MARQUEZ SHOW IN TEXAN SPRINT
ALEX MARQUEZ #73
“I’m very happy with this sprint race even though I’ll admit that I was expecting a bit more from the second group of riders behind Marc. We had a good pace with 6-7 seconds of margin over the second group. I managed to keep Pecco at bay over the race distance and it was a fun race: I learned a lot behind Marc, who is really strong at this track. At the start I was both good and lucky, and obviously tomorrow we’ll try for a repeat performance even though the track conditions have changed a lot in these two days and it’s not easy to adapt.”
FERMIN ALDEGUER #54
“I try to do my best in qualifying by making the most of Marc’s slipstream, but I made a small mistake and ended up last in Q2, which is still my best qualifying position to date. The sprint race was on the other hand an excellent one: we started well and we had the pace to battle for points, but unfortunately a coming together with Marini made cost me the front fairing as well as the left wing, and it was a whole lot different race from then on. Having said that, I’m happy: we need to have the same start tomorrow and make no mistakes.”
Sprint – AmericasGP
2nd – ALEX MARQUEZ #73
11th – FERMIN ALDEGUER #54
Qualifying – ArgentinaGP
3rd – ALEX MARQUEZ #73 (2’01.448s)
12th – FERMIN ALDEGUER #54 (2’02.419s)
World Championship Standing
2nd – ALEX MARQUEZ #73 (67 points)
18th – FERMIN ALDEGUER #54 (3 points)
