STEFAN BRADL: „I’M HAPPY YET“
Stefan Bradl was pleased with his second best qualifying result this afternoon aboard the Aprilia RS-GP.
14th spot on the grid is an improvement in comparison to last weekend’s Phillip Island race. However, Bradl experienced a pleasant Malaysia Grand Prix in extremely demanding conditions thus far with just one session he concluded not in the top 15. During this afternoon’s QP1 he missed out the highly competitive qualifying run for the top twelve positions on the grid by just half of a second. Nevertheless, thanks to his consistent performances over the course of both days of practice he is confident for tomorrow’s penultimate race this season.
#6 Stefan BRADL (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini, Aprilia), Grid position 14th – 2´01.346 (6/7):
“I’m very happy with today’s qualifying. In the latter stage of QP1 I was able to put in a really good lap. It was a shame that I made just a small mistake in my last lap, but we’re pleased with the result anyway. The bike’s performance also improved in terms of race pace and we are confident for tomorrow morning’s warm up session that we can take another step forward. In fact, that we already have a few ideas that we will try in order to improve our rear grip level even more in corner entry so I’m very confident for the race. I feel like I’m ready.“
Qualifying Classification:
1 Dani PEDROSA / SPA / Repsol Honda Team / Honda / 1´59.053
2 Marc MARUEZ / SPA / Repsol Honda Team / Honda / 1´59.462 +0.409
3 Valentino ROSSI / ITA / Movistar Yamaha MotoGP / Yamaha / 1´59.726 +0.673
14 Stefan BRADL / GER / Aprilia Racing Team Gresini / Aprilia / 2´01.346 +1.287 (Q1)