Valencia Test – Alvaro Bautista breaks collarbone

Bad weather conditions made it difficult again for the 125cc and 250cc riders in Valencia to test properly. Several riders decided to go out without a transponder.
Of the 250cc riders Alvaro Bautista was fastest for much of the day until Gabor Talmacsi went 0.081 seconds faster shortly before it started to rain again. In worsening conditions Bautista went fast and tried to top Talmacsi’s laptime, but highsided in the second corner and unfortunately broke his right collarbone. We sincerly hope that Alvaro will be able to recover from this injury as fast as possible and will be fit again until the first race in Qatar on April 12th. Buena suerte, Alvaro!

Laptimes Valencia Test, Day 2:

250 ccm
1. Gabór Talmacsi (H), Aprilia, 1:38,089
2. Alvaro Bautista (E), Aprilia, 1:38,171
3. Mike di Meglio (F), Aprilia, 1:38,374
4. Alex Baldolini (I), Aprilia, 1:39,247
5. Héctor Faubel (E), Honda, 1:39,452
6. Ratthapark Wilairot (THA), 1:39,726
7. Raffaele De Rosa (I), Honda, 1:40,315

125 ccm
1. Julian Simon (E), Aprilia, 1:41, 839
2. Sergio Gadea (E), Aprilia, 1:41,968
3. Bradley Smith (GB), 1:42,258
4. Scott Redding (GB), 1:42,290
5. Marc Marquez (E), KTM, 1:42,409
6. Cameron Beaubier (USA), KTM, 1:43,580
7. Esteve Rabat (E), Aprilia 1:44,593
8. Johan Zarco (F), Aprilia, 1:45,844