Mika Kallio produced the fastest Moto2 lap of Jerez for two years to upstage Esteve Rabat and Thomas Luthi on the final day of this week’s pre-season test. Rabat and Luthi had dominated the first two days but Kallio’s 1:42.169, the quickest Moto2 lap time since the 2012 pre-season test, saw him pip them by a tenth of a second.
The weather has been a source of frustration at times this week and it proved the same again on Thursday morning as fog in Andalucía delayed proceedings. Once visibility improved, Kallio went quickest while his Marc VDS teammate Rabat struggled with direction change, an issue which brought a halt to his race simulation. A lack of grip hampered Luthi on the Interwetten Suter as the Swiss rider fell from first to third.
Takaaki Nakagami completed his strong week in fourth while fifth placed Alex de Angelis was left to rue a crash on day two which restricted his running in the back end of the test. Sandro Cortese took sixth ahead of Sam Lowes with Lorenzo Baldassarri making as big an improvement as anyone to finish eighth fastest.
Just one test remains before the opening race of the season in Qatar. The intermediate class returns to Jerez for three more days of running starting on March 11th.
| MOTO2 OFFICIAL TEST – COMBINED CLASSIFICATION | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | RIDER | BIKE | TEAM | TIME | |
| 1 |  MIKA KALLIO |
KALEX | MARC VDS RACING TEAM | 1:42.169 | DAY 3 |
| 2 |  ESTEVE RABAT |
KALEX | MARC VDS RACING TEAM | 1:42.233 | DAY 3 |
| 3 |  THOMAS LUTHI |
SUTER | INTERWETTEN PADDOCK MOTO2 | 1:42.254 | DAY 3 |
| 4 |  TAKAAKI NAKAGAMI |
KALEX | IDEMITSU HONDA TEAM ASIA | 1:42.465 | DAY 3 |
| 5 |  ALEX DE ANGELIS |
SUTER | TASCA RACING MOTO2 | 1:42.847 | DAY 3 |
| 6 |  SANDRO CORTESE |
KALEX | DYNAVOLT INTACT GP | 1:42.850 | DAY 3 |
| 7 |  SAM LOWES |
SPEED UP | SPEED UP | 1:42.851 | DAY 3 |
| 8 |  L. BALDASSARRI |
SUTER | FEDERAL OIL GRESINI MOTO2 | 1:42.923 | DAY 3 |
| 9 |  XAVIER SIMEON |
SUTER | FEDERAL OIL GRESINI MOTO2 | 1:42.925 | DAY 3 |
| 10 | SIMONE CORSI |
FORWARD KLX | NGM FORWARD RACING | 1:43.014 | DAY 3 |
| 11 | JULIAN SIMON |
KALEX | ITALTRANS RACING TEAM | 1:43.020 | DAY 3 |
| 12 | JONAS FOLGER |
KALEX | ARGINANO & GINES RACING | 1:43.033 | DAY 3 |
| 13 | FRANCO MORBIDELLI |
KALEX | ITALTRANS RACING TEAM | 1:43.181 | DAY 3 |
| 14 | MARCEL SCHROTTER |
TECH 3 | TECH 3 RACING | 1:43.209 | DAY 3 |
| 15 |  JOHANN ZARCO |
CATERHAM SUTER | CATERHAM MOTO RACING | 1:43.216 | DAY 2 |
| 16 | MAVERICK VINALES |
KALEX | PONS HP 40 | 1:43.226 | DAY 2 |
| 17 | NICOLAS TEROL |
SUTER | MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM MOTO2 | 1:43.245 | DAY 3 |
| 18 | AXEL PONS |
KALEX | ARGINANO & GINES RACING | 1:43.272 | DAY 3 |
| 19 | MATTIA PASINI |
FORWARD KLX | NGM FORWARD RACING | 1:43.291 | DAY 3 |
| 20 | ALEX MARINELARENA |
TECH 3 | TECH 3 RACING | 1:43.367 | DAY 3 |
| 21 | LUIS SALOM |
KALEX | PONS HP 40 | 1:43.389 | DAY 2 |
| 22 | DOMINIQUE AEGERTER |
SUTER | TECHNOMAG CARXPERT | 1:43.401 | DAY 3 |
| 23 | JORDI TORRES |
SUTER | MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM MOTO2 | 1:43.537 | DAY 3 |
| 24 |  ANTHONY WEST |
SPEED UP | QMMF RACING TEAM | 1:43.636 | DAY 3 |
| 25 | LOUIS ROSSI |
KALEX | SAG TEAM | 1:43.669 | DAY 3 |
| 26 |  JOSH HERRIN |
CATERHAM SUTER | CATERHAM MOTO RACING | 1:43.732 | DAY 2 |
| 27 |  HAFIZH SYAHRIN |
KALEX | PETRONAS RACELINE MALAYSIA | 1:43.773 | DAY 3 |
| 28 | R. KRUMMENACHER |
SUTER | IODARACING PROJECT | 1:43.961 | DAY 3 |
| 29 | TETSUTA NAGASHIMA |
TSR | TELURU TEAM JIR WEBIKE | 1:44.527 | DAY 3 |
| 30 | ROMAN RAMOS |
SPEED UP | QMMF RACING TEAM | 1:44.530 | DAY 2 |
| 31 |  THITIPONG WAROKORN |
KALEX | APH PTT THE PIZZA SAG | 1:44.682 | DAY 3 |
| 32 | AZLAN SHAH |
KALEX | IDEMITSU HONDA TEAM ASIA | 1:44.693 | DAY 2 |
| 33 | ROBIN MULHAUSER |
SUTER | TECHNOMAG CARXPERT | 1:45.254 | DAY 3 |
