teams for the 2019 season would eclipse the power output of the previous four-cylinder 600cc Honda engines. The surprise, perhaps, is that the first time the Triumph-powered bikes were on track for official tests at Jerez this last week, Moto2 lap records would immediately fall.
Developed over several years, the Honda-powered engine/chassis combinations fielded for Moto2 produced a circuit record at Jerez in the mid-1:42 second range with an outright fastest lap of roughly 1:41.9 seconds. You can see lap records for Jerez for all three classes here.
On the dry second day of the Moto2 test that was just completed, four riders dipped into the 1:41s with both Luca Marini (Sky Racing Team VR46) and Sam Lowes (Federal Oil Gresini) besting the fastest Moto2 lap time ever achieved by a Honda-powered machine. As the Triumph-powered Moto2 bikes develop further this year, don’t be surprised if they set lap records at some circuits that are less than three seconds off the best MotoGP pace.
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