Discussion thread for all things concerning the 2010 preseason tests of the small classes.

Here are the scheduled tests in Spain. Some of them are private and limited to certain teams, but I'm not sure which ones. If you have any information on this, feel free to post it here and I add it to the dates.
There could also be some testing going on in Portugal.

11th to 12 February - Valencia
14th to 15th February - Valencia
17th to 19th February - Catalunya
1st to 3rd March - Valencia
6th to 8th March - Jerez
27th to 29th March - Jerez

the official tests don't start until march


theres loads of other tests. teams have been testing with WSBKs and stuff already

I know, but I didn't find the notes for the official ones.
I assume that they'll participate in the Qatar test where the MotoGP guys are for the first IRTA test and then the second IRTA test will be the last one on the list in Jerez. At least that's how it would make sense.

EDIT: The provisional started list for the Catalunya test from February 17th to 19th.

125cc
Team Bainet - Espargaró, Vázquez
Ajo Motorsport - Márquez, Cortese
Monlau - Márquez, Rins
Aspar Team - Terol, Smith
Team Andalucía - Moncayo
Aprilia Junior GP - Tonucci, Morciano, Pontone, Bonati

Moto2
Stop & Go - Wilairot, Faubel, poss. 3rd rider
G22 - Nieto, Guerra
Promoracing - Olive, Noyes
Team Pons - Gadea, Pons
BQR - Rabat, 2nd and 3rd rider
Italtrans - Rolf, Pietri
Team Aspar - Simon, Di Meglio
Forward Racing - Cluzel, Corti
CIP Motorcycles - Tomizawa, Aegerter
Kiefer Racing - Bradl, Leonov
Motorsport 69 - Debon
Tech 3 - De Rosa, Takahashi
MVDS - Redding, Lonbois

Interesting to see Tomizawa testing with the CIP team as the previous entry lists for the class showed only Agerter with the team.

Lambretta enter the 125 class this year again after a long absence ........

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2010/Lamb ... ampionship

and,NO,i didn't see them race the first time either .Best of luck to them,the more bikes on the grid the better

I thought it was another Piaggio/Aprilia deal to get more manufacturers on the grid...

But it sounds like they're making their own chassis from the Loncin... hopefully it won't be a screw up like that Haojue team

The scheduled two-day test for 125cc, Moto2 and Superbikes at Valencia basically fell through today due to the weather conditions. Not only was the track cold as heck (max temperature of just 5C°!), it was also wet. A bunch of riders and teams who originally planned to ride at Valencia apparently prudently stayed home to wait for Catalunya later this week where the weather conditions are supposed to be much better.
The only riders out today for a few laps were Vladimir Leonov and Alex Hofmann on the Superbike Aprilia.

Source: http://www.speedweek.de/art_10024.html

DORNA have issued a news release on the next test...

First day of testing in Catalunya didn't start so well.


EDIT: And motogp.com offers a free video of the first day of testing: http://www.motogp.com/en/videos/2010/Mo ... est+begins

EDIT2: From the sources I could find these are somewhat combined laptimes from today:

Roberto Rolfo – 1.51.3
Shoya Tomizawa – 1.52.7
Dominique Aegerter – 1.53.4
Vincent Lombois – 1.54.4
Mashel Al-Naimi – 1.56.2
Sergio Gadea – 1.56.2
Axel Pons – 1.56.3
Scott Redding – 1.56.7
Yonni Hernandez – 2.00.2
Yannick Guerra – 2.04.4
Joan Olive – 2.05.8
Kenny Noyes – 2.08.7

Unofficial laptimes from day 2 in Catalunya:

Pos Rider Team Time
1. Shoya Tomizawa Technomag CIP 1m49.4s
2. Jules Cluzel Forward Racing 1m49.6s
3. Yonny Hernandez Blusens STX 1m49.6s
4. Julian Simon Mapfre Aspar Team 1m49.8s
5. Yuki Takahashi Tech 3 Racing 1m49.8s
6. Kenny Noyes Jack&Jones/Banderas 1m49.9s
7. Roberto Rolfo Italtrans STR 1m50.0s
8. Claudio Corti Forward Racing 1m50.1s
9. Alex Baldolini Caretta Technology 1m50.3s
10. Dominique Aegerter Technomag CIP 1m50.7s
11. Mike di Meglio Mapfre Aspar Team 1m51.0s
12. Sergio Gadea Pons Racing 1m51.0s
13. Mashel Al Naimi Blusens STX 1m51.2s
14. Fonsi Nieto G22 HolidayGym 1m51.2s
15. Scott Redding Marc VDS Racing Team 1m51.2s
16. Axel Pons Pons Racing 1m51.4s
17. Raffaele de Rosa Tech 3 Racing 1m51.5s
18. Thomas Luthi Interwetten Moriwaki 1m51.8s
19. Robertino Pietri Italtrans STR 1m51.9s
20. Joan Olive Jack&Jones/Banderas 1m51.9s
21. Stefan Bradl Viessmann Kiefer Racing 1m52.0s
22. Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing 1m52.8s
23. Vladimir Leonov Vector Kiefer Racing 1m52.9s
24. Yannick Guerra G22 HolidayGym 1m53.6s

The weather was a lot better than yesterday, so the laptimes are much better to interpret. But pushing the caution from riding in the wet aside it appeared to have been somewhat of a crashfest today. At least half of the field said Goodbye to their bikes at one point or another, but everyone was relatively unharmed except for Roberto Rolfo. The poor guy dislocated his left shoulder and won't be able to show up for the official IRTA test in Jerez at the beginning of March.

I just read on Sergio Gadea's blog, who expect rain tomorrow so, the majority, ending the test except to try the bikes out in rain.

Thanks for the info, Vane! So I guess there won't be that much going on tomorrow again?

Also, I just found out that Roberto Rolfo is actually not the only one to rule himself out of further action for the time being. Alex Debom apparently broke his collarbone. Unless he undergoes immediate surgery like Alvaro did last year I suspect he'll be out of the IRTA test as well.

Like we said elsewhere: There's plenty of opportunity for the riders to destroy themselves in the off-season...

New motorcycles, new category, rain ... normal to fall off! I hope rapid recovery of Debon

Seeing that the laptimes are hardly comparable at the moment, this bit from motomatters.com is very interesting:



Source: http://www.motomatters.com/news/2010/02 ... e_tim.html

I can't wait for the test in Jerez. Should give us the first real sense of what we can expect this year in Moto2.

If you want to watch some more moving pictures from the test in Catalunya, there's a lengthy report from TV3 here: http://www.tv3.cat/videos/2728810

First real big test with almost every 125cc and Moto2 rider gets underway in Valencia tomorrow. And Honda has finally delivered the Moto2 engines to the teams.
What's a tiny bit shocking though: Every rider gets exactly one engine - which has to last both official tests PLUS the first three races of the season. Really? Moto2 engines? New class engines? There are bound to be a s**tload of crashes, what do they do when an engine says "Sayonara!" after a crash?