The riders of Team Gresini Racing Moto2 started the day with a display of great consistency in Practice2, as both earned a direct seed to Q2 at the Chang International Circuit. Albert Arenas<\/b> then managed to string together a series of quick lap-times as he wrapped up qualifying in seventh place with a best time of 1\u201934.918secs \u2013 only 19 hundredths of a second shy of pole position.<\/p>\n
His teammate Manuel Gonzalez<\/b> rounded out the top ten. The Spanish rider could not complete the perfect lap, but still managed to save the day courtesy of a 1\u201935.033secs set at the start of the session, which translated in a tenth place. The frontrunners are all very tight together, though: a good start will therefore be key to be able to battle for a good result, in a 22-lap race that will be very demanding in light of the high temperatures expected for tomorrow.<\/p>\n
7<\/b>th<\/sup><\/b> – ALBERT ARENAS #75 (1’34.918)<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cIt was another day with our heads down and hard work. We continued with the same strategy in Practice2, as we mainly lapped with used tyres. We made a good step forward in qualifying: I managed to set more than one strong lap and I feel we still have margin for improvement in the third sector. We\u2019ll try to get a good start tomorrow and be consistent in the race: it\u2019ll be a long and hot encounter, but we\u2019ll do our best to make the most of these difficult conditions, in which we\u2019re normally strong.\u201d<\/p>\n 10<\/b>th<\/sup><\/b> – MANUEL GONZALEZ #18 (1’35.033)<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not happy with today\u2019s result. Feeling-wise we made a step forward with the bike, but we couldn\u2019t put together a good lap which we know we could have had, and that we wanted to. I believe we can still have a good race tomorrow and battle for a good result: we\u2019re all very close, so a good start and a strong opening lap will be key in order to have an easier pace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The riders of Team Gresini Racing Moto2 started the day with a display of great consistency in Practice2, as both earned a direct seed to Q2 at the Chang International…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":37117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-moto2-en","category-race-report-moto2-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n