Submitted by Kropotkin on
The final day of testing at Estoril saw a reduced field battling windy conditions, making improving upon Monday's times an impossibility. The departure of the Aspar team also meant a number of big names were missing, making the timesheets less significant than they would otherwise have been.
The loss of the Aspar team was most keenly felt in the 125 class, where Julian Simon had spent the first two days of the test firmly thrashing the rest of the field, with team mate Bradley Smith also a firm fixture at the top of the timesheets. In their absence, Andrea Iannone topped the timesheets, improving on his time from the first two days, but still 0.9 seconds slower than Simon's time from Monday. Iannone led the Derbis of Sandro Cortese and Pol Espargaro, both of whom had been quick on the previous days.
With Bradley Smith gone, Scott Redding was the fastest British rider, finishing 6th and 1.6 seconds off Iannone's pace. Meanwhile, Danny Webb had a less successful day, slipping down to 14th spot.
In the 250 class, Bautista's absence gave Marco Simoncelli a free run, though the reigning world champion barely needs it. The Gilera man led two Hondas, with Thai rider Rattapark Wilairot and Team Scot's Hiroshi Aoyama. Hector Barbera, the man who had caused an upset on Monday by topping the timesheets slipped down to 5th. With Aspar missing, the two former 125 champions Gabor Talmacsi and Mike di Meglio were also not lapping, both of whom had set excellent times over the past couple of days.
Tuesday was the final day of testing for MotoGP's support classes. The next time they convene will be at Jerez for the official IRTA test, where the full field will be gathered. MotoGPMatters.com will be reporting live from Jerez, and bringing you updates of all three classes.
250 cc
Pos. | Rider | Bike | Time |
1 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 1'41.245 |
2 | Rattapark Wilairot | Honda | 1'41.518 |
3 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 1'41.525 |
4 | Hector Faubel | Honda | 1'41.653 |
5 | Hector Barbera | Aprilia | 1'41.673 |
6 | Roberto Locatelli | Gilera | 1'42.047 |
7 | Raffaele De Rosa | Honda | 1'42.206 |
8 | Tom Luthi | Aprilia | 1'42.271 |
9 | Alex Debon | Aprilia | 1'42.646 |
10 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 1'43.233 |
11 | Lukas Pesek | Aprilia | 1'43.281 |
12 | Axel Pons | Aprilia | 1'45.105 |
13 | Vladimir Leonov | Aprilia | 1'46.633 |
Circuit record: 2007, Alvaro Bautista, Aprilia, 1'40.521
125 cc
Pos. | Rider | Bike | Time |
1 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 1'45.969 |
2 | Sandro Cortese | Derbi | 1'46.474 |
3 | Pol Espargaro | Derbi | 1'46.846 |
4 | Esteve Rabat | Aprilia | 1'47.231 |
5 | Joan Olive | Derbi | 1'47.244 |
6 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 1'47.520 |
7 | Randy Krummenacher | Aprilia | 1'47.618 |
8 | Takaaki Nakagami | Aprilia | 1'47.647 |
9 | Efren Vasquez | Aprilia | 1'47.705 |
10 | Jonas Folger | Aprilia | 1'47.881 |
11 | Maverick Vinales | Aprilia | 1'48.168 |
12 | Stefan Brandl | Aprilia | 1'48.278 |
13 | Dominique Aegerter | Aprilia | 1'48.517 |
14 | Danny Webb | Aprilia | 1'48.680 |
15 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Aprilia | 1'48.719 |
16 | Miguel Oliveira | Aprilia | 1'48.982 |
17 | Johnny Rosell | Aprilia | 1'49.615 |
Circuit record: 2007, Gabor Talmacsi, Aprilia, 1'45.027
Comments
Yay!
Great to hear about the live coverage! It has been rather difficult to find results of the previous 125cc & 250cc tests on the internet quickly, will be nice to have more reliable ressources where one can find provisional times during the day. :)
Won't be there for all the days
Sadly, my travel plans mean I won't be arriving till Friday, so coverage of the first two days will be patchy. But I shall try and bring updates during the day on Friday, and provide some kind of report once the tests are finished.
Still great though
I always enjoy reading your reports and they'll be even better when coming directly from the track, so I'm in high spirits about it anyway. ;)