | 1:42.574 | -1.610 |
4 | Francesco BAGNAIA | FTR HONDA | 1:44.972 | 1:42.577 | 1:42.577 | -2.395 |
31 | Niklas AJO | KTM | 1:43.594 | 1:42.624 | 1:42.624 | -0.970 |
22 | Ana CARRASCO | KTM | 1:43.037 | 1:42.655 | 1:42.655 | -0.382 |
57 | Eric GRANADO | KALEX KTM | 1:43.937 | 1:42.672 | 1:42.672 | -1.265 |
89 | Alan TECHER | TSR HONDA | 1:43.747 | 1:43.069 | 1:43.069 | -0.678 |
9 | Toni FINSTERBUSCH | KALEX KTM | 1:43.563 | 1:43.082 | 1:43.082 | -0.481 |
77 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | FTR HONDA | 1:43.448 | 1:43.256 | 1:43.256 | -0.192 |
19 | Alessandro TONUCCI | HONDA | 2:06.947 | 1:44.081 | 1:44.081 | -22.866 |
23 | Niccolo ANTONELLI | FTR HONDA | 1:44.398 | 1:44.398 | 0.000 | |
29 | Hyuga WATANABE | HONDA | 1:47.255 | 1:44.464 | 1:44.464 | -2.791 |
10 | Alexis MASBOU | FTR HONDA | 1:45.230 | 1:44.647 | 1:44.647 | -0.583 |
66 | Florian ALT | KALEX KTM | 1:44.672 | 1:44.672 | 0.000 |
Session 6: 15:10 - 17:00 | |||||
Pos. | Rider | Team | Time | Diff | Prev. |
1 | Maverick VIÑALES | JHK t-shirt Laglisse | 1:40.168 | ||
2 | Alex RINS | Estrella Galicia 0'0 | 1:40.408 | 0.240 | 0.240 |
3 | Luis SALOM | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1:40.435 | 0.267 | 0.027 |
4 | Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1:40.961 | 0.793 | 0.526 |
5 | Romano FENATI | San Carlo Team Italia | 1:41.075 | 0.907 | 0.114 |
6 | Alex MARQUEZ | Estrella Galicia 0'0 | 1:41.295 | 1.127 | 0.220 |
7 | Jakub KORNFEIL | Redox RW Racing GP | 1:41.667 | 1.499 | 0.372 |
8 | Brad BINDER | Ambrogio Racing | 1:41.785 | 1.617 | 0.118 |
9 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Mahindra Racing | 1:41.902 | 1.734 | 0.117 |
10 | Jasper IWEMA | RW Racing GP | 1:42.182 | 2.014 | 0.280 |
11 | Danny WEBB | Ambrogio Racing | 1:42.328 | 2.160 | 0.146 |
12 | Juan GUEVARA | CIP | 1:42.346 | 2.178 | 0.018 |
13 | John McPHEE | Caretta Technology-RTG | 1:42.446 | 2.278 | 0.100 |
14 | Livio LOI | Marc VDS Racing Team | 1:42.475 | 2.307 | 0.029 |
15 | Philipp OETTL | Paddock TT Motion Events | 1:42.574 | 2.406 | 0.099 |
16 | Francesco BAGNAIA | San Carlo Team Italia | 1:42.577 | 2.409 | 0.003 |
17 | Ana CARRASCO | JHK t-shirt Laglisse | 1:42.655 | 2.487 | 0.078 |
18 | Eric GRANADO | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 | 1:42.672 | 2.504 | 0.017 |
19 | Jack MILLER | Caretta Technology-RTG | 1:42.741 | 2.573 | 0.069 |
20 | Alan TECHER | CIP | 1:43.069 | 2.901 | 0.328 |
21 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | Team GO&FUN Gresini Moto3 | 1:43.266 | 3.098 | 0.197 |
22 | Matteo FERRARI | Ongetta-Centro Seta | 1:43.342 | 3.174 | 0.076 |
23 | Alessandro TONUCCI | Team La Fonte Tascaracing | 1:44.081 | 3.913 | 0.739 |
24 | Niccolo ANTONELLI | Team GO&FUN Gresini Moto3 | 1:44.398 | 4.230 | 0.317 |
25 | Hyuga WATANABE | Team La Fonte Tascaracing | 1:44.464 | 4.296 | 0.066 |
26 | Arthur SISSIS | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1:44.544 | 4.376 | 0.080 |
NC | Jonas FOLGER | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 | |||
Session 5: 12:50 - 13:50 | |||||
Pos. | Rider | Team | Time | Diff | Prev. |
1 | Luis SALOM | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1:40.638 | ||
2 | Maverick VIÑALES | JHK t-shirt Laglisse | 1:40.702 | 0.064 | 0.064 |
3 | Alex RINS | Estrella Galicia 0'0 | 1:40.770 | 0.132 | 0.068 |
4 | Romano FENATI | San Carlo Team Italia | 1:41.203 | 0.565 | 0.433 |
5 | Jonas FOLGER | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 | 1:41.730 | 1.092 | 0.527 |
6 | Jakub KORNFEIL | Redox RW Racing GP | 1:42.166 | 1.528 | 0.436 |
7 | Efren VAZQUEZ | Mahindra Racing | 1:42.201 | 1.563 | 0.035 |
8 | Brad BINDER | Ambrogio Racing | 1:42.264 | 1.626 | 0.063 |
9 | Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1:42.469 | 1.831 | 0.205 |
10 | Alex MARQUEZ | Estrella Galicia 0'0 | 1:42.474 | 1.836 | 0.005 |
11 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Mahindra Racing | 1:42.520 | 1.882 | 0.046 |
