[kropotkin thinks...] - 2014 Jerez Moto2 Test Day 3 Times: Nakagami Completes Jerez M

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Takaaki Nakagami leaves the Jerez Moto2 test as fastest, having dominated all three days of testing. The Idemitsu Team Asia rider was quickest on the final day of the test, just as he had been on Tuesday and Wednesday, holding a comfortable lead over Sandro Cortese on the Intact GP bike. Behind the leading Kalexes came a trio of Suters bearing Thomas Luti, Xavier Simeon and Johann Zarco. Luthi took 3rd on th day, despite still suffering the after-effects of a big highside he had on Wednesday, just edging out Simeon and Zarco, with Luis Salom and Lorenzo Baldassari also very close behind.

With the exception of Nakagami, who held a lead of two tenths over Cortese, the rest of the field was bunched up pretty close. 2nd through 11th were covered by less than half a second, while Ant West down in 19th was the first rider to be a second off the pace of Nakagami. The times were not quite as quick as at the first Jerez test in February, Mika Kallio having posted a lap of 1'42.169 on that occasion. The Marc VDS Racing team and Mapfre Aspar were both absent from the test, having tested tires for Dunlop at Phillip Island last week.

Sam Lowes rode once again on Thursday, though the swollen tendons in his wrist confined him to just 9 laps in the morning. He was the only rider in the top 20 not to have improved his time from Tuesday, and ended the test in 14th.

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