NEW TEST BEGINS FOR TEAM DEL CONCA GRESINI AT JEREZ
Team Del Conca Gresini Moto3 returned to action today at Jerez de la Frontera for the second, three-day private test of 2018, which comes few days after the one – heavily affected by rain – performed at Valencia.
Adverse weather conditions were once again a factor today, although Jorge Martin and Fabio Di Giannantonio were able to make the most of the first and third sessions of the day and managed to complete around 40 laps each.
Martin continued to work with his crew on the engine brake as he topped the timesheets courtesy of a 1’46.857 lap-time, while Diggia was busy trying to find a good feeling with the front-end of his Honda NSF250RW machine.
Moto3 action will resume tomorrow morning with the second of three days of testing, which on paper should be blessed by favourable weather.
JORGE MARTIN #88
“We didn’t lap as much as I would have liked but I’m happy with how today went anyway. We are still working on the engine brake – just like in Valencia – which is the area of the bike that still doesn’t fully convince me under braking. Unfortunately there was quite a wind which didn’t allow us to be consistent lap-times wise, but I’m sure things will be better tomorrow as good weather is expected.”
FABIO DI GIANNANTONIO #21
“We did well today. We did a lot of work on the bike set-up and especially at the rear-end because it was sliding quite a lot. We are getting better and the most positive aspect Is that we set a decent lap-time even though we weren’t really looking for one – and even without using a softer tyre. We have a lot of Ideas for tomorrow and I hope we will be able to put them into practice.”
