{"id":40562,"date":"2026-08-07T20:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gresiniracing.com\/marquez-subito-q2-iker-veloce-a-silverstone\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:31:13","slug":"marquez-subito-q2-iker-veloce-a-silverstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gresiniracing.com\/en\/marquez-subito-q2-iker-veloce-a-silverstone\/","title":{"rendered":"MARQUEZ STRAIGHT INTO Q2, IKER QUICK AT SILVERSTONE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>ALEX MARQUEZ<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith a strong lap, I finished the day in seventh. We have to admit that the Aprilias have raised the bar here, but we\u2019re not far behind. Perhaps the biggest disappointment is that I was hoping to be in better physical shape, but I struggled a little towards the end of practice. We definitely need to make a step forward in the first sector. This morning we were clearly the fastest in the fourth sector, but this afternoon the others closed the gap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>IKER LECUONA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt went better than I expected. We made just a few small changes to Fermin\u2019s bike, and I felt comfortable straight away. It\u2019s true that I hadn\u2019t ridden here for a long time, so I needed some time to get back into the rhythm of the track. On a circuit like this, a mistake in one corner can easily carry over into the next two, three or even four corners\u2026 The biggest challenge here is putting together a clean lap without any major mistakes, and today I made a few too many. We definitely have room to improve. We\u2019re not far from Q2, but tomorrow we\u2019ll need to put together a near-perfect lap and probably make the most of a good tow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>PRACTICE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>ALEX MARQUEZ 7\u00ba (1\u201957.030)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>IKER LECUONA <\/strong><strong>16\u00ba (1\u201957.774)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>FREE PRACTICE 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>ALEX MARQUEZ 1\u00ba (1\u201958.692)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>IKER LECUONA <\/strong><strong>16\u00ba (2\u201900.008)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALEX MARQUEZ \u201cWith a strong lap, I finished the day in seventh. We have to admit that the Aprilias have raised the bar here, but we\u2019re not far behind. 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