Jack Miller led a 1-2-3 for the Red Bull Ajo team on another KTM-dominated day at the Jerez Moto3 test. The Australian maintained his three tenth advantage from the opening day but the star of Wednesday was unquestionably Karel Hanika who finished a superb second.
As in Moto2, the track conditions were at their best in the morning as Miller clocked a 1:46.278 and although he wouldn’t either of the two afternoon sessions, Jack would top the times overall. The big surprise came from Hanika as the reigning Red Bull Rookies champion set a 1:46.645 to lead the last session of the day, a thousandth quicker than Danny Kent.
Behind the Ajo trio, Romano Fenati and Francesco Bagnaia took fourth and fifth on the Sky VR46 KTMs, both matching Hanika and Kent on a 1:46.6. Niccolo Antonelli was also competitive in sixth while Alex Marquez and Efren Vazquez showed the biggest flash of pace from a Honda so far, ending the day seventh and ninth with Vazquez quickest of all in session two.
With the dampness of day one not an issue, fifteen riders were all within a second of the ultimate pace. John McPhee was just outside of that in seventeenth although he did find three quarters of a second from his previous best.
| MOTO3 OFFICIAL TEST – JEREZ – WEDNESDAY 19TH FEBRUARY | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | RIDER | BIKE | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 |  JACK MILLER |
KTM | RED BULL KTM AJO | 1:46.278 |
| 2 |  KAREL HANIKA |
KTM | RED BULL KTM AJO | 1:46.645 |
| 3 |  DANNY KENT |
HUSQVARNA | RED BULL HUSQVARNA AJO | 1:46.646 |
| 4 |  ROMANO FENATI |
KTM | SKY RACING TEAM BY VR46 | 1:46.650 |
| 5 | FRANCESO BAGNAIA |
KTM | SKY RACING TEAM BY VR46 | 1:46.674 |
| 6 | NICCOLO ANTONELLI |
KTM | JUNIOR TEAM GO&FUN MOTO3 | 1:46.806 |
| 7 |  ALEX MARQUEZ |
HONDA | ESTRELLA GALICIA 0,0 | 1:46.882 |
| 8 | ISAAC VINALES |
KTM | CALVO TEAM | 1:46.899 |
| 9 | EFREN VAZQUEZ |
HONDA | SAXOPRINT-RTG | 1:46.899 |
| 10 |  NIKLAS AJO |
HUSQVARNA | AVANT TECNO HUSQVARNA AJO | 1:46.943 |
| 11 |  FABIO QUARTARARO |
HONDA | ESTRELLA GALICIA 0,0 | 1:46.965 |
| 12 | JAKUB KORNFEIL |
KTM | CALVO TEAM | 1:46.967 |
| 13 | JUANFRAN GUEVARA |
KALEX KTM | MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM MOTO3 | 1:47.049 |
| 14 |  MIGUEL OLIVEIRA |
MAHINDRA | MAHINDRA RACING | 1:47.169 |
| 15 |  PHILIPP OETTL |
KALEX KTM | INTERWETTEN PADDOCK MOTO3 | 1:47.174 |
| 16 |  LIVIO LOI |
KALEX KTM | MARC VDS RACING TEAM | 1:47.760 |
| 17 | JOHN McPHEE |
HONDA | SAXOPRINT-RTG | 1:47.801 |
| 18 |  ERIC GRANADO |
KTM | CALVO TEAM | 1:47.802 |
| 19 | ALESSANDRO TONUCCI |
MAHINDRA | CIP-MOTO3 | 1:47.913 |
| 20 |  BRAD BINDER |
MAHINDRA | AMBROGIO RACING | 1:47.970 |
| 21 | ARTHUR SISSIS |
MAHINDRA | MAHINDRA RACING | 1:47.977 |
| 22 | ANA CARRASCO |
KALEX KTM | RW RACING GP | 1:48.155 |
| 23 |  ZULFAHMI KHAIRUDDIN |
HONDA | ONGETTA-AIRASIA | 1:48.430 |
| 24 | HAFIQ AZMI |
KTM | SIC-AJO | 1:48.551 |
| 25 |  SCOTT DEROUE |
KALEX KTM | RW RACING GP | 1:48.725 |
| 26 | MATTEO FERRARI |
MAHINDRA | SAN CARLO TEAM ITALIA | 1:48.831 |
| 27 | BRYAN SCHOUTEN |
MAHINDRA | CIP-MOTO3 | 1:48.983 |
| 28 | LUCA GRUNWALD |
KALEX KTM | KIEFER RACING | 1:49.002 |
| 29 | ENEA BASTIANINI |
KTM | JUNIOR TEAM GO&FUN MOTO3 | 1:49.054 |
| 30 |  GABRIEL RAMOS |
KALEX KTM | KIEFER RACING | 1:49.234 |
| 31 | ALEXIS MASBOU |
HONDA | ONGETTA-RIVACOLD | 1:49.314 |
| 32 | JULES DANILO |
MAHINDRA | AMBROGIO RACING | 1:49.686 |
| 33 | ANDREA LOCATELLI |
MAHINDRA | SAN CARLO TEAM ITALIA | 1:50.536 |
