Jack Miller moved to the top of the timesheets on the final day of testing at Valencia as previous pacesetter Niccolo Antonelli crashed out. The Australian was the only rider to break the 1:40 barrier on Thursday with Antonelli ending up in the medical centre after his mishap although his best lap from yesterday remained the fastest of the week.
The junior class riders found improvements hard to come by in windy conditions at the Ricardo Tormo circuit and Antonelli’s crash typified that. The Italian, who had a reputation in 2013 for being fast but erratic, suffered a highside at turn eight which forced him to receive medical attention before re-joining the action later on. He wasn’t alone in finding the conditions difficult though as Danny Kent and Enea Bastianini also had accidents later on.
On the day, Miller led the way from Romano Fenati and Juanfran Guevara, the Spaniard being the first rider to actually improve his time overnight. The battered and bruised Antonelli was fourth ahead of Isaac Vinales, Miguel Oliveira and Francesco Bagnaia with Philipp Oettl, Danny Kent and Livio Loi completing the top ten, none of whom improved today.
Aside from Guevara, only nine other riders made a step forward on Thursday although Britain’s John McPhee was one of them, finding over a second to lift himself to 21st.
| MOTO3 OFFICIAL TEST – VALENCIA – COMBINED TIMES | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | RIDER | BIKE | TEAM | TIME | |
| 1 |  NICCOLO ANTONELLI |
KTM | JUNIOR TEAM GO&FUN MOTO3 | 1:39.454 | DAY 2 |
| 2 |  JACK MILLER |
KTM | RED BULL KTM AJO | 1:39.462 | DAY 2 |
| 3 |  DANNY KENT |
HUSQVARNA | RED BULL HUSQVARNA AJO | 1:39.726 | DAY 2 |
| 4 | ROMANO FENATI |
KTM | SKY RACING TEAM BY VR46 | 1:39.885 | DAY 2 |
| 5 |  ISAAC VINALES |
KTM | CALVO TEAM | 1:40.060 | DAY 2 |
| 6 | FRANCESO BAGNAIA |
KTM | SKY RACING TEAM BY VR46 | 1:40.103 | DAY 2 |
| 7 | JUANFRAN GUEVARA |
KALEX KTM | MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM MOTO3 | 1:40.112 | DAY 3 |
| 8 | ENEA BASTIANINI |
KTM | JUNIOR TEAM GO&FUN MOTO3 | 1:40.166 | DAY 2 |
| 9 |  MIGUEL OLIVEIRA |
MAHINDRA | MAHINDRA RACING | 1:40.206 | DAY 2 |
| 10 | ALEX RINS |
HONDA | ESTRELLA GALICIA 0,0 | 1:40.231 | DAY 2 |
| 11 |  LIVIO LOI |
KALEX KTM | MARC VDS RACING TEAM | 1:40.394 | DAY 2 |
| 12 | ARTHUR SISSIS |
MAHINDRA | MAHINDRA RACING | 1:40.409 | DAY 2 |
| 13 |  JAKUB KORNFEIL |
KTM | CALVO TEAM | 1:40.444 | DAY 2 |
| 14 | EFREN VAZQUEZ |
HONDA | SAXOPRINT-RTG | 1:40.546 | DAY 2 |
| 15 |  PHILIPP OETTL |
KALEX KTM | INTERWETTEN PADDOCK MOTO3 | 1:40.601 | DAY 2 |
| 16 | ALEX MARQUEZ |
HONDA | ESTRELLA GALICIA 0,0 | 1:40.629 | DAY 2 |
| 17 |  ERIC GRANADO |
KTM | CALVO TEAM | 1:40.694 | DAY 3 |
| 18 |  HAFIQ AZMI |
KTM | SIC-AJO | 1:40.734 | DAY 2 |
| 19 |  BRAD BINDER |
MAHINDRA | AMBROGIO RACING | 1:40.965 | DAY 2 |
| 20 |  NIKLAS AJO |
HUSQVARNA | AVANT TECNO HUSQVARNA AJO | 1:41.127 | DAY 2 |
| 21 | JOHN McPHEE |
HONDA | SAXOPRINT-RTG | 1:41.170 | DAY 3 |
| 22 | ANA CARRASCO |
KALEX KTM | RW RACING GP | 1:41.214 | DAY 3 |
| 23 | KAREL HANIKA |
KTM | RED BULL KTM AJO | 1:41.258 | DAY 3 |
| 24 | MATTEO FERRARI |
MAHINDRA | SAN CARLO TEAM ITALIA | 1:41.321 | DAY 2 |
| 25 | LUCA GRUNWALD |
KALEX KTM | KIEFER RACING | 1:41.542 | DAY 2 |
| 26 |  GABRIEL RAMOS |
KALEX KTM | KIEFER RACING | 1:41.749 | DAY 2 |
| 27 |  SCOTT DEROUE |
KALEX KTM | RW RACING GP | 1:41.765 | DAY 2 |
| 28 | ALESSANDRO TONUCCI |
MAHINDRA | CIP-MOTO3 | 1:41.840 | DAY 3 |
| 29 |  JULES DANILO |
MAHINDRA | AMBROGIO RACING | 1:41.962 | DAY 2 |
| 30 | ZULFAHMI KHAIRUDDIN |
HONDA | ONGETTA-AIRASIA | 1:41.973 | DAY 3 |
| 31 | ANDREA LOCATELLI |
MAHINDRA | SAN CARLO TEAM ITALIA | 1:42.043 | DAY 2 |
| 32 | BRYAN SCHOUTEN |
MAHINDRA | CIP-MOTO3 | 1:42.392 | DAY 3 |
| 33 | ALEXIS MASBOU |
HONDA | ONGETTA-RIVACOLD | 1:42.404 | DAY 3 |
