{"id":40030,"date":"2026-04-24T17:59:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gresiniracing.com\/?p=40030"},"modified":"2026-04-24T17:59:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:59:56","slug":"alex-close-to-record-fermin-into-q2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gresiniracing.com\/en\/alex-close-to-record-fermin-into-q2\/","title":{"rendered":"ALEX CLOSE TO RECORD, FERMIN INTO Q2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>ALEX MARQUEZ #73<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cSince this morning I\u2019ve felt good. We started the day with the 2025 setup and things were immediately easy. We tried many things, we were quick in testing, and these are positive signs. We needed a day like this after the first three GPs that weren\u2019t so good. 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