BRADL REALLY PLEASED WITH FIFTH AT COTA
Austin, 21 April: inaugural Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas got underway at 2pm local time in hot conditions with the premier class rookie HRC rider Marquez becoming the youngest ever race winner in MotoGP history ahead Pedrosa and Lorenzo. A lightning start for LCR Honda MotoGP’s Stefan Bradl from the second row, allowed the German to go second. Bradl put in a strong performance and was more than pleased with fifth having hoped for a top five result this weekend.
Stefan: “We can be happy today because we have done a good job. I took a very good start but I was not so aggressive as some other riders at the beginning because, on full fuel, I could feel some sliding in the front so I decided to remain calm and focused. At 13 laps to go Crutchlow passed me as he was quite fast in the middle of the race especially in the entry of the corners. We could not match his performance in the entry of the curves but we had a good speed in the exit. I think we have done our best and P5 is the result we were expecting here at COTA”