ANOTHER PROVISIONAL SEED TO Q2 AFTER DAY ONE IN MISANO
Free Practice – #SanMarinoGP The sun shone over team Gresini Racing Moto2’s home track today and Filip Salač was able once again to finish the opening day in the top 14. The rider #12 had a bit of a harder time getting up to speed in his first Misano experience with the Moto2, but two free practice session were enough for him to show a consistent pace aboard his Kalex machine – even with used tires – as well as logging a good lap-time with a fresh set of Dunlops. Tomorrow morning, he will need another positive session in order to secure a direct seed to Q2.
Alessandro Zaccone had a more challenging day with a 28th position in the combined times of today’s two FP sessions – after failing to improve his quickest lap set in the morning. He will have another chance in FP3 to try and make it into Qualifying 2 from the main door – but right now he is slightly more than a second away from 14th place.
12th – FILIP SALAČ #12 (1’36.973)
“It was a positive day and I’m happy: we managed to log a good lap-time and we did a good job with used tires as well. Now we’ll analyze the data and see what we can do tomorrow.”
28th – ALESSANDRO ZACCONE #61 (1’38.392)
“Today was a challenging day, and the second session was a disaster. We tried to make some adjustments to the set-up, but I cannot find the feeling with the bike. We will try to go in a different direction tomorrow, hoping to improve it. With how things are at the moment, I hope it rains!”
