A single engine for two official test, and three races??? What are they thinking?

I'm thinking that Honda and TenKate have shot themselves in the foot building and developing the Moto2 engines for up to 40 rides.

Awesome!!!!.What next i wonder Tyres to last all weekend!!.Bunch of idiots running (sorry,killing) this sport.

Laptimes as of 1PM local time:

Pos Rider Bike Time Diff
1 Kenny Noyes PromoHarris 1'38.206 0.000
2 Vladimir Ivanov Moriwaki 1'38.663 0.457
3 Toni Elias Moriwaki 1'38.782 0.576
4 Yuki Takahashi Tech 3 1'39.037 0.831
5 Claudio Corti Suter 1'39.097 0.891
6 Julian Simon RSV 1'39.134 0.928
7 Thomas Luthi Moriwaki 1'39.214 1.008
8 Sergio Gadea Kalex 1'39.483 1.277
9 Yonni Hernandez BQR 1'39.565 1.359
10 Karel Abraham RSV 1'39.769 1.563
11 Jules Cluzel Suter 1'39.957 1.751
12 Joan Olive PromoHarris 1'40.103 1.897
13 Axel Pons Kalex 1'40.176 1.970
14 Mike Di Meglio RSV 1'40.258 2.052
15 Dominique Aegerter Suter 1'40.264 2.058
16 Stefan Bradl Suter 1'40.496 2.290
17 Fonsi Nieto Moriwaki 1'40.599 2.393
18 Vladimir Leonov Suter 1'40.867 2.661
19 Alex Baldolini ICP 1'40.877 2.671
20 Mashel Al Naimi BQR 1'40.998 2.792
21 Arne Tode Suter 1'41.011 2.805
22 Raffaele De Rosa Tech 3 1'41.043 2.837
23 Shoya Tomizawa Suter 1'41.132 2.926
24 Scott Redding Suter 1'41.214 3.008

In the meantime however, Toni Elias has taken over the top spot in the Moto2 class before the track was closed for the Moto2 riders to leave the 125cc guys alone. As of now (4PM) the Moto2 guys will be out on track alone for an hour.
There are several guys who've not been out much yet or not at all. Also, paddock gossip has it that Team Scot with Alex De Angelis and Niccolo Canepa is dangerously short on cash and because they still have unpaid bills from MotoGP last year they've only got their engines very late today as a one-time exception. If they don't cough up the money before the next test, they're probably out of the game.
Sergio Gadea (Pons Racing) and Alex Baldolini (Caretta Technology Race Dept) suffered the only falls of the session. The Spaniard sustained a finger injury on his right hand which will keep his from riding in the afternoon session, scheduled to start at 4pm local time, and he is doubtful for Tuesday. Baldolini was unhurt.

EDIT: Final laptimes 125cc

1. Espargaro (Derbi) 1’40”904 (69 giri)
2. Marquez (Derbi) 1’41”841 (53)
3. Terol (Aprilia) 1’41”960 (54)
4. Smith (Aprilia) 1’42”032 (68)
5. Cortese (Derbi) 1’42”048 (47)
6. Vazquez (Derbi) 1’42”097 (67)
7. Rabat (Aprilia) 1’42”389 (56)
8. Zarco (Aprilia) 1’42”610 (57)
9. Schrotter (Honda) 1’42”891 (74)
10. Webb (Aprilia) 1’43”051 (28)
11. Moncayo (Aprilia) 1’43”153 (16)
12. Koyama (Aprilia) 1’43”424 (25)
13. Krummenacher (Aprilia) 1’43”976 (10)
14. Kornfeil (Honda) 1’44”254 (27)
15. Martin (Aprilia) 1’44”513 (38)
16. Folger (Aprilia) 1’44”703 (10)
17. Masbou (Aprilia) 1’44”999 (35)
18. Rossi (Aprilia) 1’45”147 (40)
19. Savadori (Aprilia) 1’45”189 (35)
20. Fagerhaug (Aprilia) 1’45”534 (51)
21. Iwema (Aprilia) 1’45”744 (60)
22. Marconi (Aprilia) 1’46”221 (40)
23. Salom (Lambretta) 1’47”032 (18)
24. Zulfhami (Aprilia) 1’48”364 (19)
25. Ravaioli (Lambretta) 1’50”963 (9)

That is quite a gap Espargaro opened up there!

