Say what you will about spec engines, but it looks like we're going to have some awesome racing this year with no one holding any big performance advantages. Top 6 seperated by a few tenths. I'm diggin it.
Moto2
1 - Julian Simon - Mapfre Aspar Team - 1’49.3
2 - Shoya Tomizawa - Technomag-CIP - 1’49.3
3 - Yuki Takahashi - Tech 3 Racing - 1’49.3
4 - Jules Cluzel - Forward Racing - 1’49.4
5 - Anthony West - MZ - 1’49.4
6 - Yonni Hernández - Blusens STX - 1’49.6
7 - Kenny Noyes - Jack&Jones by A. Banderas- 1’49.9
8 - Mike di Meglio - Mapfre Aspar Team - 1’50.0
9 - Roberto Rolfo - Italtrans STR - 1’50.0
10 - Claudio Corti - Forward Racing - 1’50.1
11 - Stefan Bradl - Viessmann Kiefer Racing - 1’50.3
12 - Alex Baldolini - Caretta Technology - 1’50.3
13 - Raffaele De Rosa - Tech 3 Racing - 1’50.5
14 - Sergio Gadea - Pons Racing - 1’50.5
15 - Fonsi Nieto - G22 HolidayGym - 1’50.7
16 - Axel Pons - Pons Racing - 1’50.7
17 - Dominique Aegerter - Technomag-CIP - 1’50.7
18 - Thomas Luthi - Interwetten Moriwaki Racing- 1’50.8
19 - Scott Redding - Marc Vds Racing Team - 1’51.1
20 - Mashel Al Naimi - Blusens STX - 1’51.2
21 - Robertino Pietri - Italtrans STR - 1’51.7
22 - Joan Olivé - Jack&Jones by A. Banderas- 1’51.9
23 - Vladimir Leonov - Vector Kiefer Racing - 1’52.3
24 - Karel Abraham - Cardion AB Motoracing - 1’52.8
25 - Vincent Lonbois - Marc Vds Racing Team - 1’52.8
26 - Yannick Guerra - G22 HolidayGym - 1’53.2
The test times are even more meaningless than usual test times because none of the teams are using the Honda spec engines. Some if the engines are full-on WSS spec and some are pretty much stock (like Tech 3). It means as much as 15-20 hp difference, which totally skews the times. That said, I'm looking forward to Moto2. [thumbsup]
Rolfo and Nieto came off hard. Rolfo's out for a month at least. I thought Nieto was out the same amount of time.
first day of the test fastest guy was faster on his 125. bring on the real engines...
Moto2.mp4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vqEDRbCeYA&feature=player_embedded#normal)
what's with the wets?
it rained ;)
[beer]
(...also, they frequently use them as transport tires.)
the thing that gets me, is the reports I am seeing where they show the laptimes in comparo to what the 250's were doing and how much down they are per lap. Now that helps distinguish them from MotoGP a bit, as they were creeping closer( still seperated by about 3-5 seconds per lap-generally speaking, which gm2 or Derby will of course affirm or correct)...but then it makes me wonder how far off the 125's will be from the 600's?!?!?!...and then they'll get compared to WSS by most...but that isn't as big a deal to me, due to them being different series.
^^re that, with the Moto2 engines making 125bhp they have a lot less power than the WSS machines...
anyway.. times and roster from the first test with the spec engines:
http://www.motomatters.com/news/2010/03/01/moto2_test_day_1_times_simon_leads_elias.html (http://www.motomatters.com/news/2010/03/01/moto2_test_day_1_times_simon_leads_elias.html)
Pos No Rider Bike Time Diff Prev
1 24 Toni Elias Moriwaki 1'37.530 0.000
2 60 JulÃan Simón RSV 1'37.548 0.018 0.018
3 9 Kenny Noyes PromoHarris 1'37.692 0.162 0.144
4 71 Claudio Corti Suter 1'37.729 0.199 0.037
5 61 Vladimir Ivanov Moriwaki 1'38.040 0.510 0.311
6 72 Yuki Takahashi Tech3 1'38.089 0.559 0.049
7 68 Yonny Hernandez BQR 1'38.354 0.824 0.265
8 17 Karel Abraham Aprilia 1'38.644 1.114 0.290
9 8 Anthony West MZ 1'38.662 1.132 0.018
10 59 Niccolo Canepa Scot 1'38.671 1.141 0.009
11 35 Raffaele De Rosa Tech3 1'38.727 1.197 0.056
12 12 Thomas Luthi Moriwaki 1'38.784 1.254 0.057
13 16 Jules Cluzel Suter 1'38.857 1.327 0.073
14 63 Mike di Meglio RSV 1'38.882 1.352 0.025
15 15 Alex de Angelis Scot 1'38.899 1.369 0.017
16 77 Dominique Aegerter B&B Team 1'38.988 1.458 0.089
17 5 Joan Olivé PromoHarris 1'39.331 1.801 0.343
18 80 Axel Pons Kalex 1'39.351 1.821 0.020
19 40 Sergio Gadea Kalex 1'39.483 1.953 0.132
20 10 Fonsi Nieto Moriwaki 1'39.582 2.052 0.099
21 4 Stefan Bradl Suter 1'39.655 2.125 0.073
22 6 Ãlex Debón FTR 1'39.691 2.161 0.036
23 75 Mattia Pasini TSR 1'39.701 2.171 0.010
24 48 Shoya Tomizawa Suter 1'39.720 2.190 0.019
25 45 Scott Redding Suter 1'39.782 2.252 0.062
26 53 Valentin Debise ADV 1'40.062 2.532 0.280
27 95 Mashel Al Naimi BQR 1'40.076 2.546 0.014
28 2 Gabor Talmacsi FTR 1'40.134 2.604 0.058
29 25 Alex Baldolini ICP 1'40.567 3.037 0.433
30 21 Vladimir Leonov Suter 1'40.867 3.337 0.300
31 41 Arne Tode Suter 1'41.011 3.481 0.144
32 39 Robertino Pietri Suter 1'41.148 3.618 0.137
33 88 Yannick Guerra Moriwaki 1'41.206 3.676 0.058
34 52 Lukas Pesek Moriwaki 1'41.245 3.715 0.039
35 27 Vincent Lonbois Suter 1'41.254 3.724 0.009
36 29 Andrea Iannone FTR 1'42.651 5.121 1.397
37 3 Simone Corsi TSR 1'44.327 6.797 1.676