Moto2 Test

[Jester]

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

[Spidey]

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.    

Rolfo and Nieto came off hard.  Rolfo's out for a month at least.  I thought Nieto was out the same amount of time. 

[gm2]

first day of the test fastest guy was faster on his 125.  bring on the real engines...

[gm2]

Moto2.mp4

[ducpainter]

what's with the wets?

[gm2]

it rained 

[ducpainter]

it rained 

doh   

[gm2]

(...also, they frequently use them as transport tires.)

[zooom]

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.

[gm2]

^^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

Pos    No    Rider    Bike    Time    Diff    Prev
1    24    Toni Elias    Moriwaki    1'37.530    0.000    
2    60    Julían 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    Ãlex 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