2013 Moto3 Valencia February Test Day 3 Times: Viñales Completes Clean Sweep, McPhee Impresses | MotoMatters.com

Maverick Viñales has topped the Moto3 timesheets for the third day in a row, the Spaniard taking two seconds off the Moto3 lap record, and getting very close to the lap records posted by the 125cc bikes which Moto3 replaces. Viñales once again leads a Spanish trio, with Alex Rins impressing again in 2nd and Luis Salom just a third of a second behind Viñales.

The Caretta Technology RTG team were also impressive, with John McPhee setting the 4th fastest time, and teammate Jack Miller blasting to 6th, ahead of Romano Fenati. The three FTR Hondas made inroads into the dominance which the KTMs had displayed on the first few days. Miller was the last rider to get within a second of Viñales, however.

Elsewhere, the Mahindra project - a Suter-designed and built engine, with help from Mahindra's Indian engineers, in a modified version of the Suter chassis built for the Honda - put on a strong showing, grabbing 9th and 10th places on their first foray to the circuit. Livio Loi was the fastest of the rookies, the young Belgian securing 14th spot, under a second and a half from the leaders, while Ana Carrasco also had a very good day, ending just over 1.6 seconds behind her JHK T-Shirt LaGlisse teammate Viñales.

The teams now pack up and head down to Jerez, where testing will resume again next week.

Overall after day 3
Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev.	In Session
1	25	Maverick VIÑALES	KTM	1:39.299			Session 2
2	42	Alex RINS	KTM	1:39.585	0.286	0.286	Session 1
3	39	Luis SALOM	KTM	1:39.669	0.370	0.084	Session 1
4	17	John McPHEE	FTR HONDA	1:39.819	0.520	0.150	Session 1
5	94	Jonas FOLGER	KALEX KTM	1:40.050	0.751	0.231	Session 1
6	8	Jack MILLER	FTR HONDA	1:40.291	0.992	0.241	Session 3
7	5	Romano FENATI	FTR HONDA	1:40.428	1.129	0.137	Session 3
8	12	Alex MARQUEZ	KTM	1:40.468	1.169	0.040	Session 1
9	7	Efren VAZQUEZ	MAHINDRA	1:40.495	1.196	0.027	Session 2
10	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	MAHINDRA	1:40.526	1.227	0.031	Session 1
11	84	Jakub KORNFEIL	KALEX KTM	1:40.543	1.244	0.017	Session 1
12	63	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	KTM	1:40.564	1.265	0.021	Session 2
13	41	Brad BINDER	SUTER HONDA	1:40.728	1.429	0.164	Session 2
14	11	Livio LOI	KALEX KTM	1:40.750	1.451	0.022	Session 2
15	61	Arthur SISSIS	KTM	1:40.918	1.619	0.168	Session 2
16	22	Ana CARRASCO	KTM	1:40.946	1.647	0.028	Session 1
17	4	Francesco BAGNAIA	FTR HONDA	1:41.028	1.729	0.082	Session 3
18	65	Philipp OETTL	KALEX KTM	1:41.109	1.810	0.081	Session 2
19	58	Juan GUEVARA	TSR HONDA	1:41.165	1.866	0.056	Session 3
20	99	Danny WEBB	SUTER HONDA	1:41.165	1.866	0.000	Session 2
21	77	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	FTR HONDA	1:41.176	1.877	0.011	Session 2
22	32	Isaac VIÑALES	FTR HONDA	1:41.196	1.897	0.020	Session 2
23	31	Niklas AJO	KTM	1:41.250	1.951	0.054	Session 2
24	3	Matteo FERRARI	FTR HONDA	1:41.327	2.028	0.077	Session 3
25	9	Toni FINSTERBUSCH	KALEX KTM	1:41.511	2.212	0.184	Session 2
26	53	Jasper IWEMA	KALEX KTM	1:41.515	2.216	0.004	Session 2
27	57	Eric GRANADO	KALEX KTM	1:41.526	2.227	0.011	Session 2
28	19	Alessandro TONUCCI	HONDA	1:41.969	2.670	0.443	Session 3
29	29	Hyuga WATANABE	HONDA	1:42.169	2.870	0.200	Session 2
30	89	Alan TECHER	TSR HONDA	1:42.334	3.035	0.165	Session 1
31	23	Niccolo ANTONELLI	FTR HONDA	1:42.670	3.371	0.336	Session 2

