{"id":40848,"date":"2026-10-10T09:28:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T07:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gresiniracing.com\/?p=40848"},"modified":"2026-10-10T09:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T07:29:07","slug":"mandalika-tough-qualifying-for-the-italjet-gresini-moto2-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gresiniracing.com\/en\/mandalika-tough-qualifying-for-the-italjet-gresini-moto2-team\/","title":{"rendered":"MANDALIKA: TOUGH QUALIFYING FOR THE ITALJET GRESINI MOTO2 TEAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>ALONSO LOPEZ #21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m feeling calm because we had a small technical issue this morning that prevented us from doing the work we had planned, so we didn\u2019t have enough information going into qualifying. We were therefore starting more or less blind, but we still managed to improve and get faster. We know what we\u2019re missing and we\u2019ll work on it for tomorrow. It\u2019s going to be a good race, definitely one where we\u2019ll have to fight our way forward. We\u2019ll give it everything we\u2019ve got and see where it takes us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>*6 grid positions penalty<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>SERGIO GARCIA #3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnother day is done. I didn\u2019t improve as much as I would have liked, but I\u2019m trying to understand where I\u2019m struggling the most so that I can make a step forward. I still have quite a bit of work to do on my riding. 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