SAN MARINO GP: UNLUCKY CONCLUSION OF QUALIFYING
Stefan Bradl was on a hot Quali lap till he low sided this afternoon; the 25 year Aprilia rider will start from row six tomorrow at the Misano Circuit.
Thanks to good conditions with fine late summe weather around Italian’s holiday region close to Rimini, Bradl and his crew were able to work on further fine-tuning for the team’s Aprilia RS-GP prototype. During FP4 as a last opportunity in order to prepare for the most important qualifying session, Bradl and his crew achieved significant progress for he is able to set faster lap times now.
#6 Stefan BRADL (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini, Aprilia), Grid position 19th – 1´34.333 (3/6):
“During FP4 we found some good solutions that improved the bike’s performance and they helped me to be faster today, although it’s obviously that we are struggling a bit more here than on other tracks. I was really hard in qualifying, giving 100 percent or maybe even a bit more… so I lost the front and low sided without any serious consequences. It was a shame not to be able to complete this lap, because I could have improved my time quite a bit. Anyway, the most important thing is that we were able to improve the setup today. The bike is more stable in breaking as well the handling is better now, which also is help for me to hold my lines during the fast corners.”
Qualifying Classification:
1 Jorge LORENZO / SPA / Movistar Yamaha MotoGP / Yamaha / 1´32.146
2 Marc MARQUEZ / SPA / Repsol Honda Team / Honda / 1´32.252 +0.106
3 Valentino ROSSI / ITA / Movistar Yamaha MotoGP / Yamaha / 1´32.358 +0.212
19 Stefan BRADL / GER / Aprilia Racing Team Gresini / Aprilia / 1´34.333 +2.187 (Q1)