Session 9: 15:10 - 17:00
Pos.	Rider	Team	Time	Diff	Prev.
1	Alex RINS	Estrella Galicia 0'0	1:39.618
2	Maverick VIÑALES	JHK t-shirt Laglisse	1:39.663	0.045	0.045
3	Luis SALOM	Red Bull KTM Ajo	1:40.053	0.435	0.390
4	Jack MILLER	Caretta Technology-RTG	1:40.291	0.673	0.238
5	Romano FENATI	San Carlo Team Italia	1:40.428	0.810	0.137
6	John McPHEE	Caretta Technology-RTG	1:40.510	0.892	0.082
7	Miguel OLIVEIRA	Mahindra Racing	1:40.530	0.912	0.020
8	Jonas FOLGER	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3	1:40.766	1.148	0.236
9	Efren VAZQUEZ	Mahindra Racing	1:40.843	1.225	0.077
10	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	Red Bull KTM Ajo	1:40.916	1.298	0.073
11	Francesco BAGNAIA	San Carlo Team Italia	1:41.028	1.410	0.112
12	Alex MARQUEZ	Estrella Galicia 0'0	1:41.120	1.502	0.092
13	Juan GUEVARA	CIP	1:41.165	1.547	0.045
14	Jakub KORNFEIL	Redox RW Racing GP	1:41.204	1.586	0.039
15	Matteo FERRARI	Ongetta-Centro Seta	1:41.327	1.709	0.123
16	Livio LOI	Marc VDS Racing Team	1:41.344	1.726	0.017
17	Brad BINDER	Ambrogio Racing	1:41.411	1.793	0.067
18	Ana CARRASCO	JHK t-shirt Laglisse	1:41.471	1.853	0.060
19	Isaac VIÑALES	Bimbo-Ongetta-Centro Seta	1:41.621	2.003	0.150
20	Jasper IWEMA	RW Racing GP	1:41.764	2.146	0.143
21	Toni FINSTERBUSCH	Kiefer Racing	1:41.872	2.254	0.108
22	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Team GO&FUN Gresini Moto3	1:41.929	2.311	0.057
23	Eric GRANADO	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3	1:41.965	2.347	0.036
24	Alessandro TONUCCI	Team La Fonte Tascaracing	1:41.969	2.351	0.004
25	Danny WEBB	Ambrogio Racing	1:42.003	2.385	0.034
26	Alan TECHER	CIP	1:42.459	2.841	0.456
27	Hyuga WATANABE	Team La Fonte Tascaracing	1:43.005	3.387	0.546
28	Niccolo ANTONELLI	Team GO&FUN Gresini Moto3	1:43.013	3.395	0.008
29	Philipp OETTL	Paddock TT Motion Events	1:43.323	3.705	0.310

Session 8: 12:50 - 13:50
Pos.	Rider	Team	Time	Diff	Prev.
1	Maverick VIÑALES	JHK t-shirt Laglisse	1:39.299
2	Luis SALOM	Red Bull KTM Ajo	1:39.717	0.418	0.418
3	Jonas FOLGER	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3	1:40.166	0.867	0.449
4	Efren VAZQUEZ	Mahindra Racing	1:40.495	1.196	0.329
5	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	Red Bull KTM Ajo	1:40.564	1.265	0.069
6	Miguel OLIVEIRA	Mahindra Racing	1:40.621	1.322	0.057
7	Romano FENATI	San Carlo Team Italia	1:40.640	1.341	0.019
8	Brad BINDER	Ambrogio Racing	1:40.728	1.429	0.088
9	Livio LOI	Marc VDS Racing Team	1:40.750	1.451	0.022
10	Arthur SISSIS	Red Bull KTM Ajo	1:40.918	1.619	0.168
11	Jakub KORNFEIL	Redox RW Racing GP	1:40.934	1.635	0.016
12	John McPHEE	Caretta Technology-RTG	1:41.033	1.734	0.099
13	Philipp OETTL	Paddock TT Motion Events	1:41.109	1.810	0.076
14	Danny WEBB	Ambrogio Racing	1:41.165	1.866	0.056
15	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Team GO&FUN Gresini Moto3	1:41.176	1.877	0.011
16	Isaac VIÑALES	Bimbo-Ongetta-Centro Seta	1:41.196	1.897	0.020
17	Jack MILLER	Caretta Technology-RTG	1:41.196	1.897	0.000
18	Niklas AJO	Avant Tecno	1:41.250	1.951	0.054
19	Toni FINSTERBUSCH	Kiefer Racing	1:41.511	2.212	0.261
20	Jasper IWEMA	RW Racing GP	1:41.515	2.216	0.004
21	Eric GRANADO	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3	1:41.526	2.227	0.011
22	Francesco BAGNAIA	San Carlo Team Italia	1:41.551	2.252	0.025
23	Ana CARRASCO	JHK t-shirt Laglisse	1:41.571	2.272	0.020
24	Juan GUEVARA	CIP	1:41.916	2.617	0.345
25	Matteo FERRARI	Ongetta-Centro Seta	1:41.920	2.621	0.004
26	Hyuga WATANABE	Team La Fonte Tascaracing	1:42.169	2.870	0.249
27	Alessandro TONUCCI	Team La Fonte Tascaracing	1:42.206	2.907	0.037
28	Alan TECHER	CIP	1:42.608	3.309	0.402
29	Niccolo ANTONELLI	Team GO&FUN Gresini Moto3	1:42.670	3.371	0.062

