Thomas Luthi got the better of Esteve Rabat on day two of the pre-season Moto2 test at Jerez as the pair continued their private battle at the top of the timesheets. The Swiss rider lowered the benchmark time by a quarter of a second from yesterday to edge out Rabat with Mika Kallio close behind on the second Marc VDS Kalex.
Luthi didn’t enjoy a perfect day by any means with the Interwetten rider having a small accident on his Suter in the afternoon. By that point, he had already set the fastest lap time of the day on a 1:42.515 while Rabat had to settle for second despite topping the second session. Kallio matched his teammate in the mid-1:42s while Takaaki Nakagami came in a quarter of a second slower in fourth.
Alex de Angelis was fifth fastest ahead of World Supersport champion Sam Lowes who continued his impressive week aboard the Speed Up. Julian Simon was a strong seventh with Sandro Cortese on his tail in eighth while Johann Zarco put the leading Caterham Suter in the top ten with the ninth fastest time. His teammate Josh Herrin was 22nd although he blotted his copybook with a crash, Spanish rider Roman Ramos doing likewise.
| MOTO2 OFFICIAL TEST – JEREZ – WEDNESDAY 19TH FEBRUARY | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | RIDER | BIKE | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 |  THOMAS LUTHI |
SUTER | INTERWETTEN PADDOCK MOTO2 | 1:42.515 |
| 2 |  ESTEVE RABAT |
KALEX | MARC VDS RACING TEAM | 1:42.610 |
| 3 |  MIKA KALLIO |
KALEX | MARC VDS RACING TEAM | 1:42.648 |
| 4 |  TAKAAKI NAKAGAMI |
KALEX | IDEMITSU HONDA TEAM ASIA | 1:42.873 |
| 5 |  ALEX DE ANGELIS |
SUTER | TASCA RACING MOTO2 | 1:43.076 |
| 6 |  SAM LOWES |
SPEED UP | SPEED UP | 1:43.096 |
| 7 | JULIAN SIMON |
KALEX | ITALTRANS RACING TEAM | 1:43.183 |
| 8 |  SANDRO CORTESE |
KALEX | DYNAVOLT INTACT GP | 1:43.201 |
| 9 |  JOHANN ZARCO |
CATERHAM SUTER | CATERHAM MOTO RACING | 1:43.126 |
| 10 | MAVERICK VINALES |
KALEX | PONS HP 40 | 1:43.226 |
| 11 | JONAS FOLGER |
KALEX | ARGINANO & GINES RACING | 1:43.269 |
| 12 |  XAVIER SIMEON |
SUTER | FEDERAL OIL GRESINI MOTO2 | 1:43.387 |
| 13 | LUIS SALOM |
KALEX | PONS HP 40 | 1:43.389 |
| 14 |  SIMONE CORSI |
FORWARD KLX | NGM FORWARD RACING | 1:43.432 |
| 15 | AXEL PONS |
KALEX | ARGINANO & GINES RACING | 1:43.522 |
| 16 | DOMINIQUE AEGERTER |
SUTER | TECHNOMAG CARXPERT | 1:43.585 |
| 17 | LORENZO BALDASSARRI |
SUTER | FEDERAL OIL GRESINI MOTO2 | 1:43.598 |
| 18 | FRANCO MORBIDELLI |
KALEX | ITALTRANS RACING TEAM | 1:43.618 |
| 19 | JORDI TORRES |
SUTER | MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM MOTO2 | 1:43.663 |
| 20 | MARCEL SCHROTTER |
TECH 3 | TECH 3 RACING | 1:43.668 |
| 21 | NICOLAS TEROL |
SUTER | MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM MOTO2 | 1:43.669 |
| 22 |  JOSH HERRIN |
CATERHAM SUTER | CATERHAM MOTO RACING | 1:43.732 |
| 23 | ALEX MARINELARENA |
TECH 3 | TECH 3 RACING | 1:43.834 |
| 24 | LOUIS ROSSI |
KALEX | SAG TEAM | 1:43.963 |
| 25 |  ANTHONY WEST |
SPEED UP | QMMF RACING TEAM | 1:43.993 |
| 26 | MATTIA PASINI |
FORWARD KLX | NGM FORWARD RACING | 1:44.006 |
| 27 |  HAFIZH SYAHRIN |
KALEX | PETRONAS RACELINE MALAYSIA | 1:44.201 |
| 28 | RANDY KRUMMENACHER |
SUTER | IODARACING PROJECT | 1:44.474 |
| 29 | ROMAN RAMOS |
SPEED UP | QMMF RACING TEAM | 1:44.530 |
| 30 | AZLAN SHAH |
KALEX | IDEMITSU HONDA TEAM ASIA | 1:44.693 |
| 31 |  THITIPONG WAROKORN |
KALEX | APH PTT THE PIZZA SAG | 1:45.110 |
| 32 | TETSUTA NAGASHIMA |
MOTOBI | TELURU TEAM JIR WEBIKE | 1:45.340 |
| 33 | ROBIN MULHAUSER |
SUTER | TECHNOMAG CARXPERT | 1:45.681 |
