If the MotoGP grid closed the preseason just a week ago at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve, which will host the start of the World Championship from March 24 to 26 in Portimao, this weekend the official Moto2 and Moto3 riders it already has will not which is worth ‘hiding’.
Last Tuesday, Moto2 riders received in private testing in Jerez the new Triumph engine that covers the category and this year will offer them 400 more revolutions than the previous one and improve the response to the media. On Tuesday eight pilots decided to mount it and on Wednesday its use was extended. And the improvement was seen in the combined test results, especially in the rider who led in Jerez, Moto3 world champion Pedro Acosta who will start his second year in Moto2.
Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo) set the standard with a 1.41.309 lap below the official best lap on this track set by Briton Sam Lowes in 2021 with 1.41.313. He was two tenths ahead of his pursuers Aron Canet (1.41.575) and Alonso López (1.41.575) and was four behind Tony Arbolino (1.41.732) and half a second behind veteran Sam Lowes (141,851) and his partner Albert Arenas (1,41,852).
Missing the appointment in Jerez and who will also miss this test in Portimao is Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia), the 2022 world runner-up due to various preseason injuries.
It will be interesting to see how the great rookie of the year hopeful fares like former Moto3 teammates Izan Guevara (GASGAS Aspar Team) and Sergio García Dols (Pons Wegow Los40), Moto3 champion and runner-up. or Dennis Foggia.
Moto3 was conditioned by bad weather
Bad weather had a big impact on the private Moto3 test in Jerez, which Scott Ogden (Visiontrack Racing Team) took with 1.46.090, completing the top-10 Ayumu Sasaki (1.46.223), Deniz Oncü (1.46.315) , Diogo Moreira (1.46.438), Tatsuki Suzuki (1.46.743), Riccardo Rossi (1.46.496), David Muñoz (1.46.514), Jaume Masia (1.46.582), Daniel Holgado (1.46.629) and Romano Fenati (1.46 717) who re-enrolled for the tenth time in the small category.
Source: La Verdad
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