Session 7: 10:00 - 12:40
Pos.	Rider	Team	Time	Diff	Prev.
1	Maverick VIÑALES	JHK t-shirt Laglisse	1:39.410
2	Alex RINS	Estrella Galicia 0'0	1:39.585	0.175	0.175
3	Luis SALOM	Red Bull KTM Ajo	1:39.669	0.259	0.084
4	John McPHEE	Caretta Technology-RTG	1:39.819	0.409	0.150
5	Jonas FOLGER	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3	1:40.050	0.640	0.231
6	Alex MARQUEZ	Estrella Galicia 0'0	1:40.468	1.058	0.418
7	Jack MILLER	Caretta Technology-RTG	1:40.514	1.104	0.046
8	Miguel OLIVEIRA	Mahindra Racing	1:40.526	1.116	0.012
9	Jakub KORNFEIL	Redox RW Racing GP	1:40.543	1.133	0.017
10	Efren VAZQUEZ	Mahindra Racing	1:40.699	1.289	0.156
11	Romano FENATI	San Carlo Team Italia	1:40.702	1.292	0.003
12	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	Red Bull KTM Ajo	1:40.705	1.295	0.003
13	Ana CARRASCO	JHK t-shirt Laglisse	1:40.946	1.536	0.241
14	Brad BINDER	Ambrogio Racing	1:41.098	1.688	0.152
15	Arthur SISSIS	Red Bull KTM Ajo	1:41.146	1.736	0.048
16	Livio LOI	Marc VDS Racing Team	1:41.342	1.932	0.196
17	Philipp OETTL	Paddock TT Motion Events	1:41.374	1.964	0.032
18	Isaac VIÑALES	Bimbo-Ongetta-Centro Seta	1:41.377	1.967	0.003
19	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Team GO&FUN Gresini Moto3	1:41.386	1.976	0.009
20	Matteo FERRARI	Ongetta-Centro Seta	1:41.409	1.999	0.023
21	Francesco BAGNAIA	San Carlo Team Italia	1:41.482	2.072	0.073
22	Danny WEBB	Ambrogio Racing	1:41.503	2.093	0.021
23	Niklas AJO	Avant Tecno	1:41.609	2.199	0.106
24	Eric GRANADO	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3	1:41.794	2.384	0.185
25	Alessandro TONUCCI	Team La Fonte Tascaracing	1:42.028	2.618	0.234
26	Toni FINSTERBUSCH	Kiefer Racing	1:42.171	2.761	0.143
27	Alan TECHER	CIP	1:42.334	2.924	0.163
28	Jasper IWEMA	RW Racing GP	1:42.603	3.193	0.269
29	Juan GUEVARA	CIP	1:42.829	3.419	0.226
30	Hyuga WATANABE	Team La Fonte Tascaracing	1:42.945	3.535	0.116
31	Niccolo ANTONELLI	Team GO&FUN Gresini Moto3

2013

Moto3

Valencia, Spain

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