2018 Valencia February Moto2 Test Wednesday Times: Baldassarri Takes Over As Oliveira Falls

By David Emmett | Wed, 07/02/2018 - 17:59

Lorenzo Baldassarri has topped the second day of testing for the Moto2 class at Valencia. The Pons HP40 rider took over top spot after a crash by Miguel Oliveira meant the Portuguese KTM rider was unable to finish the final session of the day, though Oliveira was unhurt in the crash.

Mattia Pasini set the third fastest time at Valencia, the Italian a third of a second behind Baldassarri, but two tenths faster than Marcel Schrotter on the Dynavolt Intact Kalex. Fabio Quartararo ended the day as sixth quickest on the Speed Up, two thirds of a second behind Baldassarri.

Oliveira was not the only rider to fall on the cold but dry track. A grand total of seven riders fell, though all without serious consequences. The track is expected to be dry and cold again on Thursday, for the final day of the test.

Moto2 times from Wednesday:

Pos No. Rider Bike Time Diff Prev
1 7 Lorenzo Baldassari Kalex 1:36.149    
2 44 Miguel Oliveira KTM 1:36.334 0.185 0.185
3 54 Mattia Pasini Kalex 1:36.493 0.344 0.159
4 24 Simone Corsi Kalex 1:36.522 0.373 0.029
5 23 Marcel Schrotter Kalex 1:36.751 0.602 0.229
6 20 Fabio Quartararo Speed Up 1:36.801 0.652 0.050
7 97 Xavi Vierge Kalex 1:36.812 0.663 0.011
8 40 Hector Barbera Kalex 1:36.865 0.716 0.053
9 41 Brad Binder KTM 1:36.903 0.754 0.038
10 32 Isaac Vinales Kalex 1:37.084 0.935 0.181
11 13 Romano Fenati Kalex 1:37.315 1.166 0.231
12 16 Joe Roberts NTS 1:37.405 1.256 0.090
13 45 Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 1:37.428 1.279 0.023
14 87 Remy Gardner Tech 3 1:37.513 1.364 0.085
15 52 Danny Kent Speed Up 1:37.592 1.443 0.079
16 64 Bo Bendsneyder Tech 3 1:37.594 1.445 0.002
17 4 Steven Odendaal NTS 1:37.601 1.452 0.007
18 77 Dominique Aegerter KTM 1:37.670 1.521 0.069
19 5 Andrea Locatelli Kalex 1:37.697 1.548 0.027
20 62 Stefano Manzi Suter 1:37.717 1.568 0.020
21 51 Eric Granado Suter 1:37.891 1.742 0.174
22 9 Jorge Navarro Kalex 1:37.908 1.759 0.017
23 21 Federico Fuligni Kalex 1:38.084 1.935 0.176
24 89 Khairul Idham Pawi Kalex 1:38.656 2.507 0.572
25 95 Jules Danilo Kalex 1:39.736 3.587 1.080
26 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin Kalex 1:40.752 4.603 1.016

 

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Comments

Is Luca Marini Injured or was the Sky team absent?

Anyways, this bodes well for Binder, as he always qualifies better than he tests, and races better than he qualifies.

I really like the guy and hope he can challenge for the tittle this year or next.
He is both a gentleman and a really solid racer. It's hard to outdo the KTM Moto2 effort, both in speed and class.

...but ... I ... just can't ... help myself and have to comment:  Joe Roberts was a revelation when he burst onto the national road race scene here in the US.  Here's a good article about him by Sean MacDonald.  To see him in front of both Tech 3 bikes and .5 behind Binder bodes well for his upcoming season.  Right?  I know it's just testing.