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Sam Lowes tops Moto2 Testing | Remy Gardner on the pace

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March 4, 2019
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Sam Lowes tops Moto2 Testing in Qatar
Fenati takes the spoils in Moto3

Sam Lowes’ Moto2 time recorded during the weekend’s official Moto2 test session in Qatar was quick enough to have put him on pole for the MotoGP race that took place at Qatar in 2004. The new Triumph powered era of Moto2, with the much larger 765cc triple-cylinder engine compared to the CBR600RR based powerplant used in previous seasons, will surely see Moto2 lap records fall dramatically this season.

Qatar Test Moto Lowes
Sam Lowes

The Briton’s 1m58.439s on the final day enough to beat second place Tom Lüthi (Dynavolt Intact GP) by a significant 0.224 seconds. Lowes’ times was more than half-a-second under the Moto2 qualifying lap record, and almost a full-second under the race lap record for the intermediate class at Losail. In fact the top 10 were under the qualifying lap record, and 19 riders were all under the previous race lap record at the 5.38 km circuit.

Qatar Test Moto Remy Gardner
Remy Gardner

Remy Gardner (ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team) continued his impressive pre-season speed with third, 0.316 off P1. Gardner was fast in every session across all of the three days in Qatar, and was also well under the previous lap record. The young Australian was a full 2.5-seconds quicker on the SAG backed Kalex framed machine than he had managed last year on the Tech3 machine during qualifying for the Grand Prix of Qatar.

Fourth went the way of Augusto Fernandez (Flexbox HP 40), on 1m58.775s, with Marcel Schrötter (Dynavolt Intact GP) just another 0.030 back in fifth.

Qatar Test Moto Navarro
Jorge Navarro

EG 0,0 Marc VDS’ Xavi Vierge ended the three-day test just ahead of Jorge Navarro (+Ego Speed Up) and Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) as the three Spaniards occupy sixth, seventh and eighth respectively.

Ninth went to Luca Marini (Sky Racing Team VR46), his 1:58.980 putting him 0.541 off Lowes, with Day 1’s fastest rider Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) completing the top ten.

Moto2 Official Test Times – Qatar 2019

PosRiderMotorcycleTimeDiff
1Sam LOWESKALEX1:58.4390.000
2Tom LUTHIKALEX1:58.6630.224
3Remy GARDNERKALEX1:58.7550.316
4Augusto FERNANDEZKALEX1:58.7570.318
5Marcel SCHROTTERKALEX1:58.7870.348
6Xavi VIERGEKALEX1:58.8800.441
7Jorge NAVARROSPEED UP1:58.9230.484
8Alex MARQUEZKALEX1:58.9480.509
9Luca MARINIKALEX1:58.9800.541
10Brad BINDERKTM1:58.9990.560
11Jorge MARTINKTM1:59.0420.603
12Iker LECUONAKTM1:59.2000.761
13Nicolo BULEGAKALEX1:59.2260.787
14Tetsuta NAGASHIMAKALEX1:59.3060.867
15Bo BENDSNEYDERNTS1:59.3080.869
16Lorenzo BALDASSARRIKALEX1:59.3250.886
17Andrea LOCATELLIKALEX1:59.3350.896
18Enea BASTIANINIKALEX1:59.3510.912
19Fabio DI GIANNANTONISPEED UP1:59.4911.052
20Somkiat CHANTRAKALEX1:59.7341.295
21Simone CORSIKALEX1:59.8291.390
22Khairul Idham PAWIKALEX2:00.1481.709
23Jesko RAFFINNTS2:00.3341.895
24Joe ROBERTSKTM2:00.4141.975
25Jake DIXONKTM2:00.6212.182
26Lukas TULOVICKTM2:00.7252.286
27Dominique AEGERTERMV AGUSTA2:00.8962.457
28Marco BEZZECCHIKTM2:00.9212.482
29Philipp OETTLKTM2:01.3372.898
30Stefano MANZIMV AGUSTA2:01.5643.125
31Xavier CARDELUSKTM2:01.6563.217
32Dimas Ekky PRATAMAKALEX2:01.8243.385

 


Moto3

In Moto3, Romano Fenati (Snipers Team) ended the test at the top of the timesheets after going quickest on the final day, setting a best time of 2:05.285 to head teammate Tony Arbolino by 0.230. With many focusing on a fast lap – and some on trying to get a tow – it was a frantic final day of action.

