2009 2nd Valencia 125 And 250 Test - Day 2 - It's That Man Again

Submitted by Kropotkin on Fri, 2009-02-13 18:18
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The second and final day of testing at Valencia for the 125s and 250s saw Marco Simoncelli dominate once again. The reigning 250 World Champion put in a huge number of laps to finish the day with a comfortable lead over his Gilera team mate Roberto Locatelli. The Gileras finished the day ahead of the Hondas of Hector Faubel and Thai rider Rathapark Wilairot.

The 125 class was a much more worrying affair. Yesterday's leader, Efren Vazquez had a huge crash, which saw him trap his leg in the wheel, ending with the Spaniard being rushed to hospital in Valencia with a deep cut that partially severed achilles tendon. Vazquez wasn't the only rider to fall, being joined in the gravel by his team mate Pol Espargaro, as well as former Red Bull Rookies Johann Zarco and Matthew Hoyle.

With Vazquez gone, it was the turn of the very impressive Italian rookie Lorenzo Savadori to top the timesheets, ahead of Espargaro aboard the Derbi. The unfortunate Vazquez was still quick enough in the 11 laps he ran before crashing to finish third fastest, however.

Vazquez will be hoping to recover quickly, and be ready for the next test, due to take place at Estoril in a month's time. Before that, there will be more testing for the junior classes at Valencia next week.

250 cc

Pos. Rider Bike Time Total Laps
1 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 1'36.4 80
2 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 1'36.6 63
3 Hector Faubel Honda 1'36.7 52
4 Rathapark Wilairot Honda 1'36.8 58
5 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 1'37.6 48
6 Karel Abraham Aprilia 1'38.5 60

Circuit record: 2007, Mika Kallio, KTM, 1'35.659

125 cc

Pos. Rider Bike Time Total Laps
1 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 1'41.5 40
2 Pol Espargaro Derbi 1'41.8 68
3 Efren Vazquez Derbi 1'42.7 11
4 Johann Zarco Aprilia 1'43.1 64
5 Marco Ravaioli Aprilia 1'43.8 40
6 Luca Vitali Aprilia 1'44.2 40
7 Jordi Dalmau Honda 1'44.8 78
8 Glenn Scott Honda 1'44.9 67
9 Michael Ranseder Maxtra 1'45.0 56
10 Mathew Hoyle Maxtra 1'45.5 55

Circuit record: 2007, Hector Faubel, Aprilia, 1'39.380

Comments

Bradl?

Submitted by Jerry Osborne on Fri, 2009-02-13 19:01.

Any word of where Bradl is? he hasn't made any of the off-season practice sessions so far..

Total votes: 23

Not quite correct

Submitted by stv21 on Fri, 2009-02-13 20:51.

Bradl actually was at the first test in Valencia on January 31st/ February 1st, but he rode without a transponder, so there's no laptimes from him. Sandro Cortese and Dominique Aegerter did the same.
He'll be back at testing in Estoril.

Total votes: 16

Thanks. I found video of him

Submitted by Jerry Osborne on Fri, 2009-02-13 21:55.

Thanks. I found video of him at Valencia but no lap times. Confused me.

Total votes: 21

No problem

Submitted by stv21 on Fri, 2009-02-13 23:25.

Glad I could help. :)

Total votes: 17

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