Jack Miller continued to lap at record pace at Jerez as he finished fastest of all for the third day in succession. The Australian saw his advantage trimmed slightly as Jakub Kornfeil and Valencia pacesetter Niccolo Antonelli made progress but Miller still enjoyed a comfortable two tenth lead at the top of the timesheets.
Once early morning fog had cleared, Miller resumed his dominance of the junior class with a 1:46.046 coming on just his seventh lap. Kornfeil is one of the big movers having jumped from twelfth on Wednesday to second on Thursday, giving a boost to the Calvo squad who have lost reigning champion Maverick Vinales to Moto2.
Niccolo Antonelli took third on the day, and overall, ahead of Niklas Ajo while Karel Hanika finished fifth after failing to better his Wednesday time. Livio Loi climbed to an impressive sixth, beating the Mahindra of Miguel Oliveira, while Danny Kent, Romano Fenati and Philipp Oettl completed the top ten.
Francesco Bagnaia just missed out on the top ten on the second Sky VR46 KTM after a crash which brought out the red flags but his pace on day two ensured he closed the test eighth overall.
MOTO3 OFFICIAL TEST – JEREZ – COMBINED CLASSIFICATION | |||||
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POS | RIDER | BIKE | TEAM | TIME | |
1 | JACK MILLER | KTM | RED BULL KTM AJO | 1:46.046 | DAY 3 |
2 | JAKUB KORNFEIL | KTM | CALVO TEAM | 1:46.256 | DAY 3 |
3 | NICCOLO ANTONELLI | KTM | JUNIOR TEAM GO&FUN MOTO3 | 1:46.452 | DAY 3 |
4 | KAREL HANIKA | KTM | RED BULL KTM AJO | 1:45.645 | DAY 2 |
5 | DANNY KENT | HUSQVARNA | RED BULL HUSQVARNA AJO | 1:45.646 | DAY 2 |
6 | ROMANO FENATI | KTM | SKY RACING TEAM BY VR46 | 1:45.650 | DAY 2 |
7 | NIKLAS AJO | HUSQVARNA | AVANT TECNO HUSQVARNA AJO | 1:45.658 | DAY 3 |
8 | FRANCESO BAGNAIA | KTM | SKY RACING TEAM BY VR46 | 1:45.674 | DAY 2 |
9 | ALEX MARQUEZ | HONDA | ESTRELLA GALICIA 0,0 | 1:46.882 | DAY 2 |
10 | ISAAC VINALES | KTM | CALVO TEAM | 1:46.899 | DAY 2 |
11 | EFREN VAZQUEZ | HONDA | SAXOPRINT-RTG | 1:46.899 | DAY 2 |
12 | LIVIO LOI | KALEX KTM | MARC VDS RACING TEAM | 1:46.906 | DAY 3 |
13 | MIGUEL OLIVEIRA | MAHINDRA | MAHINDRA RACING | 1:46.909 | DAY 3 |
14 | FABIO QUARTARARO | HONDA | ESTRELLA GALICIA 0,0 | 1:46.965 | DAY 2 |
15 | JUANFRAN GUEVARA | KALEX KTM | MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM MOTO3 | 1:47.049 | DAY 2 |
16 | PHILIPP OETTL | KALEX KTM | INTERWETTEN PADDOCK MOTO3 | 1:47.174 | DAY 2 |
17 | JOHN McPHEE | HONDA | SAXOPRINT-RTG | 1:47.592 | DAY 3 |
18 | ERIC GRANADO | KTM | CALVO TEAM | 1:47.639 | DAY 3 |
19 | BRAD BINDER | MAHINDRA | AMBROGIO RACING | 1:47.688 | DAY 3 |
20 | ZULFAHMI KHAIRUDDIN | HONDA | ONGETTA-AIRASIA | 1:47.777 | DAY 3 |
21 | ARTHUR SISSIS | MAHINDRA | MAHINDRA RACING | 1:47.854 | DAY 3 |
22 | ALESSANDRO TONUCCI | MAHINDRA | CIP-MOTO3 | 1:47.913 | DAY 2 |
23 | ENEA BASTIANINI | KTM | JUNIOR TEAM GO&FUN MOTO3 | 1:47.917 | DAY 3 |
24 | ANA CARRASCO | KALEX KTM | RW RACING GP | 1:48.155 | DAY 2 |
25 | HAFIQ AZMI | KTM | SIC-AJO | 1:48.551 | DAY 2 |
26 | SCOTT DEROUE | KALEX KTM | RW RACING GP | 1:48.725 | DAY 2 |
27 | MATTEO FERRARI | MAHINDRA | SAN CARLO TEAM ITALIA | 1:48.831 | DAY 2 |
28 | ALEXIS MASBOU | HONDA | ONGETTA-RIVACOLD | 1:48.873 | DAY 3 |
29 | BRYAN SCHOUTEN | MAHINDRA | CIP-MOTO3 | 1:48.983 | DAY 2 |
30 | LUCA GRUNWALD | KALEX KTM | KIEFER RACING | 1:49.002 | DAY 2 |
31 | GABRIEL RAMOS | KALEX KTM | KIEFER RACING | 1:49.234 | DAY 2 |
32 | JULES DANILO | MAHINDRA | AMBROGIO RACING | 1:49.625 | DAY 1 |
33 | ANDREA LOCATELLI | MAHINDRA | SAN CARLO TEAM ITALIA | 1:49.748 | DAY 3 |