Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Pedro Acosta made it two in a row as he continued his run at the top of the Moto2 Portimao test times on Sunday.
Building on his Saturday success, a 1’41.907 from the first of the final day’s three sessions was enough to lock out the combined standings for the Spaniard, SpeedUp’s Fermin Aldeguer the only other rider to slip under the 1’42 barrier as testing drew to a close.
Pons rider Aron Canet continued his front-running form from Portugal as he closed out the top three less than two tenths adrift of his countryman, the leading trio sitting out of the closing session with their preparations clearly in the bag.
Idemitsu Honda’s Somkiat Chantra set the fourth fastest charge on Sunday morning while Britain’s Sam Lowes pushed his Elf Marc VDS to fifth in the lunchtime run. Teammate Tony Arbolino was just 0.009s shy of the number 22’s 1’42.281 best as the day played out, with the duo having taken charge of the subdued final outing.
Bo Bendsneyder and Barry Baltus sat seventh and eighth on their respective Pertamina SAG and Fieten Olie Kalex while former GasGas Aspar teammates Jake Dixon and Albert Arenas - the latter now at Red Bull KTM - rounding out the top ten.
Portimao Moto2 test Sunday combined times
1 37 Pedro Acosta SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KALEX 1’41.907
2 54 Fermin Aldeguer SPA CAG SpeedUp BOSCOSCURO 1’41.979 0.072
3 40 Aron Canet SPA Pons Wegow Los40 KALEX 1’42.091 0.184
4 35 Somkiat Chantra THA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia KALEX 1’42.275 0.368
5 22 Sam Lowes GBR Elf Marc VDS Racing Team KALEX 1’42.281 0.374
6 14 Tony Arbolino ITA Elf Marc VDS Racing Team KALEX 1’42.290 0.383
7 64 Bo Bendsneyder NED Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team KALEX 1’42.334 0.427
8 7 Barry Baltus BEL Fieten Olie Racing GP KALEX 1’42.449 0.542
9 96 Jake Dixon GBRGASGAS Aspar Team KALEX 1’42.487 0.580
10 75 Albert Arenas SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KALEX 1’42.576 0.669
11 12 Filip Salac CZEQJMOTOR Gresini Moto2 KALEX 1’42.636 0.729
12 18 Manuel Gonzales SPA Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team KALEX 1’42.780 0.873
13 13 Celestino Vietti ITA Fantic Racing KALEX 1’42.871 0.964
14 24 Marcus Ramirez SPA Forward Team FORWARD 1’42.882 0.975
15 21 Alonso Lopez SPA CAG SpeedUp BOSCOSCURO 1’42.893 0.986
16 52 Jeremy Alcoba SPA QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2 KALEX 1’42.933 1.026
17 11 Sergio Garcia SPA Pons Wegow Los40 KALEX 1’42.977 1.070
18 84 Zonta VD Goorberg NED Fieten Olie Racing GP KALEX 1’43.121 1.214
19 16 Joe Roberts USA Italtrans Racing Team KALEX 1’43.158 1.251
20 3 Lukas Tulovic GER Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP KALEX 1’43.186 1.279
21 71 Dennis Foggia ITA Italtrans Racing Team KALEX 1’43.300 1.393
22 15 Darryn Binder RSA Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP KALEX 1’43.427 1.520
23 19 Lorenzo Dalla Porta ITA Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team KALEX 1’43.631 1.724
24 4 Sean Dylan Kelly USA American Racing KALEX 1’43.795 1.888
25 72 Borja Gomez SPA Fantic Racing KALEX 1’43.859 1.952
26 33 Rory Skinner GBR American Racing KALEX 1’43.9072.000
27 5 Kohta Nozane JPN Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team KALEX 1’44.362 2.455
28 28 Izan Guevara SPA GASGAS Aspar Team KALEX 1’44.584 2.677
29 98 David Sanchis SPA Forward Team FORWARD 1’44.862 2.955