Webb fastest at wet Jerez
Briton Danny Webb posted the fastest lap of the day during a damp and difficult day one of Moto3 testing in Jerez.
The tricky conditions caught many of the riders from the junior classes out including Florian Alt, Matteo Ferrari, Francesco Bagnaia, Alan Techer, Philipp Oettl, and Marc VDS new boy Livio Loi.
Whilst the conditions proved a worthy advisory for Estrella Galica riders Alex Rins and Alex Marquez, and the recovering Niccolò Antonelli also decided to give day one a miss.
Danny Webb, who is turning out to be a bit of a wet weather specialist posted the fastest lap time of the day with a 1’56″924, a lap which was more than four tenths faster than second place, and his teammate Brad Binder who is continuing his impressive form. Third place was Aussie Jack Miller on his FTR Honda.
Factory KTM Ajo riders Fahmi Khairuddin and Luis Salom, were fourth and fifth respectively, whilst Aspar’s German Jonas Folger was sixth and just 0.023s from Salom on his Kalex KTM.
Maverick Viñales, who was breaking lap records in Almera and Valencia last week, was seventh and little more of a second of pace as he continued to learn to ride in the wet.
Miguel Oliveira continued to impress on his new Mahindra Suter as he finished eighth, ahead of the final Ajo Red Bull KTM of Arthur Sissis and John McPhee.
Moto3 2013 Jerez test day one:
01- Danny Webb – Ambrogio Racing – Suter Honda – 1’56.924
02- Brad Binder – Ambrogio Racing – Suter Honda – + 0.427
03- Jack Miller – Caretta Technology RTG – FTR Honda – + 0.459
04- Zulfahmi Khairuddin – Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Team – KTM – + 0.588
05- Luis Salom – Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Team – KTM – + 0.957
06- Jonas Folger – MAPFRE Aspar Team Moto3 – KALEX KTM – + 0.980
07- Maverick Vinales – JHK T-Shirt LaGlisse – KTM – + 1.070
08- Miguel Oliveira – Mahindra Racing – Mahindra – + 1.551
09- Arthur Sissis – Red Bull KTM Ajo Factory Team – KTM – + 1.649
10- John McPhee – Caretta Technology RTG – FTR Honda – + 1.731
11- Lorenzo Baldassarri – Go & Fun Gresini Moto3 – FTR Honda – + 1.939
12- Eric Granado – MAPFRE Aspar Team Moto3 – KALEX KTM – + 2.174
13- Isaac Vinales – Bimbo Ongetta Centro Seta – FTR Honda – + 2.383
14- Livio Loi – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX KTM – + 2.507
15- Juanfran Guevara – CIP Moto – TSR Honda – + 2.600
16- Hyuga Watanabe – Team La Fonte Tasca Racing – FTR Honda – + 2.673
17- Ana Carrasco – JHK T-Shirt LaGlisse – KTM – + 2.927
18- Efren Vazquez – Mahindra Racing – Mahindra – + 3.096
19- Romano Fenati – San Carlo Team Italia – FTR Honda – + 3.172
20- Toni Finsterbusch – Kiefer Racing – KALEX KTM – + 3.543
21- Matteo Ferrari – Ongetta Centro Seta – FTR Honda – + 3.597
22- Philipp Ottl – Paddock TT Motion Events – KALEX KTM – + 4.334
23- Alan Techer – CIP Moto – TSR Honda – + 4.583
24- Alessandro Tonucci – Team La Fonte Tasca Racing – FTR Honda – + 5.330
25- Alexis Masbou – Ongetta Rivacold – FTR Honda – + 5.841
26- Florian Alt – Kiefer Racing – KALEX KTM – + 6.043
27- Francesco Bagnaia – San Carlo Team Italia – FTR Honda – + 6.088