{"id":40792,"date":"2026-10-03T08:29:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T06:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gresiniracing.com\/?p=40792"},"modified":"2026-10-03T08:31:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T06:31:53","slug":"lopez-fourteenth-in-japanese-qualifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gresiniracing.com\/en\/lopez-fourteenth-in-japanese-qualifying\/","title":{"rendered":"LOPEZ FOURTEENTH IN JAPANESE QUALIFYING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>ALONSO LOPEZ #21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTo be honest, I wasn\u2019t expecting such a difficult qualifying session. This morning, the feeling wasn\u2019t bad and I thought I could be competitive. Now we have to do everything we can to solve the problems, both with my riding and with some adjustments to the bike, so that we can make a strong comeback tomorrow and bring home a good result.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>SERGIO GARCIA #3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA positive day: I worked a lot on my own to improve my riding and lines, and it paid off. The result isn\u2019t what we were hoping for, but we did a good job and we\u2019re confident it will pay off tomorrow in the race. 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