{"id":489516,"date":"2026-02-19T06:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/489516\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T06:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:12:07","slug":"2026-official-jerez-moto2-test-day-2-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/489516\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Official Jerez Moto2 Test &#8211; Day 2 (FINAL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Escrig caused a surprise by leading the final day of official Moto2 pre-season testing for the Forward team.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard smashed the official lap record with a 1m 38.815s, putting him 0.214s clear of Boscocuro&#8217;s Celestino Vietti.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alonso Lopez was the leading Kalex rider in third, with reigning title runner-up and day one leader Manuel Gonzalez slipping to eleventh (but fifth on combined times).<\/p>\n<p>Aspar&#8217;s Dani Holgado was the only other rider not to improve on the final day.<\/p>\n<p>The opening round of the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/moto2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Moto2<\/a> season takes place at Buriram, Thailand, next weekend.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>2026 Official Jerez Moto2\u00a0Test &#8211; 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