Fabio Quartararo and Jorge Martin finished the second Moto3 pre-season test at Jerez as the two fastest riders as the rookies continued to upstage the experienced riders. Fresh from topping the timesheets at Valencia last week, Quartararo continued to impress while Martin, the reigning Red Bull Rookies champion, was the only rider within four tenths of the Frenchman and the sole Mahindra in the top eight.
After seeing Isaac Vinales top the opening day, Quartararo took control on the morning of day two, setting a 1:46.435 to go half a second quicker than Niccolo Antonelli. Times continued to tumble as the test unfolded with Quartararo lowering his benchmark to a 1:45.580 midway through day three, over half a second quicker than last season’s pole position time.
With Honda’s dominating for much of the test, Jorge Martin’s 1:45.593 on the Mapfre Mahindra stands out as a particularly impressive performance, the Spaniard closing to within 0.013s of Quartararo. Danny Kent was the best of the rest in third, continuing his encouraging start to pre-season while John McPhee also broke into the top five overall with a 1:46.306, slotting just behind Antonelli.
Jorge Navarro took sixth place for Estrella Galicia 0,0 with Karel Hanika the leading KTM in seventh ahead of Hiroki Ono, another impressive rookie aboard the Leopard Racing Honda. Completing Mahindra’s promising week, Juanfran Guevara and Francesco Bagnaia claimed the remaining places in the top ten.
2015 Moto3 Testing: Jerez – February 17-19
1 | Fabio Quartararo | Honda | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | 1:45.580 |
2 | Jorge Martin | Mahindra | Mapfre Mahindra Team | 1:45.593 |
3 | Danny Kent | Honda | Leopard Racing | 1:45.964 |
4 | Niccolo Antonelli | Honda | Ongetta-Rivacold | 1:46.043 |
5 | John McPhee | Honda | Saxoprint-RTG | 1:46.306 |
6 | Jorge Navarro | Honda | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | 1:46.338 |
7 | Karel Hanika | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1:46.427 |
8 | Hiroki Ono | Honda | Leopard Racing | 1:46.464 |
9 | Juanfran Guevara | Mahindra | Mapfre Mahindra Team | 1:46.501 |
10 | Francesco Bagnaia | Mahindra | Mapfre Mahindra Team | 1:46.541 |
11 | Brad Binder | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1:46.607 |
12 | Enea Bastianini | Honda | Junior Team Gresini Moto3 | 1:46.700 |
13 | Livio Loi | Honda | RW Racing GP | 1:46.737 |
14 | Romano Fenati | KTM | Sky Racing Team VR46 | 1:46.742 |
15 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1:46.774 |
16 | Isaac Vinales | Husqvarna | Husqvarna Factory Laglisse | 1:46.817 |
17 | Jules Danilo | Honda | Ongetta-Rivacold | 1:46.836 |
18 | Niklas Ajo | KTM | RBA Racing Team | 1:46.887 |
19 | Alexis Masbou | Honda | Saxoprint-RTG | 1:47.072 |
20 | Alessandro Tonucci | Mahindra | Outox Reset Drink Team | 1:47.091 |
21 | Philipp Oettl | KTM | Schedl GP Racing | 1:47.142 |
22 | Andrea Locatelli | Honda | Junior Team Gresini Moto3 | 1:47.171 |
23 | Daryn Binder | Mahindra | Outox Reset Drink Team | 1:47.217 |
24 | Ana Carrasco | KTM | RBA Racing Team | 1:47.292 |
25 | Stefano Manzi | Mahindra | San Carlo Team Italia | 1:47.329 |
26 | Maria Herrera | Husqvarna | Husqvarna Factory Laglisse | 1:47.376 |
27 | Andrea Migno | KTM | Sky Racing Team VR46 | 1:47.430 |
28 | Gabriel Rodrigo | KTM | RBA Racing Team | 1:47.683 |
29 | Remy Gardner | Mahindra | CIP | 1:47.705 |
30 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Mahindra | CIP | 1:47.722 |
31 | Matteo Ferrari | Mahindra | San Carlo Team Italia | 1:47.768 |
32 | Efren Vazquez | Honda | Leopard Racing | 1:49.922 |