FERRARI TWO TENTHS FROM FRONT ROW AS SAVADORI CHASES THE LEADERS
It has been a positive first day of free practice for Team Trentino Gresini MotoE who is tackling the second round of the first all-electric motorcycling World Cup at Red Bull Ring. Matteo Ferrari and Lorenzo Savadori have worked well during the two sessions available on a track they had not race upon before, while trying to find the braking marks and finding the limit upon the Energica bikes #11 and #32.
Matteo Ferrari was the fastest one of the two as he set the sixth-fastest time, which was two tenths slower than provisional pole, so he is likely be among the protagonists in tomorrow’s E-Pole. Lorenzo Savadori had more of a challenging day as he struggled in finding the right set-up for the bike. The experienced Italian rider will try to make the most of the extra FP3 session (which is currently scheduled only for the Austrian event), which will get underway at 8:30 local time.
6th– MATTEO FERRARI #11
“I’m happy because during FP1 the gap with the top riders was lower than in the first race in Germany. I was able to improve during the second session and not many did, but I don’t think Tuuli’s time counts because he had a new bike and fresh battery. We’re two tenths away from econd place, we tried two different gearings and with FP3 we’ll try some more. The feeling with the bike is good, even though the circuit is nothing but easy: definitely more difficult than Sachsenring.”
13th– LORENZO SAVADORI #32
“Honestly it didn’t go too well. I never raced here before, but this morning we were quicker than this afternoon. Maybe we went a bit too far with some set-up changed that didn’t work in our favour in the afternoon, but we’ll have FP3 tomorrow to look back at something and try to do a good qualifying.”
