Moto2 riders sit out first day of testing at Jerez

Damp conditions from overnight rain made it a slow start to the first day of testing in Jerez on Wednesday 24 November, as various Moto2 teams, as well as the Ducati Test Team and MotoGP Rookie Karel Abaraham, began 3 days of private testing at the Circuito de Jerez.

First out was Javier Fores, riding for the Mapfre Aspar Team. The current CEV Stock Extreme champion rode for Jorge Martinez’s Moto2 team for the first time since the announcement of his signing 2 weeks ago. His team-mate, Julian Simon, is set to continue testing the 2011 prototype Suter chassis, alongside Marc VDS Racing rider Scott Redding, both of whom are official test riders for Suter Racing.

By mid-morning Fores was joined on track by fellow Moto2 riders Jules Cluzel (Forward Racing), Andrea Iannone (WTR/Speed Master Team), Tom Luthi (Interwetten Moto2), Pol Espargaro (Tuenti Speed Up) and Valentin Debise, who is testing with Forward Racing, while in MotoGP Suter Racing tested their 2012 spec MotoGP prototype bike for the first time with current German Supersport champion Damien Cudlin as test rider.

With conditions worsening through the afternoon, former MotoGP rider Aleix Espargaro and Axel Pons, from the Tenerife 40 Pons team, opted not to go out at all today, as did 125cc World Champion Marc Marquez who presented his Monlau Competicion team and Suter MMX Moto2 bike on pit lane in front of photographers, before leaving for the day.

Source: motogp.com

Test Entry List
Team Suter Racing: Carmelo Morales
Team WTR: Andrea Iannone
Team Interwetten: Thomas Lüthi
Team Aeroport Castellò: Kev Coglan-FTR
Team Pons: Aleix Espargaró y Axel Pons-Kalex
Yoda Racing Team: (2 pilotos)
Aspar Team: Julian Simon y Xavier Forés-Suter
BMW superbikes: Haslam-Troy Corser
Speed Up: Pol Espargaró-Speed Up FTR
Marc VdS: Kallio y Redding-Suter
Monlau: Marc Márquez-Suter
Ducati MotoGP Test Team: Franco Battaini
Cardion Ducati MotoGP: Karel Abraham
Team Supersonic Ducati SBK