BRADL IMPROVES DURING BRNO QUALIFYING
Stefan Bradl qualified for 16th position in his second effort for Aprilia Racing Team Gresini at the Brno Circuit today.
Bradl and his crew we working mainly on a proper setup for tomorrow’s race but the 25 year young Bavarian rider proved also in qualifying pace his strengthens. Aboard the team‘s Aprilia RS-GP Bradl lap time was less than one second off the pace for a four row start.
#6 Stefan BRADL (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini, Aprilia), Grid position 16th – 1´57.133 (2/7):
“I’m pleased with today’s outcome after qualifying practice. During my first outing I got a good lap time immediately. However, I’d like to get below the 1´57 barrier actually but in any case we got close to it. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to improve further in my second flying lap because I started feeling some vibrations with the second soft tyre. Anyway, I’d like to thank the team for their hard work done this weekend thus far. The bike seems easier to ride in my qualifying runs now but we still need to improve our race pace which remains our top priority. Hopefully I’ll be able to battle for a better position tomorrow than the one I finished in Indianapolis last Sunday.”
Qualifying classification:
1 Jorge LORENZO / SPA / Movistar Yamaha MotoGP / Yamaha / 1´54.989
2 Marc MARQUEZ / SPA / Repsol Honda Team / Honda / 1´55.063 +0.182
3 Valentino ROSSI / ITA / Movistar Yamaha MotoGP / Yamaha / 1´55.353 +0.364
16 Stefan BRADL / GER / Aprilia Racing Team Gresini / Aprilia / 1´57.133 +2.144 (Q1)