Submitted by David Emmett on
The first official Moto2 test, where the entire field is gathered together, kicked off today at Jerez under excellent conditions, the day bright and sunny. Conditions were so good that lap records were quickly under assault.
Remy Gardner finished the day as fastest, dropping under the qualifying record by over three tenths of a second. The Australian finished a quarter of a second ahead of Enea Bastianini on the Italtrans Kalex, who was in turn two tenths quicker than veteran Tom Luthi, the Swiss rider ending the day in third.
Edgar Pons finished the first day in fourth on the Gresini Kalex, while Aron Canet was the first Speed Up rider, the Spaniard looking strong in his first few outings on a Moto2 machine. Testing continues on Thursday and Friday at the Andalusian track.
Times on the first day:
| Pos | No | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
| 1 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Kalex | 1:40.848 | ||
| 2 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Kalex | 1:41.117 | 0.269 | 0.269 |
| 3 | 12 | Thomas Luthi | Kalex | 1:41.346 | 0.498 | 0.229 |
| 4 | 57 | Edgar Pons | Kalex | 1:41.435 | 0.587 | 0.089 |
| 5 | 44 | Aron Canet | Speed Up | 1:41.439 | 0.591 | 0.004 |
| 6 | 45 | Tetsuta Nagashima | Kalex | 1:41.445 | 0.597 | 0.006 |
| 7 | 24 | Simone Corsi | MV Agusta | 1:41.476 | 0.628 | 0.031 |
| 8 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Speed Up | 1:41.585 | 0.737 | 0.109 |
| 9 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Kalex | 1:41.681 | 0.833 | 0.096 |
| 10 | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Speed Up | 1:41.733 | 0.885 | 0.052 |
| 11 | 37 | Augusto Fernandez | Kalex | 1:41.763 | 0.915 | 0.030 |
| 12 | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 1:41.879 | 1.031 | 0.116 |
| 13 | 23 | Marcel Schrotter | Kalex | 1:41.880 | 1.032 | 0.001 |
| 14 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Kalex | 1:41.910 | 1.062 | 0.030 |
| 15 | 40 | Hector Garzo | Kalex | 1:42.063 | 1.215 | 0.153 |
| 16 | 11 | Nicolo Bulega | Kalex | 1:42.118 | 1.270 | 0.055 |
| 17 | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | 1:42.131 | 1.283 | 0.013 |
| 18 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 1:42.157 | 1.309 | 0.026 |
| 19 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | NTS | 1:42.211 | 1.363 | 0.054 |
| 20 | 88 | Jorge Martin | Kalex | 1:42.236 | 1.388 | 0.025 |
| 21 | 2 | Jesko Raffin | NTS | 1:42.282 | 1.434 | 0.046 |
| 22 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldasarri | Kalex | 1:42.348 | 1.500 | 0.066 |
| 23 | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 1:42.402 | 1.554 | 0.054 |
| 24 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Speed Up | 1:42.459 | 1.611 | 0.057 |
| 25 | 62 | Stefano Manzi | MV Agusta | 1:42.747 | 1.899 | 0.288 |
| 26 | 19 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Kalex | 1:43.044 | 2.196 | 0.297 |
| 27 | 42 | Marcos Ramirez | Kalex | 1:43.321 | 2.473 | 0.277 |
| 28 | 27 | Andi Farid Izdihar | Kalex | 1:43.526 | 2.678 | 0.205 |
Comments
Go Remy
Hopefully this becomes a consistent thing for him. FIngers crossed that he does really well this year.
Go Remy Gardner
I hope this is the start of a consistent season for Remy & the team.
Fingers crossed hoping that he does really well this year.
The fastest rider on a Speed-Up, sorry not very interested. I hope that rider number 44 doesn't ram any other riders next time he gets angry or frustrated. Wouldn't bet on it. Looks like Makar Yurchenko isn't in Gp racing this year, one less target for 44.