Submitted by David Emmett on
After losing the first day of the Moto2 and Moto3 test to rain, both classes got straight to work once the track opened at a dry Losail Circuit in Qatar today. Conditions were far from ideal, though, as reflected in the times. On a hot track during daylight, fastest Moto2 man Tom Luthi was 2 seconds slower than the Moto2 pole record, and Romano Fenati was a second and a half off the pole record for the Moto3 class.
Luthi had a difficult test in Jerez, but is much quicker in Qatar, topping the first Moto2 session of the test. Franco Morbidelli was quick at Jerez, and is second in Qatar, ahead of the surprise package of Xavi Vierge on the Tech 3 bike. Miguel Oliveira was fourth fastest on the KTM, ahead of Alex Marquez and Danny Kent.
Romano Fenati dominated a Honda clean sweep of the top three in Moto3, over half a second quicker than Aron Canet in second place. John McPhee was third quickest, less than a tenth behind Canet, while Juanfran Guevara was the first KTM rider on the timesheets, ahead of Marcos Ramirez and Niccolo Antonelli.
Testing continues this evening, with both Moto2 and Moto3 classes getting two more sessions on track. It is likely to be a busy test, as rain is once again forecast to fall on Sunday.
Pos | No | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
1 | 12 | Thomas Luthi | Kalex | 2:01.149 | ||
2 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Kalex | 2:01.385 | 0.236 | 0.236 |
3 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Tech 3 | 2:01.694 | 0.545 | 0.309 |
4 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 2:01.702 | 0.553 | 0.008 |
5 | 73 | Alex Márquez | Kalex | 2:01.779 | 0.630 | 0.077 |
6 | 52 | Danny Kent | Suter | 2:01.850 | 0.701 | 0.071 |
7 | 40 | Fabio Quartararo | Kalex | 2:01.893 | 0.744 | 0.043 |
8 | 42 | Francesco Bagnaia | Kalex | 2:02.119 | 0.970 | 0.226 |
9 | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 2:02.264 | 1.115 | 0.145 |
10 | 19 | Xavier Simeon | Kalex | 2:02.480 | 1.331 | 0.216 |
11 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Tech 3 | 2:02.582 | 1.433 | 0.102 |
12 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | Kalex | 2:02.713 | 1.564 | 0.131 |
13 | 2 | Jesko Raffin | Kalex | 2:02.745 | 1.596 | 0.032 |
14 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Suter | 2:02.796 | 1.647 | 0.051 |
15 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Kalex | 2:02.805 | 1.656 | 0.009 |
16 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | 2:02.835 | 1.686 | 0.030 |
17 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Kalex | 2:02.849 | 1.700 | 0.014 |
18 | 23 | Marcel Schrotter | Suter | 2:02.863 | 1.714 | 0.014 |
19 | 60 | Julian Simon | Kalex | 2:02.879 | 1.730 | 0.016 |
20 | 68 | Yonny Hernandez | Kalex | 2:03.000 | 1.851 | 0.121 |
21 | 41 | Brad Binder | KTM | 2:03.266 | 2.117 | 0.266 |
22 | 95 | Mashel Al Naimi | Speed Up | 2:03.530 | 2.381 | 0.264 |
23 | 57 | Edgar Pons | Kalex | 2:03.627 | 2.478 | 0.097 |
24 | 89 | Khairul Idham Pawi | Kalex | 2:03.871 | 2.722 | 0.244 |
25 | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 2:04.254 | 3.105 | 0.383 |
26 | 45 | Tetsuata Nagashima | Kalex | 2:04.257 | 3.108 | 0.003 |
27 | 5 | Andrea Locatelli | Kalex | 2:04.819 | 3.670 | 0.562 |
28 | 91 | Saeed Al Sulaiti | Speed Up | 2:05.417 | 4.268 | 0.598 |
29 | 62 | Stefano Manzi | Kalex | 2:06.172 | 5.023 | 0.755 |
30 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 2:07.063 | 5.914 | 0.891 |
Pos | No | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
1 | 5 | Romano Fenati | Honda | 2:07.360 | ||
2 | 44 | Aron Canet | Honda | 2:07.919 | 0.559 | 0.559 |
3 | 17 | John McPhee | Honda | 2:08.013 | 0.653 | 0.094 |
4 | 58 | Juanfran Guevara | KTM | 2:08.021 | 0.661 | 0.008 |
5 | 42 | Marcos Ramirez | KTM | 2:08.037 | 0.677 | 0.016 |
6 | 23 | Niccolo Antonelli | KTM | 2:08.045 | 0.685 | 0.008 |
7 | 19 | Gabriel Rodrigo | KTM | 2:08.122 | 0.762 | 0.077 |
8 | 36 | Joan Mir | Honda | 2:08.228 | 0.868 | 0.106 |
9 | 27 | Kaito Toba | Honda | 2:08.356 | 0.996 | 0.128 |
10 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Honda | 2:08.394 | 1.034 | 0.038 |
11 | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Honda | 2:08.463 | 1.103 | 0.069 |
12 | 8 | Nicolo Bulega | KTM | 2:08.465 | 1.105 | 0.002 |
13 | 7 | Adam Norrodin | Honda | 2:08.469 | 1.109 | 0.004 |
14 | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | Honda | 2:08.475 | 1.115 | 0.006 |
15 | 11 | Livio Loi | Honda | 2:08.570 | 1.210 | 0.095 |
16 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Honda | 2:08.704 | 1.344 | 0.134 |
17 | 88 | Jorge Martin | Honda | 2:08.723 | 1.363 | 0.019 |
18 | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 2:08.788 | 1.428 | 0.065 |
19 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Honda | 2:08.865 | 1.505 | 0.077 |
20 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | KTM | 2:08.894 | 1.534 | 0.029 |
21 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | Peugeot | 2:09.004 | 1.644 | 0.110 |
22 | 40 | Darryn Binder | KTM | 2:09.015 | 1.655 | 0.011 |
23 | 95 | Jules Danilo | Honda | 2:09.208 | 1.848 | 0.193 |
24 | 75 | Albert Arenas | Mahindra | 2:09.326 | 1.966 | 0.118 |
25 | 12 | Marco Bezzecchi | Mahindra | 2:09.770 | 2.410 | 0.444 |
26 | 6 | Maria Herrera | KTM | 2:09.800 | 2.440 | 0.030 |
27 | 48 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Mahindra | 2:09.985 | 2.625 | 0.185 |
28 | 96 | Manuel Pagliani | Mahindra | 2:10.791 | 3.431 | 0.806 |
29 | 41 | Nakarin Atiraphuvapat | Honda | 2:10.984 | 3.624 | 0.193 |
30 | 4 | Patrik Pulkkinen | Peugeot | 2:11.848 | 4.488 | 0.864 |