CHALLENGING FRENCH QUALIFYING: SALAČ IS 23rd WHILE ZACCONE CRASHES OUT
Qualifying – #FrenchGP Another difficult day is over for team Gresini Racing Moto2, whose rider had a tough time trying to get up to speed already in the morning free practice. They had therefore to enter qualifying from the first session.
The best placed of the two, at the end of the day, is Filip Salač, who finished only 23rd. His personal best lap-time, which came in Q1, was not enough to make it into the final qualifying session (he was 0.3secs slower than the last rider who made it through).
A qualifying session surely to forget for Alessandro Zaccone, who was immediately able to clock a decent lap-time (1’37.778secs) but then crashed and had to make it back to the pits without any other chance left. The rider #61 will start from the penultima position on the grid.
Team Gresini Moto2’s race comeback will begin at 12:20 local time (GMT +2).
23rd – FILIP SALAČ #12 (1’36.599)
“It was a difficult day, even though I managed to improve anyway. I’m happy with my lap-time, but the grid position is clearly not the one I was expecting. We will put up a fight in the race!”
29th – ALESSANDRO ZACCONE #61 (1’37.778)
“I high sided at the start of the session: I’m really sorry about that because I was trying to get up to speed on my own and get some confidence back, but the crash ruined all the good work done… We will need to put together a comeback in the race, so let’s try to stay positive and make some final modifications to the set-up ahead of the race.”
