{"id":40152,"date":"2026-05-15T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gresiniracing.com\/terza-posizione-per-lopez-nel-venerdi-di-barcellona\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T16:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:12:23","slug":"terza-posizione-per-lopez-nel-venerdi-di-barcellona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gresiniracing.com\/en\/terza-posizione-per-lopez-nel-venerdi-di-barcellona\/","title":{"rendered":"THIRD PLACE FOR LOPEZ ON FRIDAY IN BARCELONA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>ALONSO LOPEZ #21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI&#8217;m very happy with this first day. The track was quite difficult today, but we still managed to make the most of it. We still need to work on race pace, but we\u2019re taking a step forward every Sunday. This shows that we\u2019re working well and heading in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>SERGIO GARCIA #3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt was a difficult day. It was complicated to fully understand the track: we had to adapt the bike, but we weren\u2019t able to make it into Q2. 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