And some more info on the new Moto2 engines:



Source: http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2010/Moto2+engines

id hate to see empty practice sessions because teams wont run the engines


pol must have had a slipstream, although i think he'll do very well this year

Moto2 laptimes of the second session:

1. Simon (RSV-Aspar) 1.37.548 (giri 19 di 20)
2. Elias (Moriwaki-Gresini) 1.37.552 (21 di 23)
3. Corti (Forward Racing) 1.38.041 (12 di 16)
4. Takahashi (Tech 3) 1.38.089 (17 di 22)
5. Hernandez (Blusens) 1.38.354 (15 di 18)
6. West (MZ) 1.38.662 (17 di 19)
7. Canepa (Scot racing) 1.38.671 (23 di 24)
8. Ivanov (Moriwaki-Gresini) 1.38.691 (13 di 13)
9. Luthi (Moriwaki-Interwetten) 1.38.784 (12 di 14)
10. Cluzel (Forward racing) 1.38.857 (19 di 20)
11. Di Meglio (RSV-Aspar) 1.38.882 (13 di 16)
12. De Angelis (Scot racing) 1.38.899 (19 di 21)
13. Aegerter (Suter) 1.38.988 (18 di 21)
14. De Rosa (Tech 3) 1.39.063 (19 di 20)
15. Pons (Pons Kalex) 1.39.361 (23 di 27)
16. Abraham (RSV-Cardion) 1.39.615 (14 di 17)
17. Bradl (Suter) 1.39.655 (16 di 18)
18. Debon (FTR) 1.39.691 (4 di 14)
19. Pasini (TSR JIR) 1.39.701 (18 di 19)
20. Tomizawa (Suter) 1.39.720 (6 di 7)
21. Olive (Promoharris) 1.39.778 (18 di 19)
22. Redding (Suter) 1.39.782 (18 di 19)
23. Nieto F. (Loriwaki) 1.39.841 (9 di 11)
24. Debise (ADV-WTR) 1.40.062 (18 di 23)
25. Naimi (BQR) 1.40.076 (13 di 17)
26. Talmacsi (Speed UP) 1.40.134 (11 di 12)
27. Baldolini (Caretta I.C.P.) 1.40.898 (7 di 18)
28. Pietri (Suter Italtrans) 1.41.148 (23 di 23)
29. Guerra (Moriwaki) 1.41.206 (15 di 17)
30. Pesek (Moriwaki Matteoni) 1.41.245 (18 di 19)
31. Lonbois (Suter) 1.41.254 (13 di 14)
32. Tode (Suter) 1.41.301 (8 di 12)
33. Iannone (Speed Up) 1.42.651 (12 di 14)
34. Corsi (TSR JiR) 1.44.327 (11 di 13)

If that is the true pace of West on the MZ then I hope even more that they might get a permanent spot after all.
Overall Elias is still fastest for the first day though. Complete results for the day:

1 ELIAS,Toni GRESINI RACING Moriwaki ESP 1:37,530
2 SIMON,Julián MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM RSV ESP 1:37,548
3 NOYES,Kenny JACK&JONES-BANDERAS Promoharris USA 1:37,692
4 CORTI,Claudio FORWARD RACING Suter ITA 1:37,729
5 IVANOV,Vladimir GRESINI RACING Moriwaki RUS 1:38,040
6 TAKAHASHI,Yuki TECH 3 RACING Tech 3 JPN 1:38,089
7 HERNANDEZ,Yonny BLUSENS-STX BQR-M2 COL 1:38,354
8 ABRAHAM,Karel CARDION AB MOTORACING RSV CZE 1:38,644
9 WEST,Anthony MZ RACING MZ AUS 1:38,662
10 CANEPA,Niccolo SCOT RACING TEAM Scot ITA 1:38,671
11 ROSA,Raffaele De TECH 3 RACING Tech 3 ITA 1:38,727
12 LUTHI,Thomas INTERWETTEN Moriwaki SUI 1:38,784
13 CLUZEL,Jules FORWARD RACING Suter FRA 1:38,857
14 MEGLIO,Mike Di MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM RSV FRA 1:38,882
15 ANGELIS,Alex De SCOT RACING TEAM Scot RSM 1:38,899
16 AEGERTER,Dominique TECHNOMAG-CIP Suter SUI 1:38,988
17 OLIVE,Joan JACK&JONES-BANDERAS Promoharris ESP 1:39,331
18 PONS,Axel PONS RACING Pons Kalex ESP 1:39,351
19 GADEA,Sergio PONS RACING Pons Kalex ESP 1:39,483
20 NIETO,Fonsi G22 HOLIDAYGYM Moriwaki ESP 1:39,582
21 BRADL,Stefan VIESSMANN KIEFER R. Suter GER 1:39,655
22 DEBON,Alex AEROP.CASTELLO-AJO FTR ESP 1:39,691
23 PASINI,Mattia JIR MOTO2 TSR ITA 1:39,701
24 TOMIZAWA,Shoya TECHNOMAG-CIP Suter JPN 1:39,720
25 REDDING,Scott MARC VDS RACING T. Suter GBR 1:39,782
26 DEBISE,Valentin WTR SAN MARINO T. ADV FRA 1:40,062
27 NAIMI,Mashel Al BLUSENS-STX BQR-M2 QAT 1:40,076
28 TALMACSI,Gabor SPEED UP FTR HUN 1:40,134
29 BALDOLINI,Alex CARETTA TECH.R.DEPT. I.C.P. ITA 1:40,567
30 LEONOV,Vladimir VECTOR KIEFER R. Suter RUS 1:40,867
31 TODE,Arne RACING T. GERMANY Suter GER 1:41,011
32 PIETRI,Robertino ITALTRANS S.T.R. Suter VEN 1:41,148
33 GUERRA,Yanninck G22 HOLIDAYGYM Moriwaki ESP 1:41,206
34 PESEK,Lukas MATTEONI CP R. Moriwaki CZE 1:41,245
35 LONBOIS,Vincent MARC VDS RACING T. Suter BEL 1:41,254
36 IANNONE,Andrea SPEED UP FTR ITA 1:42,651
37 CORSI,Simone JIR MOTO2 TSR ITA 1:44,327

