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Barcelona hosts private Moto2, Moto3 test | MOTOGP | SPORT

Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will see some intermediate and lightweight class teams test on Tuesday this week

The French GP may have ended but the work doesn’t stop for some Moto2 and Moto3 teams ahead of the Gran Premio d’Italia Oakley, with a host of riders putting in the laps at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Le Mans race winner Alex Marquez and teammate Xavi Vierge are there with their EG 0,0 Marc VDS team, with Jorge Navarro and Speed Up racing joining them on circuit. Fabio Di Giannantonio joins his Speed Up teammate as the rookie continues to get accustomed to the intermediate class, with SKY Racing Team VR46, Dynavolt Intact GP, FlexBox HP 40, Italtrans Racing Team, Petronas Sprinta Racing, MV Agusta Idealavoro Forward, Red Bull KTM Ajo and Red Bull KTM Tech 3 present. In addition, Sam Lowes (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) is in Barcelona alongside ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team’s Remy Gardner and Tetsuta Nagashima and Dimas Ekky Pratama (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia).

There’s a good chunk of Moto3 teams in Barcelona this week too. French GP victor John McPhee is testing alongside Petronas Sprinta Racing teammate Ayumu Sasaki, with Kömmerling Gresini Moto3, Leopard Racing, SKY Racing Team VR46, VNE Snipers, Estrella Galicia 0,0, RBA BOE Skull rider Mugen Race and Red Bull KTM Ajo with Can Öncü.

Some teams will be there for more than one day this week, as preparations for a crucial period of the Championship start to ramp up.

Pramac Racing’s Jack Miller is also out on track, the Australian spinning some laps on a Ducati Panigale V4 R in Barcelona.

Miller, French MotoGP 2019