12 | Danny WEBB | Ambrogio Racing | 1:42.523 | 1.885 | 0.003 |
13 | Isaac VIÑALES | Bimbo-Ongetta-Centro Seta | 1:42.565 | 1.927 | 0.042 |
14 | Niklas AJO | Avant Tecno | 1:42.624 | 1.986 | 0.059 |
15 | Jack MILLER | Caretta Technology-RTG | 1:42.714 | 2.076 | 0.090 |
16 | John McPHEE | Caretta Technology-RTG | 1:42.924 | 2.286 | 0.210 |
17 | Matteo FERRARI | Ongetta-Centro Seta | 1:43.025 | 2.387 | 0.101 |
18 | Ana CARRASCO | JHK t-shirt Laglisse | 1:43.061 | 2.423 | 0.036 |
19 | Eric GRANADO | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 | 1:43.141 | 2.503 | 0.080 |
20 | Francesco BAGNAIA | San Carlo Team Italia | 1:43.182 | 2.544 | 0.041 |
21 | Arthur SISSIS | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1:43.265 | 2.627 | 0.083 |
22 | Livio LOI | Marc VDS Racing Team | 1:43.504 | 2.866 | 0.239 |
23 | Juan GUEVARA | CIP | 1:43.505 | 2.867 | 0.001 |
24 | Jasper IWEMA | RW Racing GP | 1:43.542 | 2.904 | 0.037 |
25 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | Team GO&FUN Gresini Moto3 | 1:43.840 | 3.202 | 0.298 |
26 | Alan TECHER | CIP | 1:44.453 | 3.815 | 0.613 |
27 | Philipp OETTL | Paddock TT Motion Events | 1:44.519 | 3.881 | 0.066 |
28 | Alessandro TONUCCI | Team La Fonte Tascaracing | 1:44.660 | 4.022 | 0.141 |
29 | Toni FINSTERBUSCH | Kiefer Racing | 1:44.801 | 4.163 | 0.141 |
30 | Alexis MASBOU | Ongetta-Rivacold | 1:45.010 | 4.372 | 0.209 |
31 | Niccolo ANTONELLI | Team GO&FUN Gresini Moto3 | 1:46.432 | 5.794 | 1.422 |
32 | Hyuga WATANABE | Team La Fonte Tascaracing | 1:46.789 | 6.151 | 0.357 |
Session 4: 10:00 - 12:40 | |||||
Pos. | Rider | Team | Time | Diff | Prev. |
1 | Maverick VIÑALES | JHK t-shirt Laglisse | 1:40.227 | ||
2 | Romano FENATI | San Carlo Team Italia | 1:40.911 | 0.684 | 0.684 |
3 | Luis SALOM | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1:40.926 | 0.699 | 0.015 |
4 | Alex RINS | Estrella Galicia 0'0 | 1:40.928 | 0.701 | 0.002 |
5 | Jonas FOLGER | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 | 1:41.590 | 1.363 | 0.662 |
6 | Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1:41.593 | 1.366 | 0.003 |
7 | Jack MILLER | Caretta Technology-RTG | 1:42.109 | 1.882 | 0.516 |
8 | Isaac VIÑALES | Bimbo-Ongetta-Centro Seta | 1:42.134 | 1.907 | 0.025 |
9 | Alex MARQUEZ | Estrella Galicia 0'0 | 1:42.169 | 1.942 | 0.035 |
10 | Arthur SISSIS | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1:42.298 | 2.071 | 0.129 |
11 | Matteo FERRARI | Ongetta-Centro Seta | 1:42.443 | 2.216 | 0.145 |
12 | Danny WEBB | Ambrogio Racing | 1:42.443 | 2.216 | 0.000 |
13 | Efren VAZQUEZ | Mahindra Racing | 1:42.450 | 2.223 | 0.007 |
14 | Brad BINDER | Ambrogio Racing | 1:42.630 | 2.403 | 0.180 |
15 | John McPHEE | Caretta Technology-RTG | 1:42.669 | 2.442 | 0.039 |
16 | Juan GUEVARA | CIP | 1:43.068 | 2.841 | 0.399 |
17 | Toni FINSTERBUSCH | Kiefer Racing | 1:43.082 | 2.855 | 0.014 |
18 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Mahindra Racing | 1:43.197 | 2.970 | 0.115 |
19 | Philipp OETTL | Paddock TT Motion Events | 1:43.209 | 2.982 | 0.012 |
20 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | Team GO&FUN Gresini Moto3 | 1:43.256 | 3.029 | 0.047 |
21 | Niklas AJO | Avant Tecno | 1:43.357 | 3.130 | 0.101 |
22 | Ana CARRASCO | JHK t-shirt Laglisse | 1:43.384 | 3.157 | 0.027 |
23 | Jakub KORNFEIL | Redox RW Racing GP | 1:43.395 | 3.168 | 0.011 |
24 | Livio LOI | Marc VDS Racing Team | 1:43.520 | 3.293 | 0.125 |
25 | Alan TECHER | CIP | 1:43.591 | 3.364 | 0.071 |
26 | Francesco BAGNAIA | San Carlo Team Italia | 1:43.660 | 3.433 | 0.069 |
27 | Alessandro TONUCCI | Team La Fonte Tascaracing | 1:44.156 | 3.929 | 0.496 |
28 | Eric GRANADO | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 | 1:44.193 | 3.966 | 0.037 |
29 | Jasper IWEMA | RW Racing GP | 1:44.235 | 4.008 | 0.042 |
30 | Alexis MASBOU | Ongetta-Rivacold | 1:44.647 | 4.420 | 0.412 |
31 | Hyuga WATANABE | Team La Fonte Tascaracing | 1:45.392 | 5.165 | 0.745 |