<\/b>EXCELLENT DAY FOR ALEIX ESPARGAR\u00d3 WHO RIDES HIS RS-GP TO THE THIRD ROW<\/b><\/p>\n
The Argentinian 2017 MotoGP weekend continues according to predictions. In fact, the foul weather forecast punctually conditioned the sessions today. Although it was not a violent storm, the riders were still able to use the wet tyres both in FP4 and in qualifying.<\/p>\n
A first for Aleix Espargar\u00f3, who had not yet ridden his RS-GP in the rain. The results were rather encouraging. The Spanish rider, who went straight through to Q2 thanks to his performance yesterday, had an outstanding qualifying session, taking a spot on the third row (eighth place, 1’49.323). This is a placement that ties the one achieved by the Aprilia Racing Team Gresini last year at Phillip Island.<\/p>\n
Sam Lowes continues to improve, shaving time off his best for this track in FP3 by more than half a second. In Q1, on the other hand, a sliding crash on the first turn kept the English rookie from launching a final assault for a good spot on the grid. Sam will therefore start from the eighth row with the 22nd best time.<\/p>\n
ALEIX ESPARGARO’<\/b><\/p>\n
“In just two weekends we have already improved on the best race result and tied the best qualifying result for the RS-GP and that makes me proud. I would actually have preferred dry sessions because we have a lot of things to test for the race. In any case, we were able to stay very close to the leaders compared with Qatar in conditions that I had never before encountered with Aprilia. Tomorrow will be a very particular race. My goal is to start well and manage during the first laps to then exploit our potential over race distance. Compared with Qatar, given our starting position, I definitely expect to have to do a bit less overtaking!”<\/i><\/p>\n
SAM LOWES<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cWe can be positive today. In FP3 I did a good run at the beginning before it started to rain and we verified that we can be competitive with the riders ahead of us in the race. After a few good laps in qualifying I was trying to push toward the end, but I went wide on the first corner and then lost the front. We still have some room to improve and we’ll try to do that in warmup, which I hope will be dry, as well as the race.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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