FIRST POINTS SCORING FINISH ABOARD THE APRILIA RS-GP
Stefan Bradl rounded up his second weekend in Aprilia Racing Team Gresini with a nice 14th position and two championship points.
The 25 year German rider rode an impeccable race after a good start which was undermined by usual first corner battles. Bradl was pleased with his result after the chequered flag. Riding an outstanding race at the demanding Brno circuit, Bradl had to give up one position to his team mate Alvaro Bautista during the final stages due to pain from his still injured right wrist.
#6 Stefan BRADL (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini, Aprilia) – 14th, World Championship position 19 (11 points):
“I think we can be very happy with our result today. I had set the goal of being faster during the race than I was in Indianapolis and I was successful in this respect, plus it was fun to battle with Alvaro. I was able to stay in front of him quite a few laps and then towards the end he managed to pass me with a clean move so he earned the spot ahead of me. My team and crew is working well and I hope we’ll be able to continue like this to improve our race performance further. During qualifying practice I’m already able to get the most out of the bike for a few flying laps, but our priority is still to improve race performance. We took a step forward today even if the bike’s handling became more difficult to ride it in the second half of the race. During the last laps I also felt pain in my injured wrist, but despite everything we managed to bring home a really nice result.”
Race Result Grand Prix Ceske republiky:
1 Jorge LORENZO / SPA / Movistar Yamaha MotoGP / Yamaha / 42´53.042
2 Marc MARQUEZ / SPA / Repsol Honda Team / Honda / +4.462
3 Valentino ROSSI / ITA / Movistar Yamaha MotoGP / Yamaha / +10.397
14 Stefan BRADL / GER / Aprilia Racing Team Gresini / Aprilia / +54.624
MotoGP™ World Standing 2015:
1 Jorge LORENZO / SPA / Movistar Yamaha MotoGP / Yamaha / 211
2 Valentino ROSSI / ITA / Movistar Yamaha MotoGP / Yamaha / 211
3 Marc MARQUEZ / SPA / Repsol Honda Team / Honda / 159
19 Stefan BRADL / GER / Aprilia Racing Team Gresini / Aprilia / 11