Nicolas Terol proved to be the man to beat in wet conditions once again as the Jerez pre-season test came to a rather low-key conclusion. The second test of the year has been blighted throughout by unsettled weather with Wednesday the only day to see full-dry running, although Terol will be pleased to have continued the good form from Valencia last week.
The circuit briefly began to dry out this afternoon, only to be followed by another shower, leaving the morning times as the quickest of the day. Terol’s 1:54.860 was the best of his 26 laps and the only under 1m55, giving him a three tenth lead over a pair of British riders. Scott Redding was predictably the quickest in second followed closely by Danny Kent who, regardless of the weather, will have been delighted with third ahead of some famed wet-weather specialists.
Johann Zarco would count himself among that group of riders and the Frenchman ended the day in fourth with Ricard Cardus fifth ahead of another man known for his pace in the rain, Xavier Simeon. Takaaki Nakagami was seventh and due to his pace on Wednesday, finished the week as the second quickest rider overall, while Dominique Aegerter. Jordi Torres and Anthony West rounded out Thursday’s top ten.
Kyle Smith was eleventh, another rider to impress in the wet, but title favourite Pol Espargaro sat the day out completely due to the rain. His dominance on Wednesday was enough to earn him the best lap time of the week though.
| Moto2 Jerez Test: Combined Classification – Thursday 21st February | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Best Time | |
| 1 | 18. Nicolas Terol |  |
Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 | 1:54.860 | |
| 2 | 45. Scott Redding |  |
Marc VDS Racing Team | 1:55.145 | |
| 3 | 52. Danny Kent | |
Tech 3 Racing | 1:55.167 | |
| 4 | 5. Johann Zarco |  |
Came IodaRacing Project | 1:55.287 | |
| 5 | 88. Ricard Cardus | |
NGM Mobile Forward Racing | 1:55.326 | Report |
| 6 | 19. Xavier Simeon |  |
Maptaq SAG Zelos Team | 1:55.475 | |
| 7 | 30. Takaaki Nakagami |  |
Italtrans Racing Team | 1:55.955 | |
| 8 | 77. Dominique Aegerter |  |
Technomag carXpert | 1:55.995 | |
| 9 | 81. Jordi Torres | |
Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 | 1:56.092 | |
| 10 | 95. Anthony West |  |
QMMF Racing Team | 1:56.286 | |
| 11 | 9. Kyle Smith | |
Blusens Avintia | 1:56.361 | |
| 12 | 24. Toni Elias | |
Blusens Avintia | 1:56.391 | |
| 13 | 63. Mike Di Meglio | |
JIR Moto2 | 1:56.413 | |
| 14 | 36. Mika Kallio |  |
Marc VDS Racing Team | 1:56.564 | |
| 15 | 23. Marcel Schrotter |  |
Desguaces La Torre SAG Team | 1:56.884 | |
| 16 | 44. Steven Odendaal |  |
Arguiñano & Gines Racing | 1:57.122 | |
| 17 | 4. Randy Krummenacher | |
Technomag carXpert | 1:57.380 | |
| 18 | 72. Yuki Takahashi | |
Idemitsu Honda Team Asia | 1:57.683 | |
| 19 | 96. Louis Rossi | |
Tech 3 Racing | 1:58.570 | |
| 20 | 97. Rafid Topan Sucipto |  |
QMMF Racing Team | 2:01.883 | |
| 21 | 3. Simone Corsi |  |
NGM Mobile Forward Racing | No Time | Report |
| 22 | 7. Doni Tata Pradita | |
Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | No Time | Report |
| 23 | 11. Sandro Cortese | |
Dynavolt Intact GP | No Time | |
| 24 | 14. Ratthapark Wilairot |  |
Thai Honda Gresini Moto2 | No Time | Report |
| 25 | 15. Alex De Angelis |  |
NGM Mobile Forward Racing | No Time | Report |
| 26 | 17. Alberto Moncayo | |
Arguiñano & Gines Racing | No Time | |
| 27 | 40. Pol Espargaro | |
Tuenti HP 40 | No Time | |
| 28 | 49. Axel Pons | |
Tuenti HP 40 | No Time | |
| 29 | 54. Mattia Pasini | |
NGM Mobile Forward Racing | No Time | Report |
| 30 | 60. Julian Simon | |
Italtrans Racing Team | No Time | |
| 31 | 80. Esteve Rabat | |
Tuenti HP 40 | No Time | |