Live timing, if anyone's interested: http://circuitvalencia.com/live/index.htm

thanks

love your new avatar

You're welcome. It's nice to have some sort of GP feeling back with the live timing, isn't it?

And thanks.

EDIT: Combined laptimes from Day 2.

125cc

1 MARQUEZ,Marc REDBULL REPSOL ESP Derbi GER 1:40,280
2 VAZQUEZ, Efrén BAINET DERBI ESP Derbi 1:40,674
3 SMITH,Bradley BANCAJA ASPAR TEAM Aprilia GBR 1:40,975
4 ESPARGARO,Pol BAINET DERBI Derbi ESP 1:41,012
5 TEROL,Nicolás BANCAJA ASPAR TEAM Aprilia ESP 1:41,026
6 ZARCO,Johann WTR SAN MARINO TEAM Aprilia FRA 1:41,627
7 CORTESE,Sandro AVANT INTACT AJO MS Derbi GER 1:41,736
8 RABAT,Esteve BQR RACING Aprilia ESP 1:41,910
9 MONCAYO,Alberto ANDALUCIA CAJASOL Aprilia ESP 1:42,110
10 SCHROTTER,Marcel INTERWETTEN RACING Honda GER 1:42,372
11 WEBB,Danny ANDALUCIA CAJASOL Aprilia GBR 1:42,446
12 KRUMMENACHER,Randy MOLENAAR RACING Aprilia SUI 1:42,719
13 KOYAMA,Tomoyoshi RACING TEAM GERMANY Aprilia JPN 1:42,929
14 MARTIN,Adrián AEROP. CASTELLO-AJO Aprilia ESP 1:43,026
15 MASBOU,Alexis ONGETTA TEAM Aprilia FRA 1:43,602
16 FAGERHAUG,Sturia AIRASIA-SEPANG CIRCU Aprilia NOR 1:44,213
17 FOLGER,Jonas ONGETTA TEAM Aprilia GER 1:44,258
18 IWEMA,Jasper CBC CORSE Aprilia NED 1:44,326
19 ROSSI,Louis CBC CORSE Aprilia FRA 1:44,359
20 SAVADORI,Lorenzo MATTEONI CP RACING Aprilia ITA 1:44,625
21 SALOM,Luis LAMBR. REPARTO CORSE Lambreta ESP 1:45,345
22 ZULFAHMI,Muhammad AIRASIA-SEPANG Aprilia MAL 1:45,468
23 MARCONI,Luca ONGETTA TEAM Aprilia ITA 1:46,498

