BRADL SQUEEZES INTO THE 2ND ROW BEFORE THE RAIN COMES
Le Mans, 18 May: premier class teams expected rainfall for qualifying at Le Mans circuit, but the weather has been kind to the riders and the Q2 remained dry. Stefan Bradl was more in a confident mood following yesterday’s positive opening day at the legendary venue and he recorded the fifth quickest lap time on soft tyres (1’33.634) sharing tomorrow’s second row with Crutchlow (4th) and Pedrosa (6th).
Stefan: “Finally we have done a good job in the qualifying as the gap from the third to the sixth in the classification is very narrow. It’s nice to be back after the difficult weekend in Jerez and I knew I was enough fast to get the P5 which is our usual placement. I want to thank the Team for their efforts because they have done a good job to adjust the front-end working on suspensions, electronics and mapping. Now I can ride the bike with more confidence and no matter what the weather will be tomorrow because I am confident we can race in the front”.