GP Americas: AGAIN STRONG QUALIFYING PERFORMANCE
Stefan Bradl and his still all-new Aprilia RS-GP are getting more competitive step by step; 16th spot on the grid for tomorrow’s third race of the season at the very technical Circuit of The Americas proves that fact very well.
Bradl and his experienced crew in Aprilia Racing Team Gresini are working tireless to develop the team’s still young project quickly. After his first top result last Sunday in Argentina, things went encouraging too during both days of practice at the Texan circuit. Not just in terms of lap times which Bradl could improve steadily but foremost the German rider and his technicians keep making progress at all. The biggest step achieved this weekend, was to improve the pace with already used tyres towards the end of a race. From this point of view, Bradl is very eager and motivated to head into tomorrow’s third race of the season.
#6 Stefan BRADL (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini, Aprilia), Grid position 16 – 2´05.625 (6/6):
“Today’s qualifying was definitely a good one for me. I’m just a bit disappointed about that fact that I wasn’t able to line up my best performance in various sectors. Unfortunate I didn’t found a perfect lap in terms of consistency. Although, during my time attack for a super-fast lap I had to overtake a rider and that cost me a few tenth on the next straight for sure. However, I’m pleased how things went so far this weekend, because we found some good solutions during the practice sessions that allow us to race a high and consistent pace even though with used tyres. In any case I look forward to an interesting race tomorrow. The Aprilia RS-GP is performing well on such a difficult track like this, which means that we are moving in the right direction. We still have a few things to try and sort out during Warm Up, especially the hard option for the rear tyre that we will evaluate. But so far we’re ready for the race.”
MotoGP™ Qualifying Classification:
1 #93 Marc MARQUEZ / SPA / Repsol Honda Team / Honda / 2´03.188
2 #99 Jorge LORENZO / SPA / Movistar Yamaha MotoGP / Yamaha / 2´03.257 +0.069
3 #46 Valentino ROSSI / ITA / Movistar Yamaha MotoGP / Yamaha / 2´03.644 +0.456
16 #6 Stefan BRADL / GER / Aprilia Racing Team Gresini / Aprilia / 2´05.625 +2.368