Canet leads first day of Moto3 testing in Jerez

Aron Canet topped the final Moto3 session of the day, ending the first day of Moto3 official testing fastest overall.

The Spaniard waited until the final minutes of the day before he shot up the timing sheets underneath sunny skies in Jerez, pipping  the returning Romano Fenati and Jorge Martin to the fastest lap time of the day. Canet ended the first day a quarter of a second faster than Fenati, who along with Martin with the only men to get into the 1:46’s.

Bo Bendsneyder was a very respectable fourth fastest but suffered a fast crash with Juanfran Guevara, Enea Bastianini and Phillip Öttl in fifth, sixth and seventh respectively. Nico Bulega, John McPhee and Joan Mir rounded out the top ten.