Moto2

1 SIMON,Julián MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM RSV ESP 1:37,156
2 NOYES,Kenny JACK&JONES-BANDERAS Promoharris USA 1:37,371
3 ELIAS,Toni GRESINI RACING Moriwaki ESP 1:37,540
4 CORTI,Claudio FORWARD RACING Suter ITA 1:37,579
5 TAKAHASHI,Yuki TECH 3 RACING Tech 3 JPN 1:37,635
6 DE ANGELIS,Alex SCOT RACING TEAM Scot RSM 1:37,901
7 LUTHI,Thomas INTERWETTEN Moriwaki SUI 1:38,056
8 HERNANDEZ,Yonny BLUSENS-STX BQR-M2 COL 1:38,144
9 NIETO,Fonsi G22 HOLIDAYGYM Moriwaki ESP 1:38,151
10 DEBISE,Valentin WTR SAN MARINO T. ADV FRA 1:38,190
11 ABRAHAM,Karel CARDION AB MOTORA. RSV CZE 1:38,260
12 CLUZEL,Jules FORWARD RACING Suter FRA 1:38,301
13 DE ROSA,Raffaele TECH 3 RACING Tech 3 ITA 1:38,426
14 GADEA,Sergio PONS RACING Pons Kalex ESP 1:38,456
15 PONS,Axel PONS RACING Pons Kalex ESP 1:38,459
16 TALMACSI,Gabor FIMMCO-SPEED UP Speed Up HUN 1:38,512
17 WEST,Anthony MZ RACING T. MZ AUS 1:38,523
18 BALDOLINI,Alex CARETTA TECH.R.DEPT. I.C.P. ITA 1:38,542
19 DI MEGLIO,Mike MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM RSV FRA 1:38,572
20 IVANOV,Vladimir GRESINI RACING Moriwaki RUS 1:38,614
21 TOMIZAWA,Shoya TECHNOMAG-CIP Suter JPN 1:38,681
22 TODE,Arne RACING T. GERMANY Suter GER 1:38,783
23 BRADL,Stefan VIESSMANN KIEFER R. Suter GER 1:38,893
24 OLIVE,Joan JACK&JONES-BANDERAS Promoharris ESP 1:38,940
25 DEBON,Alex AEROP.CASTELLO-AJO FTR ESP 1:38,977
26 CANEPA,Niccolo SCOT RACING TEAM Scot ITA 1:39,045
27 AEGERTER,Dominique TECHNOMAG-CIP Suter SUI 1:39,133
28 REDDING,Scott MARC VDS RACING T. Suter GBR 1:39,198
29 AL-NAIMI,Mashel BLUSENS-STX BQR-M2 QAT 1:39,212
30 PIETRI,Robertino ITALTRANS S.T.R. Suter VEN 1:39,339
31 IANNONE,Andrea FIMMCO-SPEED UP Speed Up ITA 1:39,999
32 PESEK,Lukas MATTEONI CP R. Moriwaki CZE 1:40,254
33 LONBOIS,Vincent MARC VDS RACING T. Suter BEL 1:40,525
34 CORSI,Simone JIR MOTO2 TSR ITA 1:40,766
35 LEONOV,Vladimir VECTOR KIEFER R. Suter RUS 1:40,768
36 PASINI,Mattia JIR MOTO2 TSR ITA 1:40,858
37 GUERRA,Yanninck G22 HOLIDAYGYM Moriwaki ESP 1:41,072

Oh, and someone really, REALLY, needs to tell Iannothing that he looks like a freaky child molester with that "moustache" thingy he's got going on there.
He probably should stop taking advice on hair from the lanky caveman. But at least someone sent him to a hairdresser and gave him a tube of hairgel.

i know its testing, but.......how good does that moto2 field look

i know loads of you didnt want to see the end of 250's but 30 riders within 2 seconds (Give or take) of 'pole' and all 37 looking competitive


o yeah, theres just 10 different teams in the top 10 as well (all within 1 second)

Gadea has fallen and has become a wound on his finger, had to make three points to close the wound. He left the train today but he believes that tomorrow can get back out on track. Moreover, he is happy with the bike, says he is going very well. (I've read on his blog).

Interesting article about the "cost" of Mini Motos

http://www.motomatters.com/news/2010/03 ... ason_.html

The second IRTA test in Jerez seems to be a total washout. Severe rainfall kept most of the riders hidden in their boxes and the forecast predicts even more rain for tomorrow and Monday. It looks like every single team is present in Jerez, upping the number of riders to almost 70, but they probably won't get much of their testing schedule done.
It's too bad really as we won't get any more interesting laptimes to compare, especially for the Moto2 class, and the teams will go into the first race still a lot of work to do. Bummer.

Dam. What an earth is going on with Scott there? Dam he seems to really be struggling with that bike. Glad Cluzel is still doing well there. Good for him. Dam Pasini 2nd to last? Something really must be wrong there.

At least Bradders and Danny have something for me to cheer about. Dam Danny's doing well on a privateer bike isn't he or is it a factory bike?