Terol continues preseason dominance with fastest laptime on second day at Jerez

The second day of the Jerez Test offered the 125cc class the chance to make some real progress after day one was so badly affected by rain, and as conditions held throughout Saturday Nico Terol was able to set the fastest time of the day, and Test so far.

With a best lap of 1’48.382 set in the 125cc-only session in the afternoon, the Bankia Aspar rider ended the 55-minute run 0.072s ahead of second-placed Sandro Cortese (Intact Racing Team Germany). In third place with a time of 1’48.570, Maverick Viñales (PEV-Blusens-SMX Paris Hilton) was the third of only four riders to get under the 1’49” marker. Héctor Faubel (Bankia Aspar) had also done so in the combined session, and was seventh-quickest in the 125cc afternoon run.

The top five in the 125cc session was completed by Ajo Motorsport pair Efrén Vázquez and Johan Zarco, with Jonas Folger (Red Bull Ajo Motorsport), Faubel, Miguel Oliveira (Andalucía Banca Cívica), Luis Salom (RW Racing) and Danny Kent (Red Bull Ajo Motorsport) registering top-ten times in the session.

Giulian Pedone, who suffered a light concussion after his fall earlier in the day, was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure and did not ride. The Swiss rookie and his Phonica Racing team will decide on Sunday morning whether he will take part in the final day of the Test.

Results Day 2

Pos Rider Bike Time Diff
1 Nico Terol Aprilia 1:48.382
2 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 1:48.454 0.072
3 Maverick Viñales Aprilia 1:48.570 0.188
4 Efrén Vázquez Derbi 1:49.057 0.675
5 Johan Zarco Derbi 1:49.189 0.807
6 Jonas Folger Aprilia 1:49.313 0.931
7 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 1:49.570 1.188
8 Miguel Oliveira Aprilia 1:49.927 1.545
9 Luis Salom Aprilia 1:50.078 1.696
10 Danny Kent Derbi 1:50.108 1.726
11 Alberto Moncayo Aprilia 1:50.147 1.765
12 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1:50.327 1.945
13 Niklas Ajo Derbi 1:50.337 1.955
14 Taylor MacKenzie Aprilia 1:50.432 2.050
15 Louis Rossi Aprilia 1:50.540 2.158
16 Adrián Martín Aprilia 1:50.560 2.178
17 Luigi Morciano Aprilia 1:50.769 2.387
18 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 1:50.791 2.409
19 Danny Webb Mahindra 1:51.105 2.723
20 Hiroki Ono KTM 1:51.390 3.008
21 Zulfahmi Khairuddin Derbi 1:51.399 3.017
22 Alessandro Tonucci Aprilia 1:51.925 3.543
23 Jasper Iwema Aprilia 1:52.100 3.718
24 Jakub Kornfeil Aprilia 1:52.174 3.792
25 Giulian Pedone Aprilia 1:53.582 5.200
26 Harry Stafford Aprilia 1:53.592 5.210
27 Marcel Schrötter Mahindra 1:53.766 5.384
28 Joan Perelló Aprilia 1:53.886 5.504
29 Daniel Kartheininger KTM 1:54.795 6.413
30 Francesco Mauriello Aprilia 1:55.098 6.716
31 Sarath Kumar Aprilia 1:59.881 11.499

Source: motogp.com