BRADL 8th FASTEST AT SCORCHING HEAT IN JEREZ ON DAY ONE
Jerez, 2 May: opening day of Grand Prix of Spain got underway today at Jerez circuit with tropical temperatures forcing the riders to make an extra effort to deal with the first two 45-min sessions. LCR Honda racer Stefan Bradl was not particularly enthusiastic with his first outing on the Iberian track finishing the day 8th with a 1’40.644 best lap time but the German admits to be still confident for tomorrow’s last timed free session.
Stefan: “We tried to adapt to the circumstances considering the hot temperatures and the tyres situation. It seems not as bad as last year (when we had a very tough weekend) because we are in a better shape but I am still struggling on this circuit. At the end of the afternoon session we could not improve our lap time due to the hot temperature and we changed the geometry of the bike and some parts trying to get a better corner entry. We found some small improvements and we saved the tyres for tomorrow morning in order to be qualified for Q2. This is the most important thing at the moment”.
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