RiderTua.com, Jerez de la Frontera – Tony Arbolino became the fastest rider at the official Moto2 Jerez Spain test (FP8) after mastering this session at the Jerez Circuit, Friday, March 1 2024. ‘Arbolino’ (Elf Marc VDS Racing) managed to close this session by becoming the fastest rider from the pre-season test that was held. This happened after he recorded a lap time of 1 minute 40.437 seconds. The second position is occupied by Fermin Aldeguer (Speed Up Racing) who is +0.038 seconds behind Tony Arbolino. Meanwhile Joe Roberts (American Racing) is in P3 with a gap of +0.071 seconds.
Aron Canet (Fantic Racing) and Alonso Lopez (Speed Up Racing) were P4 and P5 respectively in . Both of them are respectively +0.133 seconds and +0.182 seconds behind Tony Arbolino. Ranked sixth to tenth respectively were occupied by Zonta Van Den Goorbergh (Fieten Olie Racing GP), Ai Ogura (MT Helmets – Msi), Marcos Ramirez (American Racing), Celestino Vietti (Red Bull KTM Ajo), and Somkiat Chantra (Honda Team Asia). Where the distance (gap) between the first rider and the top ten is +0.384 seconds!..
Following are the complete results of the Spanish Moto2 test:
2024 Official Moto2 Jerez Test Results (FP8)
Pos | Nat | Rider | Team | Best Lap | Gap |
1 | ITA | Tony Arbolino | Elf Marc VDS Racing | 1:40.437 | |
2 | ESP | Fermin Aldeguer | Speed Up Racing | 1:40.475 | +0.038 |
3 | USA | Joe Roberts | American Racing | 1:40.508 | +0.071 |
4 | ESP | Aron Canet | Fantic Racing | 1:40.570 | +0.133 |
5 | ESP | Alonso Lopez | Speed Up Racing | 1:40.619 | +0.182 |
6 | NLD | Zonta Van Den Goorbergh | Fieten Olie Racing GP | 1:40.662 | +0.225 |
7 | JPN | Ai Ogura | MT Helmets – Msi | 1:40.678 | +0.241 |
8 | ESP | Marcos Ramirez | American Racing | 1:40.718 | +0.281 |
9 | ITA | Celestino Vietti | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1:40.801 | +0.364 |
10 | THA | Somkiat Chantra | Honda Team Asia | 1:40.821 | +0.384 |
11 | ESP | Sergio Garcia | MT Helmets – MSi | 1:40.953 | +0.516 |
12 | NLD | Bo Bendsneyder | Pertamina Mandalika SAG | 1:41.014 | +0.577 |
13 | ESP | Manuel Gonzalez | QJmotor Gresini | 1:41.064 | +0.627 |
14 | ESP | Jeremy Alcoba | Yamaha VR46 | 1:41.165 | +0.728 |
15 | GBR | Jake Dixon | CFMoto Aspar Racing | 1:41.248 | +0.811 |
16 | ESP | Albert Arenas | QJmotor Gresini | 1:41.319 | +0.882 |
17 | BEL | Barry Baltus | Fieten Olie Racing GP | 1:41.346 | +0.909 |
18 | TUR | Deniz Oncu | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1:41.409 | +0.972 |
19 | BRA | Diogo Moreira | Italtrans Racing | 1:41.465 | +1.028 |
20 | ITA | Dennis Foggia | Italtrans Racing | 1:41.506 | +1.069 |
21 | ZAF | Darryn Binder | Intact GP | 1:41.771 | +1.334 |
22 | ESP | Jaume Masia | Pertamina Mandalika SAG | 1:42.000 | +1.563 |
23 | JPN | Ayumu Sasaki | Yamaha VR46 | 1:42.076 | +1.639 |
24 | AND | Xavi Cardelus | Fantic Racing | 1:42.105 | +1.668 |
25 | ESP | Izan Guevara | CFMoto Aspar Racing | 1:42.119 | +1.682 |
26 | ESP | Alex Escrig | Forward Team | 1:42.410 | +1.973 |
27 | ESP | Xavier Artigas | Forward Team | 1:44.046 | +3.609 |
NC | AUS | Senna Agius | Intact GP | 0 | 0 |
NC | CZE | Filip Salac | Elf Marc VDS Racing | 0 | 0 |
NC | INA | Mario Suryo Aji | Honda Team Asia | 0 | 0 |