Britain’s Sam Lowes rolls into the 2019 Moto2 season on top of the world as he ended the last day of pre-season testing at the top of the timesheets.
Lowes held off a charge from fellow former MotoGP rider Tom Luthi to stake his claim with a 1’58.439 on the final day with the Swiss two-tenths in arrears. Remy Gardner was third but only 0.092s further back.
Fourth went the way of Augusto Fernandez (Flexbox HP40), his 1:58.775 leaving him just 0.002 two from Gardner, with Marcel Schrötter (Dynavolt Intact GP) just another 0.030 back in fifth.
EG 0,0 Marc VDS’ Xavi Vierge ends the three-day test in sixth, just ahead of Jorge Navarro (+Ego Speed Up) and Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) as the two Spaniards occupy seventh and eighth respectively. Ninth goes to Luca Marini (SKY Racing Team VR46), his 1:58.980 putting him 0.541 off Lowes, with Day 1’s fastest rider Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) completing the top ten.
Jake Dixon finished in 25th position overall and two seconds off the pace.
Qatar Moto2 test combined three-day times
| Name | Make | Lap | Diff | Gap | Session | |
| 1 | Sam LOWES | KALEX | 1:58.439 | Session 8 | ||
| 2 | Tom LUTHI | KALEX | 1:58.663 | 0.224 | 0.224 | Session 8 |
| 3 | Remy GARDNER | KALEX | 1:58.755 | 0.316 | 0.092 | Session 8 |
| 4 | Augusto FERNANDEZ | KALEX | 1:58.757 | 0.318 | 0.002 | Session 8 |
| 5 | Marcel SCHROTTER | KALEX | 1:58.787 | 0.348 | 0.03 | Session 9 |
| 6 | Xavi VIERGE | KALEX | 1:58.880 | 0.441 | 0.093 | Session 9 |
| 7 | Jorge NAVARRO | SPEED UP | 1:58.923 | 0.484 | 0.043 | Session 9 |
| 8 | Alex MARQUEZ | KALEX | 1:58.948 | 0.509 | 0.025 | Session 9 |
| 9 | Luca MARINI | KALEX | 1:58.980 | 0.541 | 0.032 | Session 8 |
| 10 | Brad BINDER | KTM | 1:58.999 | 0.56 | 0.019 | Session 8 |
| 11 | Jorge MARTIN | KTM | 1:59.039 | 0.6 | 0.04 | Session 5 |
| 12 | Iker LECUONA | KTM | 1:59.200 | 0.761 | 0.161 | Session 9 |
| 13 | Nicolo BULEGA | KALEX | 1:59.226 | 0.787 | 0.026 | Session 9 |
| 14 | Tetsuta NAGASHIMA | KALEX | 1:59.306 | 0.867 | 0.08 | Session 8 |
| 15 | Bo BENDSNEYDER | NTS | 1:59.308 | 0.869 | 0.002 | Session 9 |
| 16 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | KALEX | 1:59.325 | 0.886 | 0.017 | Session 9 |
| 17 | Andrea LOCATELLI | KALEX | 1:59.335 | 0.896 | 0.01 | Session 9 |
| 18 | Enea BASTIANINI | KALEX | 1:59.351 | 0.912 | 0.016 | Session 8 |
| 19 | Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO | SPEED UP | 1:59.407 | 0.968 | 0.056 | Session 6 |
| 20 | Somkiat CHANTRA | KALEX | 1:59.734 | 1.295 | 0.327 | Session 8 |
| 21 | Simone CORSI | KALEX | 1:59.829 | 1.39 | 0.095 | Session 8 |
| 22 | Khairul Idham PAWI | KALEX | 2:00.148 | 1.709 | 0.319 | Session 8 |
| 23 | Jesko RAFFIN | NTS | 2:00.334 | 1.895 | 0.186 | Session 9 |
| 24 | Joe ROBERTS | KTM | 2:00.414 | 1.975 | 0.08 | Session 9 |
| 25 | Jake DIXON | KTM | 2:00.495 | 2.056 | 0.081 | Session 6 |
| 26 | Dominique AEGERTER | MV AGUSTA | 2:00.546 | 2.107 | 0.051 | Session 5 |
| 27 | Lukas TULOVIC | KTM | 2:00.725 | 2.286 | 0.179 | Session 7 |
| 28 | Marco BEZZECCHI | KTM | 2:00.921 | 2.482 | 0.196 | Session 9 |
| 29 | Philipp OETTL | KTM | 2:01.337 | 2.898 | 0.416 | Session 9 |
| 30 | Stefano MANZI | MV AGUSTA | 2:01.564 | 3.125 | 0.227 | Session 7 |
| 31 | Xavier CARDELUS | KTM | 2:01.656 | 3.217 | 0.092 | Session 9 |
| 32 | Dimas Ekky PRATAMA | KALEX | 2:01.824 | 3.385 | 0.168 | Session 7 |
