BRADL HAPPY WITH HIS BIKE PACKAGE AT LE MANS GP ON DAY ONE
Le Mans, 17 May: in dry but cool conditions, MotoGP riders headed out for the first day of practices of the Grand Prix de France with Stefan Bradl lapping in 1’34.299 at the iconic “24 Heures circuit du Mans”. His fastest time, just 0.2s off today’s pace setter Pedrosa, secured him a positive fifth position. The German riding the LCR Honda RC213V has had a disappointing start to his second MotoGP season (with two crashes at the first three races) but a working-well adjustment of his braking system, allowed him to get back to his standard pace.
Stefan: “This morning we have tried an updated braking system compared to the past because we think that the front tyre issue we had in Jerez is due to the braking system. Actually we made a big comparison this morning and, even in the afternoon, we lapped with this new system which gave me a good feeling immediately. We could improve our lap time and I had my standard bike back: this is the bike I like to ride and I am very happy about that. Now we have to work on the tyre life for the race because we are abusing the tyre a bit too much but so far it has been a good opening day for me and the Team”.