Barely cooled down from their convincing test gallops Valencia Nicolo Bulega and Phillip Öttl resumed their duel on KTM as soon as the wheels were installed in Jerez. Both men like this Spanish track and in particular the Italian who stood out in the Grand Prix last year by signing his first pole position and his first podium. Despite a bothersome wind, the VR46 driver dropped below the 1'47 lap mark. Meanwhile, the Hondas are biding their time.
The KTM boss can be jubilant. Two of its RC250GPs dominated the first timesheet of the Jerez tests, beating a horde of Hondas. Open up et Öttl, the latter starting its fifth campaign at this level, did the job while the honor of the NSF250RW was first defended by George Martin. The latter consoles Gresini for the absence of By Giannantonio convalescing after having his collarbone repaired following a fall in the last tests.
fenati is in the leading square and McPhee is happy to close the top 5 at Joan mir. Still, the 2017 version of the Japanese is not yet here. Migno is seventh ahead Canet et Law. The top 10 is closed by Suzuki, representative of the Sic58 team.
bastianini remains discreet with a twelfth place and our Jules Danilo is fourteenth. It will be recalled that KTM officials with Antonelli et Bendsneyder are not in the game.
Moto3 Tests Jerez J1: Chronos
01- Nicolò Bulega – Sky Racing Team VR46 – KTM RC 250 GP – 1'46.912
02- Philipp Öttl – Südmetall Schedl GP Racing – KTM RC 250 GP – 1’47.021
03- Jorge Martin – Del Conca Gresini Racing Moto3 – Honda NSF250RW – 1’47.253
04- Romano Fenati – Marinelli Rivacold Snipers – Honda NSF250RW – 1’47.265
05- John McPhee – British Talent Team – Honda NSF250RW – 1’47.576
06- Joan Mir – Leopard Racing – Honda NSF250RW – 1’47.672
07- Andrea Migno – Sky Racing Team VR46 – KTM RC 250 GP – 1’47.710
08- Aron Canet – Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 – Honda NSF250RW – 1’47.746
09- Livio Loi – Leopard Racing – Honda NSF250RW – 1’47.923
10- Tatsuki Suzuki – Sic 58 Squadra Corse – Honda NSF250RW – 1’47.997
11- Jakub Kornfeil – Peugeot MC SaxoPrint – Peugeot GP3-17 – 1’48.033
12- Enea Bastianini – Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 – Honda NSF250RW – 1’48.164
13- Nakarin Atiratphuvapat – Honda Team Asia – Honda NSF250RW – 1’48.374
14- Jules Danilo – Marinelli Rivacold Snipers – Honda NSF250RW – 1'48.534
15- Kaito Toba – Honda Team Asia – Honda NSF250RW – 1’48.690
16- Tony Arbolino – Sic 58 Squadra Corse – Honda NSF250RW – 1’48.717
17- Patrik Pulkkinen – Peugeot MC SaxoPrint – Peugeot GP3-17 – 1’51.057
