Solid debut aboard the Aprilia RS-GP at Indy
Stefan Bradl has coped his first outing as factory rider in Aprilia Racing Team Gresini in an outstanding style. In a challenging race due to tricky track conditions at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway he came home in 20th position thanks to a reslute ride.
The 25 year young German had to deal with pain in his recently operated right wrist as well to understand the team’s Aprilia RS-GP machine’s handling over the distance as soon grip level dropped down which was particularly in right hand corner a disadvantage. Anyway, Bradl started well, moving up to thirteenth position during the opening laps. Mainly due to grip issues Bradl wasn’t to keep his position he gained after his good start. After his well-done debut with his new team Bradl leaves the United States with good sensations.
#6 Stefan Bradl (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini, Aprilia) – 20th, World Championship position 19 (9 points):
“After spending three days on track it was to expect to get problems with my right wrist today. Already this morning during warm up session I started to feel some pain and during the race after halfway stage I wasn’t able to control the bike as I would have liked at many places throughout a lap. In any case, we gave our best and I consider this first weekend for me aboard the RS-GP as a positive one. I learned a lot about the bike and together with the team we made a lot of changes in the little time we had available. Yes, we did a great job. I wasn’t used to the bike riding it for the entire race distance and if you add my injury that obviously I wasn’t able to be as fast as I would have liked. For the moment we are satisfied at all and we’re looking forward to Brno where we’ll try to take the next step forward.”
Race Result Indianapolis Grand Prix:
1 Marc MARQUEZ / SPA / Repsol Honda Team / Honda / 41´55.371
2 Jorge LORENZO / SPA / Movistar Yamaha MotoGP / Yamaha / +0.688
3 Valentino ROSSI / ITA / Movistar Yamaha MotoGP / Yamaha / +5.966
20 Stefan BRADL / GER / Aprilia Racing Team Gresini / Aprilia / 1´19.730
MotoGP™ World Standing 2015:
1 Valentino ROSSI / ITA / Movistar Yamaha MotoGP / Yamaha / 195
2 Jorge LORENZO / SPA / Movistar Yamaha MotoGP / Yamaha / 186
3 Andrea IANNONE / ITA / Ducati Team / Ducati / 139
19 Stefan BRADL / GER / Aprilia Racing Team Gresini / Aprilia / 9
Next race: Brno / Czech Republic, August 16th