By David Emmett |
Mon, 19/03/2012 - 17:56
The Hondas have started catching the KTMs at the final Moto3 test of the season, with Romano Fenati and Maverick Viñales using the extra power from the Geo Tech Honda kits to put their FTR Hondas head of the KTM hordes. Where previously the Austrian bikes have dominated, at Jerez, Danny Kent could only get within seven tenths of Fenati, and over a third of a second slower than Viñales. Kent - the fastest of the KTMs at previous races - beat Sandro Cortese and Zulfahmi Khairuddin to take third spot.
Testing contiues for two more days on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Results, courtesy of MotoGP.com:
Pos | Rider | Team | Time | Diff | Previous |
1 | Romano FENATI | FTR Honda | 1:47.414 | ||
2 | Maverick VIÑALES | FTR Honda | 1:47.755 | 0.341 | 0.341 |
3 | Danny KENT | KTM | 1:48.074 | 0.660 | 0.319 |
4 | Sandro CORTESE | KTM | 1:48.495 | 1.081 | 0.421 |
5 | Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN | KTM | 1:48.562 | 1.148 | 0.067 |
6 | Hector FAUBEL | Kalex KTM | 1:48.577 | 1.163 | 0.015 |
7 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Suter Honda | 1:48.614 | 1.200 | 0.037 |
8 | Luis SALOM | Kalex KTM | 1:48.729 | 1.315 | 0.115 |
9 | Alberto MONCAYO | Kalex KTM | 1:49.022 | 1.608 | 0.293 |
10 | Alexis MASBOU | Honda | 1:49.092 | 1.678 | 0.070 |
11 | Niccolo ANTONELLI | FTR Honda | 1:49.093 | 1.679 | 0.001 |
12 | Niklas AJO | KTM | 1:49.366 | 1.952 | 0.273 |
13 | Arthur SISSIS | KTM | 1:49.367 | 1.953 | 0.001 |
14 | Danny WEBB | Mahindra Oral | 1:49.499 | 2.085 | 0.132 |
15 | Alex RINS | Suter Honda | 1:49.632 | 2.218 | 0.133 |
16 | Alan TECHER | TSR Honda | 1:49.730 | 2.316 | 0.098 |
17 | Louis ROSSI | FTR Honda | 1:49.753 | 2.339 | 0.023 |
18 | Alessandro TONUCCI | FTR Honda | 1:49.888 | 2.474 | 0.135 |
19 | Brad BINDER | Kalex KTM | 1:49.910 | 2.496 | 0.022 |
20 | Jack MILLER | Honda | 1:50.401 | 2.987 | 0.491 |
21 | Kenta FUJII | TSR Honda | 1:50.711 | 3.297 | 0.310 |
22 | Jakub KORNFEIL | FTR Honda | 1:50.835 | 3.421 | 0.124 |
23 | Adrian MARTIN | Honda | 1:51.049 | 3.635 | 0.214 |
24 | Marcel SCHROTTER | Mahindra Oral | 1:51.225 | 3.811 | 0.176 |
25 | Efren VAZQUEZ | Honda | 1:51.355 | 3.941 | 0.130 |
26 | Jasper IWEMA | FGR Honda | 1:52.071 | 4.657 | 0.716 |
27 | Jonas FOLGER | IODA | 1:52.535 | 5.121 | 0.464 |
28 | Ivan MORENO | FTR Honda | 1:53.028 | 5.614 | 0.493 |
29 | Isaac VIÑALES | FTR Honda | 1:53.228 | 5.814 | 0.200 |
30 | Manuel TATASCIORE | M3 Oral | 1:53.303 | 5.889 | 0.075 |
31 | Simone GROTZKYJ | M3 Oral | 1:53.668 | 6.254 | 0.365 |
32 | Luigi MORCIANO | FTR Honda | 1:54.197 | 6.783 | 0.529 |
2012
Comments
Mahindra engine?
Any info on what engine the Mahindra is using?
Oral Engineering
http://www.oralengineering.com/oe/home?&selecteditem=237138
http://www.gpone.com/index.php/en/201109164855/Sales-of-Oral-Moto3-engi…
The Oral engine can also be slotted right into an Aprilia RSV chassis.
Chris
http://moto2-usa.blogspot.com/