Jack Miller picked up at the second pre-season test where he finished the last by topping the timesheets on day one at Jerez. The Australian was a comfortable three tenths clear of the rest of the field as KTM motorcycles continued to dominate in the junior class.
Rain overnight left a damp track for the opening session this morning which subsequently saw precious little action. Business picked up later on though and Miller lowered the benchmark time to a 1:46.975 by the end of the day, just three tenths away from the 2013 pole position. Isaac Vinales, who has replaced his championship-winning cousin at Team Calvo, was the only man within half a second of Miller with Husqvarna’s Danny Kent third fastest.
After dominating much of the Valencia test, Niccolo Antonelli found the going slightly tougher here with fourth his final result while Romano Fenati took fifth ahead of Efren Vazquez on the leading Honda machine, 0.870s off the pace. Jakub Kornfeil showed an upturn in performance from the first test in seventh ahead of Red Bull Rookies champion Karel Hanika while Philipp Oettl and Alex Marquez completed the top ten.
The notable absentee at Jerez this week is Alex Rins with the 2013 runner-up recovering after an operation to remove a cyst from his right wrist. His replacement Fabio Quartararo impressed on the Estrella Galicia Honda, ending today eleventh quickest.
| MOTO3 OFFICIAL TEST – JEREZ – TUESDAY 18TH FEBRUARY | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | RIDER | BIKE | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 |  JACK MILLER |
KTM | RED BULL KTM AJO | 1:46.975 |
| 2 |  ISAAC VINALES |
KTM | CALVO TEAM | 1:47.277 |
| 3 |  DANNY KENT |
HUSQVARNA | RED BULL HUSQVARNA AJO | 1:47.471 |
| 4 |  NICCOLO ANTONELLI |
KTM | JUNIOR TEAM GO&FUN MOTO3 | 1:47.480 |
| 5 | ROMANO FENATI |
KTM | SKY RACING TEAM BY VR46 | 1:47.735 |
| 6 | EFREN VAZQUEZ |
HONDA | SAXOPRINT-RTG | 1:47.845 |
| 7 |  JAKUB KORNFEIL |
KTM | CALVO TEAM | 1:47.910 |
| 8 | KAREL HANIKA |
KTM | RED BULL KTM AJO | 1:47.960 |
| 9 |  PHILIPP OETTL |
KALEX KTM | INTERWETTEN PADDOCK MOTO3 | 1:48.113 |
| 10 | ALEX MARQUEZ |
HONDA | ESTRELLA GALICIA 0,0 | 1:48.186 |
| 11 |  FABIO QUARTARARO |
HONDA | ESTRELLA GALICIA 0,0 | 1:48.232 |
| 12 |  LIVIO LOI |
KALEX KTM | MARC VDS RACING TEAM | 1:48.370 |
| 13 | JOHN McPHEE |
HONDA | SAXOPRINT-RTG | 1:48.547 |
| 14 |  MIGUEL OLIVEIRA |
MAHINDRA | MAHINDRA RACING | 1:48.660 |
| 15 |  NIKLAS AJO |
HUSQVARNA | AVANT TECNO HUSQVARNA AJO | 1:48.674 |
| 16 | FRANCESO BAGNAIA |
KTM | SKY RACING TEAM BY VR46 | 1:48.859 |
| 17 |  BRAD BINDER |
MAHINDRA | AMBROGIO RACING | 1:48.927 |
| 18 |  ERIC GRANADO |
KTM | CALVO TEAM | 1:49.183 |
| 19 | ARTHUR SISSIS |
MAHINDRA | MAHINDRA RACING | 1:49.299 |
| 20 |  SCOTT DEROUE |
KALEX KTM | RW RACING GP | 1:49.591 |
| 21 | ANA CARRASCO |
KALEX KTM | RW RACING GP | 1:49.598 |
| 22 | JULES DANILO |
MAHINDRA | AMBROGIO RACING | 1:49.625 |
| 23 | BRYAN SCHOUTEN |
MAHINDRA | CIP-MOTO3 | 1:49.654 |
| 24 | JUANFRAN GUEVARA |
KALEX KTM | MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM MOTO3 | 1:49.797 |
| 25 |  ZULFAHMI KHAIRUDDIN |
HONDA | ONGETTA-AIRASIA | 1:49.891 |
| 26 | ALESSANDRO TONUCCI |
MAHINDRA | CIP-MOTO3 | 1:50.010 |
| 27 | LUCA GRUNWALD |
KALEX KTM | KIEFER RACING | 1:50.104 |
| 28 | HAFIQ AZMI |
KTM | SIC-AJO | 1:50.245 |
| 29 | ALEXIS MASBOU |
HONDA | ONGETTA-RIVACOLD | 1:50.326 |
| 30 |  GABRIEL RAMOS |
KALEX KTM | KIEFER RACING | 1:50.372 |
| 31 | MATTEO FERRARI |
MAHINDRA | SAN CARLO TEAM ITALIA | 1:50.405 |
| 32 | ENEA BASTIANINI |
KTM | JUNIOR TEAM GO&FUN MOTO3 | 1:51.109 |
| 33 | ANDREA LOCATELLI |
MAHINDRA | SAN CARLO TEAM ITALIA | 1:51.314 |
