Moto2 – Barcelona Test Day 3 – Bad weather protagonist, Simon the fastest

Bad weather was the protagonist of the third and final day of the Moto2 tests in Barcelona. The cold and water prevented the riders from lapping in the morning (only Gabor Talmacsi, Stefan Bradl, Sergio Gadea, Karel Abraham Axel Pons and Mashele Al Naimi took to the track) and only in the afternoon did a pale sun emerge.

At the end of the day the fastest on the track was Julian Simon on the Team Aspar RSV (in the photo by Motociclismo.es). The outgoing 125cc champion did not want to take any particular risks so as not to see the next tests which will take place from 1st to 3rd March on the Valencia circuit be compromised, a test where Roberto Rolfo, the Team Italtrans rider who suffered a dislocated knee yesterday in a fall, hopes to return. shoulder.

“Today was also a very short working day – said Julian Simon – because it was impossible to shoot until three in the afternoon. The track was very cold. It wasn't a very useful test, but today I leave very happy because I saw that yesterday's settings were useful. We made several changes to the RSV, especially in terms of positions to improve ergonomics but in any case a little more sun was missing to reach any conclusions. But I'm very happy, because the RSV has great potential and in the next test we hope to continue improving.”

Barcelona Moto2 test – Overall unofficial times of the three days

01 – Julian Simon – Mapfre Aspar Team – 1'49.3
02 – Shoya Tomizawa – Technomag-CIP – 1'49.3
03 – Yuki Takahashi – Tech 3 Racing – 1'49.3
04 – Jules Cluzel – Forward Racing – 1'49.4
05 – Anthony West – MZ – 1'49.4
06 – Yonni Hernández – Blusens STX – 1'49.6
07 – Kenny Noyes – Jack&Jones by A. Banderas- 1'49.9
08 – Mike di Meglio – Mapfre Aspar Team – 1'50.0
09 – Roberto Rolfo – Italtrans STR – 1'50.0
10 – Claudio Corti – Forward Racing – 1'50.1
11 – Stefan Bradl – Viessmann Kiefer Racing – 1'50.3
12 – Alex Baldolini – Caretta Technology – 1'50.3
13 – Raffaele De Rosa – Tech 3 Racing – 1'50.5
14 – Sergio Gadea – Pons Racing – 1'50.5
15 – Fonsi Nieto – G22 HolidayGym – 1'50.7
16 – Axel Pons – Pons Racing – 1'50.7
17 – Dominique Aegerter – Technomag-CIP – 1'50.7
18 – Thomas Luthi – Interwetten Moriwaki Racing- 1'50.8
19 – Scott Redding – Marc Vds Racing Team – 1'51.1
20 – Mashel Al Naimi – Blusens STX – 1'51.2
21 – Robertino Pietri – Italtrans STR – 1'51.7
22 – Joan Olivé – Jack&Jones by A. Banderas- 1'51.9
23 – Vladimir Leonov – Vector Kiefer Racing – 1'52.3
24 – Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Motoracing – 1'52.8
25 – Vincent Lonbois – Marc Vds Racing Team – 1'52.8
26 – Yannick Guerra – G22 HolidayGym – 1'53.2