Qatar Test Moto Fenati
Romano Fenat

All of the lightweight class riders, except the injured Gabriel Rodrigo (Kömmerling Gresini Moto3), went quicker on the third and final day of testing at Losail International Circuit. But it was the Snipers Team duo who locked out the top two positions at the end of play, just like they have done on the previous two days.

Qatar Test Moto Arbolino
Tony Arbolino

Their closest challenger was Aron Canet (Sterilgarda Max Racing Team), with 0.368 splitting him from Fenati in third.

Qatar Test Moto Canet
Aron Canet

Fourth fastest was Leopard Racing’s Lorenzo Dalla Porta, the only other rider within half a second of Fenati, with Niccolo Antonelli (SIC58 Squadra Corse) completing a top five covered by 0.507 seconds.

Qatar Test Moto DallaPorta
Lorenzo Dalla Porta

John McPhee (Petronas Sprinta Racing) ended the test in sixth place with a best time of 2:05.899, the British rider sitting 0.131 ahead of seventh-placed Marcos Ramirez (Leopard Racing).

Qatar Test Moto John McPhee Sasaki
John McPhee

John McPhee

“We have had three very productive days here in Qatar. We already had a good base set-up for the bike after the Jerez test but we have kept working as a team to improve the feeling even more. I am very happy with how the team is working, they have all been fantastic and step by step we have improved the lap time and our race pace. These three days we mainly focused on race pace and race setting and I feel very comfortable and consistent over a long run. We treated the second session tonight as more like a qualifying session to see what lap time we could manage and we ended up happy with the lap time because I set it on my own. It is great to finish the last test of pre-season like this.”

Qatar Test Moto McPhee
John McPhee

Tatsuki Suzuki (SIC58 Squadra Corse) was eighth, just ahead of Sky Racing Team VR46 duo Dennis Foggia and rookie Celestino Vietti – it was ninth and tenth on the timesheets for the Italians respectively.

Moto3 Official Test Times – Qatar 2019

PosRiderMotorcycleTimeDiff
1Romano FENATIHONDA2:05.2850.000
2Tony ARBOLINOHONDA2:05.5150.230
3Aron CANETKTM2:05.6530.368
4Lorenzo DALLA PORTAHONDA2:05.7710.486
5Niccolo ANTONELLIHONDA2:05.7920.507
6John McPHEEHONDA2:05.8990.614
7Marcos RAMIREZHONDA2:06.0300.745
8Tatsuki SUZUKIHONDA2:06.0900.805
9Dennis FOGGIAKTM2:06.1990.914
10Celestino VIETTIKTM2:06.2000.915
11Kaito TOBAHONDA2:06.2060.921
12Alonso LOPEZHONDA2:06.2430.958
13Kazuki MASAKIKTM2:06.2460.961
14Albert ARENASKTM2:06.3121.027
15Ayumu SASAKIHONDA2:06.3411.056
16Darryn BINDERKTM2:06.5031.218
17Raul FERNANDEZKTM2:06.5581.273
18Jakub KORNFEILKTM2:06.5901.305
19Ai OGURAHONDA2:06.6711.386
20Vicente PEREZKTM2:06.7871.502
21Sergio GARCIAHONDA2:06.9751.690
22Can ONCUKTM2:06.9841.699
23Filip SALACKTM2:07.2171.932
24Makar YURCHENKOKTM2:07.2271.942
25Andrea MIGNOKTM2:07.4272.142
26Riccardo ROSSIHONDA2:07.9922.707
27Tom BOOTH-AMOSKTM2:08.0842.799

 

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