Terol impresses at Valencia
Sunny Valencia or rainy Jerez, it doesn’t seem to matter to Nico Terol as he was fastest again during day one of the Moto2 test at Jerez.
In the wet conditions the fastest man was Aspar’s Nicol Terol. The 2011 125cc World Champion posted a time of 1’53″831, which put him at the top of the timesheets during the middle session.
Second place and just 0.168s adrift of was Simone Corsi. The Italian who is still getting used to his NGM Forward Speed Up SF13 machine and after three seasons of being a threat could 2013 be a chance to really compete?
Julian Simon continues to impress on his new Italtrans Kalex as the 2010 Moto2 runner up was third fastest.
Title favorite Pol Espargaro was fourth as he continued to learn in the wet rather than attempted to break lap records in the horrid conditions.
Brit Scott Redding was fifth on his Marc VDS Kalex, and he was the last of only four riders within a second of Terol’s fastest lap.
Frenchman Johann Zarco was sixth on his IODA racing machine, just ahead of Marc VDS’ second rider Mika Kallio.
A trio of Spanish riders, rounded out the top 10 as Ricky Cardus, Jordi Torres and Tito Rabat, were eighth, ninth and tenth respectively.
Despite the weather conditions the only rider to suffer a fall was Idemitsu Honda Team Asia’s Yuki Takahashi.
Moto2 2013 Jerez test day one:
01- Nico Terol – MAPFRE Aspar Team Moto2 – Suter MMX2 – 1’53.831
02- Simone Corsi – NGM Mobile Racing – Speed Up SF13 – + 0.168
03- Julian Simon – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 0.637
04- Pol Espargaro – Tuenti HP 40 – KALEX Moto2 – + 0.662
05- Scott Redding – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 0.740
06- Johann Zarco – CAME Iodaracing Project – Suter MMX2 – + 1.002
07- Mika Kallio – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.155
08- Ricky Cardus – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – Speed Up SF13 – + 1.158
09- Jordi Torres – MAPFRE Aspar Team Moto2 – Suter MMX2 – + 1.270
10- Tito Rabat – Tuenti HP 40 – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.410
11- Mike Di Meglio – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 1.454
12- Toni Elias – Blusens Avintia – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.593
13- Xavier Simeon – Maptaq SAG Zelos Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.636
14- Mattia Pasini – NGM Mobile Racing – Speed Up SF13 – + 1.835
15- Takaaki Nakagami – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.976
16- Dominique Aegerter – Technomag carXpert – Suter MMX2 – + 2.143
17- Danny Kent – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 2.343
18- Randy Krummenacher – Technomag carXpert – Suter MMX2 – + 2.677
19- Kyle Smith – Blusens Avintia – KALEX Moto2 – + 2.776
20- Alex De Angelis – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – Speed Up SF13 – + 2.895
21- Ratthapark Wilairot – Honda Gresini Moto2 – Suter MMX2 – + 2.957
22- Louis Rossi – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 3.061
23- Anthony West – QMMF Racing Team – Speed Up SF13 – + 3.072
24- Rafid Topan Sucipto – QMMF Racing Team – Speed Up SF13 – + 3.098
25- Sandro Cortese – Dynavolt Intact GP – KALEX Moto2 – + 3.194
26- Doni Tata Pradita – Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 – Suter MMX2 – + 4.477
27- Yuki Takahashi – Idemitsu Honda Team Asia – Moriwaki MD600 – + 5.284