News 14 Mar 2013

Simpson continues Red Bull MotoGP Rookies testing

The second and final Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup preseason test at Jerez concluded on Wednesday.

Olly Simpson continued Red Bull MotoGP Rookies testing this week. Image: Gold and Goose/Red Bull.

Olly Simpson continued Red Bull MotoGP Rookies testing this week. Image: Gold and Goose/Red Bull.

The second and final Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup preseason test at Jerez concluded on Wednesday.

Australian Olly Simpson, a rookie to the development category in 2013, was 21st fastest with a 1:54.652, which was 3.648 off the pace of pace-setter Karel Hanika.

Hanika topping the timing sheets just as he had done at the first test two weeks earlier.

The two-day test started with miserable cold and rain on Tuesday with 17-year-old Austrian Lukas Trautmann fastest ahead of Hanika and Enea Bastianini.

A clear blue sky cheered everyone on Wednesday morning and though the track and air temperatures were still low the sun was out. Hanika was quickly on the pace and fastest in both of the first two sessions.

Spaniards Jorge Martin and Marcos Ramirez were the quickest men in the second half of the day, concluding the fifth and final session with the fastest times but without being able to match Hanika’s time from earlier in the day.

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