Portimao Moto3 Test results - Day 2, Saturday (FINAL)

Lap times from the second day of the Official 2023 Portimao Moto3 test.

18 Mar 2023

Diogo Moreira, Moto3, Portimao Moto3 test 17 March

Diogo Moreira ends the second day of Official 2023 Moto3 pre-season testing at Portimao on top of the timesheets, beating his own best time from Session 2 in the final Saturday outing.

Track action takes place from 9:30am to 5:30pm, from Friday-Sunday, with the Moto2 and Moto3 classes each having three track sessions per day.

The season-opening race weekend will be held at the same circuit on March 24-26.

2023 Portimao Moto3 test times, Saturday - Session 3
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Bike	Time
1	Diogo Moreira	BRA	MT Helmets - MSI	(KTM)	1m 48.353s
2	Daniel Holgado	SPA	Red Bull KTM Tech3	(KTM)	1m 48.694s
3	Scott Ogden	GBR	VisionTrack Racing Team	(Honda)	1m 49.031s
4	Romano Fenati	ITA	Rivacold Snipers Team	(Honda)	1m 49.169s
5	Riccardo Rossi	ITA	SIC58 Squadra Corse	(Honda)	1m 49.174s
6	David Alonso	COL	GASGAS Aspar Team	(GASGAS)	1m 49.232s
7	Jaume Masia	SPA	Leopard Racing	(Honda)	1m 49.277s
8	Kaito Toba	JPN	SIC58 Squadra Corse	(Honda)	1m 49.300s
9	Stefano Nepa	ITA	Angeluss MTA Team	(KTM)	1m 49.329s
10	Ivan Ortolá	SPA	Angeluss MTA Team	(KTM)	1m 49.350s
11	Tatsuki Suzuki	JPN	Leopard Racing	(Honda)	1m 49.412s
12	Ayumu Sasaki	JPN	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	(Husqvarna)	1m 49.445s
13	José Antonio Rueda	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	(KTM)	1m 49.509s
14	Syarifuddin Azman	MAL	MT Helmets - MSI	(KTM)	1m 49.676s
15	Joel Kelso	AUS	CFMoto Racing PruestelGP	(CFMOTO)	1m 49.735s
16	Matteo Bertelle	ITA	Rivacold Snipers Team	(Honda)	1m 49.735s
17	David Salvador	SPA	CIP Green Power	(KTM)	1m 49.774s
18	Filippo Farioli	ITA	Red Bull KTM Tech3	(KTM)	1m 49.796s
19	David Muñoz	SPA	BOE Motorsports	(KTM)	1m 49.797s
20	Xavier Artigas	SPA	CFMoto Racing PruestelGP	(CFMOTO)	1m 49.865s
21	Ryusei Yamanaka	JPN	GASGAS Aspar Team	(GASGAS)	1m 49.897s
22	Collin Veijer	NED	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	(Husqvarna)	1m 49.945s
23	Deniz Öncü	TUR	Red Bull KTM Ajo	(KTM)	1m 49.985s
24	Lorenzo Fellon	FRA	CIP Green Power	(KTM)	1m 50.155s
25	Taiyo Furusato	JPN	Honda Team Asia	(Honda)	1m 50.379s
26	Mario Aji	INA	Honda Team Asia	(Honda)	1m 50.508s
27	Joshua Whatley	GBR	VisionTrack Racing Team	(Honda)	1m 50.623s
28	Ana Carrasco	SPA	BOE Motorsports	(KTM)	1m 51.109s

Jaume Masia was fastest on day one ahead of Romano Fenati and Tatsuki Suzuki.

A wet start in Portimao meant only four riders elected to set a time during the opening Saturday Moto3 session, before Diogo Moreira set the fastest time of the weekend so far in Session 2...

2023 Portimao Moto3 test times, Saturday - Session 2
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Bike	Time
1	Diogo Moreira	BRA	MT Helmets - MSI	(KTM)	1m 48.369s
2	David Muñoz	SPA	BOE Motorsports	(KTM)	1m 48.564s
3	Daniel Holgado	SPA	Red Bull KTM Tech3	(KTM)	1m 48.781s
4	Ayumu Sasaki	JPN	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	(Husqvarna)	1m 48.795s
5	Scott Ogden	GBR	VisionTrack Racing Team	(Honda)	1m 48.854s
6	Xavier Artigas	SPA	CFMoto Racing PruestelGP	(CFMOTO)	1m 48.881s
7	Joel Kelso	AUS	CFMoto Racing PruestelGP	(CFMOTO)	1m 49.155s
8	Riccardo Rossi	ITA	SIC58 Squadra Corse	(Honda)	1m 49.244s
9	Tatsuki Suzuki	JPN	Leopard Racing	(Honda)	1m 49.386s
10	José Antonio Rueda	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	(KTM)	1m 49.441s
11	David Alonso	COL	GASGAS Aspar Team	(GASGAS)	1m 49.478s
12	Jaume Masia	SPA	Leopard Racing	(Honda)	1m 49.552s
13	Romano Fenati	ITA	Rivacold Snipers Team	(Honda)	1m 49.635s
14	Ryusei Yamanaka	JPN	GASGAS Aspar Team	(GASGAS)	1m 49.702s
15	Filippo Farioli	ITA	Red Bull KTM Tech3	(KTM)	1m 49.717s
16	Syarifuddin Azman	MAL	MT Helmets - MSI	(KTM)	1m 49.830s
17	Ivan Ortolá	SPA	Angeluss MTA Team	(KTM)	1m 49.952s
18	Deniz Öncü	TUR	Red Bull KTM Ajo	(KTM)	1m 50.003s
19	Mario Aji	INA	Honda Team Asia	(Honda)	1m 50.062s
20	Joshua Whatley	GBR	VisionTrack Racing Team	(Honda)	1m 50.090s
21	Matteo Bertelle	ITA	Rivacold Snipers Team	(Honda)	1m 50.105s
22	Collin Veijer	NED	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	(Husqvarna)	1m 50.193s
23	Kaito Toba	JPN	SIC58 Squadra Corse	(Honda)	1m 50.418s
24	Stefano Nepa	ITA	Angeluss MTA Team	(KTM)	1m 50.443s
25	Lorenzo Fellon	FRA	CIP Green Power	(KTM)	1m 50.481s
26	David Salvador	SPA	CIP Green Power	(KTM)	1m 50.508s
27	Taiyo Furusato	JPN	Honda Team Asia	(Honda)	1m 50.564s
28	Ana Carrasco	SPA	BOE Motorsports	(KTM)	1m 51.010s

Fastest Day 1 lap time:
Jaume Masia SPA Honda 1m 48.416s (Session 3)

Portimao Moto3 lap records:
Best lap:
Sergio Garcia SPA GASGAS 1m 47.274s (2020)
Fastest race lap:
Gabriel Rodrigo ARG Honda 1m 47.610s (2021)

Portimao Moto3 Test results - Day 2, Saturday (FINAL)

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