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 | |
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KTM | RED BULL KTM AJO | 1:46.046 | DAY 3 |
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KTM | CALVO TEAM | 1:46.256 | DAY 3 |
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KTM | JUNIOR TEAM GO&FUN MOTO3 | 1:46.452 | DAY 3 |
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KTM | RED BULL KTM AJO | 1:45.645 | DAY 2 |
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HUSQVARNA | RED BULL HUSQVARNA AJO | 1:45.646 | DAY 2 |
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KTM | SKY RACING TEAM BY VR46 | 1:45.650 | DAY 2 |
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HUSQVARNA | AVANT TECNO HUSQVARNA AJO | 1:45.658 | DAY 3 |
8 | ![]() |
KTM | SKY RACING TEAM BY VR46 | 1:45.674 | DAY 2 |
9 | ![]() |
HONDA | ESTRELLA GALICIA 0,0 | 1:46.882 | DAY 2 |
10 | ![]() |
KTM | CALVO TEAM | 1:46.899 | DAY 2 |
11 | ![]() |
HONDA | SAXOPRINT-RTG | 1:46.899 | DAY 2 |
12 | ![]() |
KALEX KTM | MARC VDS RACING TEAM | 1:46.906 | DAY 3 |
13 | ![]() |
MAHINDRA | MAHINDRA RACING | 1:46.909 | DAY 3 |
14 | ![]() |
HONDA | ESTRELLA GALICIA 0,0 | 1:46.965 | DAY 2 |
15 | ![]() |
KALEX KTM | MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM MOTO3 | 1:47.049 | DAY 2 |
16 | ![]() |
KALEX KTM | INTERWETTEN PADDOCK MOTO3 | 1:47.174 | DAY 2 |
17 | ![]() |
HONDA | SAXOPRINT-RTG | 1:47.592 | DAY 3 |
18 | ![]() |
KTM | CALVO TEAM | 1:47.639 | DAY 3 |
19 | ![]() |
MAHINDRA | AMBROGIO RACING | 1:47.688 | DAY 3 |
20 | ![]() |
HONDA | ONGETTA-AIRASIA | 1:47.777 | DAY 3 |
21 | ![]() |
MAHINDRA | MAHINDRA RACING | 1:47.854 | DAY 3 |
22 | ![]() |
MAHINDRA | CIP-MOTO3 | 1:47.913 | DAY 2 |
23 | ![]() |
KTM | JUNIOR TEAM GO&FUN MOTO3 | 1:47.917 | DAY 3 |
24 | ![]() |
KALEX KTM | RW RACING GP | 1:48.155 | DAY 2 |
25 | ![]() |
KTM | SIC-AJO | 1:48.551 | DAY 2 |
26 | ![]() |
KALEX KTM | RW RACING GP | 1:48.725 | DAY 2 |
27 | ![]() |
MAHINDRA | SAN CARLO TEAM ITALIA | 1:48.831 | DAY 2 |
28 | ![]() |
HONDA | ONGETTA-RIVACOLD | 1:48.873 | DAY 3 |
29 | ![]() |
MAHINDRA | CIP-MOTO3 | 1:48.983 | DAY 2 |
30 | ![]() |
KALEX KTM | KIEFER RACING | 1:49.002 | DAY 2 |
31 | ![]() |
KALEX KTM | KIEFER RACING | 1:49.234 | DAY 2 |
32 | ![]() |
MAHINDRA | AMBROGIO RACING | 1:49.625 | DAY 1 |
33 | ![]() |
MAHINDRA | SAN CARLO TEAM ITALIA | 1:49.748 | DAY 3 |