Andrea Iannone finished the second and final day of the private Moto2/125cc testing at Motorland Aragón with the
quickest time again, his lap of 1’55.424 was only six/hundredths slower than his prior day’s best time, now a
new track record.
The Italian of the Fimmco Speed Up squad was united by three other racers under the 1’56”
mark on Wednesday, Julián Simón (Mapfre Aspar), Toni Elías (Gresini Racing) and Roberto Rolfo (Italtrans
STR). Current 125cc World Champion Simón fell at Turn 2 but was not injured, arriving back to the circuit to finish
28 laps by 1pm, his best time put him 0.144s behind Iannone. Championship leader Elías was 0.423s further on Iannone’s
time and 0.065s in front of Rolfo, whose final lap placed him fourth in the standings.
Following his recovery from
surgery for his collarbone, Tom Lüthi (Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2) was fifth fastest with 1’56.033, whilst British
racer Scott Redding (Marc VDS Racing) came inside the top six. Raffaele de Rosa (Tech 3 Racing) and Simone Corsi (JiR
Moto2) are also included in the top eight on day two. Shoya Tomizawa (Technomag-CIP) was 13th quickest with a tough day, he
had two smashes luckily with out injury.
Swiss chassis maker Suter were on circuit again with German competitor
Arne Tode, providing their squad with an redeveloped chassis design and suspension settings. Suter reported receiving good
feedback on the fresh amendments.
In the 125cc session, Marc Márquez (Red Bull Ajo Motorsport) was also
quickest on day two with a best time of 1’58.619. The World Championship leader took close to a second off his prior
day’s best.