Submitted by Kropotkin on
Alvaro Bautista shone under the Spanish sun at Jerez on Thursday, topping the timesheets in both sessions. But Bautista didn't have it his own way: During the 250-only afternoon session the Mapfre Aspar rider was only barely faster than compatriot Hector Barbera, and only just over a tenth of a second quicker than title rival Marco Simoncelli on the Gilera.
Aspar's two rookies coming up from the 125 class also showed well. Gabor Talmacsi - technically in his own Balaton Racing Team, but under the Aspar umbrella - was slower in the morning session, but by the afternoon, had jumped up to 5th. Reigning 125cc champion Mike di Meglio went the opposite way, taking 2nd spot in the morning, while dropping to a still highly respectable 6th fastest during the afternoon session.
Surprise of the day was Lukas Pesek, climbing into the top 4 in the afternoon, despite only having an Aprilia LE, rather than the factory spec RSA the other top riders are running.
Meanwhile, injuries are starting to take their toll. After crashing heavily yesterday, Axel Pons - son of former 250 champion and team manager Sito - was forced to sit out today's session, while Vladimir Leonov also crashed again heavily in the morning, though he rode again during the afternoon.
Testing finishes tomorrow, before the MotoGP bikes take to the track. MotoGPMatters will be at trackside, and will bring you a summary of the three days of testing, as well as trying to track down Stevie Bonsey.
Session 2 times (afternoon session)
Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap | Diff to prev. | Diff to Leader | Laps |
1 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM | 1'43.068 | 23 | ||
2 | Hector BARBERA | PEPE WORLD TEAM | 1'43.093 | +0.025 | +0.025 | 22 |
3 | Marco SIMONCELLI | METIS GILERA | 1'43.196 | +0.103 | +0.128 | 23 |
4 | Lukas PESEK | AUTO KELLY - CP | 1'43.467 | +0.271 | +0.399 | 23 |
5 | Gabor TALMACSI | BALATON RACING TEAM 250cc | 1'43.515 | +0.048 | +0.447 | 21 |
6 | Mike DI MEGLIO | MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM 250cc | 1'43.548 | +0.033 | +0.480 | 11 |
7 | Roberto LOCATELLI | METIS GILERA | 1'43.749 | +0.201 | +0.681 | 15 |
8 | Alex DEBON | AEROPUERTO-CASTELLO-BLUSENS | 1'43.872 | +0.123 | +0.804 | 15 |
9 | Thomas LUTHI | EMMI - CAFFE LATTE | 1'44.039 | +0.167 | +0.971 | 23 |
10 | Ratthapark WILAIROT | THAI HONDA PTT SAG | 1'44.128 | +0.089 | +1.060 | 19 |
11 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | SCOT RACING TEAM 250cc | 1'44.174 | +0.046 | +1.106 | 24 |
12 | Hector FAUBEL | THAI HONDA PTT SAG | 1'44.516 | +0.342 | +1.448 | 19 |
13 | Jules CLUZEL | MATTEONI RACING | 1'44.662 | +0.146 | +1.594 | 16 |
14 | Alex BALDOLINI | WTR SAN MARINO TEAM | 1'44.846 | +0.184 | +1.778 | 17 |
15 | Raffaele DE ROSA | SCOT RACING TEAM 250cc | 1'45.134 | +0.288 | +2.066 | 18 |
16 | Karel ABRAHAM | CARDION AB MOTORACING | 1'45.491 | +0.357 | +2.423 | 19 |
17 | Mattia PASINI | TEAM TOTH APRILIA | 1'47.341 | +1.850 | +4.273 | 9 |
18 | Imre TOTH | TEAM TOTH APRILIA | 1'47.349 | +0.008 | +4.281 | 15 |
19 | Bastien CHESAUX | RACING TEAM GERMANY | 1'47.688 | +0.339 | +4.620 | 16 |
20 | Vladimir LEONOV | VIESSMANN KIEFER RACING | 1'48.085 | +0.397 | +5.017 | 16 |
Session 1 times (morning session)
Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap | Diff to prev. | Diff to Leader | Laps |
1 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM | 1'43.193 | 54 | ||
2 | Mike DI MEGLIO | MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM 250cc | 1'43.358 | +0.165 | +0.165 | 32 |
3 | Marco SIMONCELLI | METIS GILERA | 1'43.479 | +0.121 | +0.286 | 54 |
4 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | SCOT RACING TEAM 250cc | 1'43.545 | +0.066 | +0.352 | 53 |
5 | Alex DEBON | AEROPUERTO-CASTELLO-BLUSENS | 1'43.819 | +0.274 | +0.626 | 44 |
6 | Ratthapark WILAIROT | THAI HONDA PTT SAG | 1'43.951 | +0.132 | +0.758 | 38 |
7 | Hector BARBERA | PEPE WORLD TEAM | 1'43.999 | +0.048 | +0.806 | 42 |
8 | Roberto LOCATELLI | METIS GILERA | 1'44.170 | +0.171 | +0.977 | 36 |
9 | Thomas LUTHI | EMMI - CAFFE LATTE | 1'44.194 | +0.024 | +1.001 | 49 |
10 | Lukas PESEK | AUTO KELLY - CP | 1'44.312 | +0.118 | +1.119 | 33 |
11 | Gabor TALMACSI | BALATON RACING TEAM 250cc | 1'44.360 | +0.048 | +1.167 | 42 |
12 | Hector FAUBEL | HONDA SAG | 1'44.410 | +0.050 | +1.217 | 47 |
13 | Raffaele DE ROSA | SCOT RACING TEAM 250cc | 1'44.491 | +0.081 | +1.298 | 26 |
14 | Mattia PASINI | TEAM TOTH APRILIA | 1'44.499 | +0.008 | +1.306 | 42 |
15 | Karel ABRAHAM | CARDION AB MOTORACING | 1'44.518 | +0.019 | +1.325 | 50 |
16 | Alex BALDOLINI | WTR SAN MARINO TEAM | 1'44.720 | +0.202 | +1.527 | 34 |
17 | Jules CLUZEL | MATTEONI RACING | 1'45.227 | +0.507 | +2.034 | 51 |
18 | Shoya TOMIZAWA | CIP MOTO-GP250 | 1'45.813 | +0.586 | +2.620 | 36 |
19 | Imre TOTH | TEAM TOTH APRILIA | 1'46.030 | +0.217 | +2.837 | 32 |
20 | Vladimir LEONOV | VIESSMANN KIEFER RACING | 1'47.650 | +1.620 | +4.457 | 18 |
21 | Bastien CHESAUX | RACING TEAM GERMANY | 1'48.128 | +0.478 | +4.935 | 41 |
Comments
Bonsey
Right, now that you mention it. I forgot all about him being on track with his new team for the first time in Jerez. Hope you can get some hot of the press info about his whereabouts.