The last Official Moto2 test before the season has already surpassed the halfway point, with only a day of track action left before the seas𓆉on opener in a week's time.

Marc VDS riders Sam Lowes and Augusto Fernand🦂ez have both looked strong so far even with windy conditions playing a role on day-two at Losail. 

Lowes ended the session in ninth, but was as high as fourth for🌜 quite som꧃e time, before a crash in the closing stages after having fitted new tyres. 

Speaking after the second day, Lowes said: "Today was another good day a🐽nd I’m really happy with the step we made compared to yesterday.

"The team did a great job giving me the same feeling th🌳at I had on the bike at the end of last year when I 𒁃was really strong.

"I was very fast on used tyres and the fiཧnal result could have been better, but unfor🙈tunately I crashed when I went out on a new set of tyres.

"That prevented m😼e from showing my true potential,꧅ but I’m excited for tomorrow with the pace I’ve already shown."

For Fernandez, the Spaniard narrowly missed o♐ut on the top ten in the combined standings with 12th place. 

However, like Lowes his race pace looked very strong. Fern▨andez consistently lapped in the top ten for much of the final session an🔯d ultimately went 0.5s quicker than on the opening day. 

▨Fernandez added: "Today was positive for me again. It was quite windy at ♛times, which made it difficult to push and draw any accurate conclusions.

"In that sit🙈uation it is easy to get confused with the setting but in the final session we concentrated more on the front again.

"I’m st🎐ill missing the ideal feeling I’d like, but I feel we’ve made some good progress in that area."