Hector Barbera
The opening day of 250cc testing at the Circuito de Jerez saw Spanish rider Hector Barbera showing that he is back in business. Having returned to testing action a fortnight ago after recovering from a serious back injury, the Pepe World rider marked his return to riding in his homeland with a late surge to top the timesheets.
Barbera clocked the quickest time of 1’43.156 in the final minutes of the dedicated quarter-litre class afternoon session on Wednesday afternoon, taking three-tenths of a second out of Marco Simoncelli’s previous marker from the morning run. It was Barbera’s ninth lap of the afternoon outing on his Aprilia RSA
Third quickest in the post-lunch session –which saw warmer and sunnier conditions than the overcast first free practice but generally slower times- was 2008 250cc World Championship runner-up Alvaro Bautista. The Jerez test is also Bautista’s second time riding since coming back from injury, a collarbone fracture suffered in early February.p>
Honda man Ratthapark Wilairot was next on the results sheet and the only other rider to go round in under 1’44, ahead of 250cc newcomer Gabor Talmacsi and Hiroshi Aoyama at the close of the day.
Team Toth’s Mattia Pasini suffered a crash early on Wednesday afternoon, leaving his Aprilia bike needing some hasty repairwork.
250cc testing continues on Thursday, the second of three days on track for the lower cylinder categories.
Combined lap times from the first day of 250cc GP testing in Jerez, Spain
1. Hector Barbera Pepe World Team 1min 43.156secs
2. Marco Simoncelli Metis Gilera 1min 43.438secs
3. Alvaro Bautista Mapfre Aspar 1min 43.596secs
4. Ratthapark Wilairot Thai Honda PTT SAG 1min 43.785secs
5. Gabor Talmacsi Balaton Racing 1min 44.055secs
6. Hiroshi Aoyama Scot Racing Team 1min 44.127secs
7. Thomas Luthi Emmi-Caffe Latte 1min 44.199secs
8. Mike Di Meglio Mapfre Aspar 1min 44.273secs
9. Roberto Locatelli Metis Gilera 1min 44.821secs
10. Hector Faubel Honda SAG 1min 44.890secs
11. Raffaele De Rosa Scot Racing Team 1min 44.909secs
12. Lukas Pesek Auto Kelly CP 1min 45.220secs
13. Alex Baldolini WTR San Marino 1min 45.360secs
14. Mattia Pasini Team Toth 1min 45.597secs
15. Karel Abraham Cardion AB 1min 45.633secs
16. Imre Toth Team Toth 1min 45.745secs
17. Jules Cluzel Matteoni Racing 1min 45.912secs
18. Alex Debon Aeropuerto Blusens 1min 46.154secs
19. Shoya Tomizawa CIP Moto 1min 47.550secs
20. Vladimir Leonov Viessmann Kiefer 1min 47.563secs
21. Axel Pons Pepe World Team 1min 49.114secs
22. Bastien Chesaux Racing Team Germany 1min 49.850secs
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