LCR Honda

BRADL 5th FASTEST AT ARAGON GP DRY QUALIFYING SESSION

LCR racer Stefan Bradl is looking in good shape riding his RC213V at Aragon GP finally dry qualifying session this afternoon occupying the 5th place ahead tomorrow’s 23-lap race.

After yesterday’s “weird” opening day the MotoGP action resumed on day two at the Spanish circuit with low temperatures and bad weather marking the riders preparations in this morning free session but Bradl demonstrated his wet riding ability setting the 5th lap time and repeating his strong performance even in the dry in the 60-minute qualifying session (1’50.034).

Stefan: “I am pretty satisfied about my qualifying because we lapped with a good pace since the beginning of the session. Unfortunately in one middle-session run I suffered a bit because of the front tyre: we were using the soft rubber the whole session but normally I prefer the hard one but in these cold conditions we thought the soft ones were the best choice. At the end I was trying to put the things together but it was not easy because the rear tyre dropped very fast so I was expecting to get one more position on the grid but P5 is good anyway”.

Cardion AB

Disappointment after 7th place from morning session: Abaja in fifth row on the Grid at Aragon

Fourteenth place on tomorrow´s Aragon MotoGP grid – that´s the result of Saturday´s qualifying session for Czech MotoGP rider Karel Abraham. After outstanding 7th place in morning session and Friday´s ninth Karel is unsatisfied. With 1:51.521 Abraham lose 2.117 to the fastest Jorge Lorenzo.

Karel Abraham: "Morning wet session had been really good, but in the afternoon we rode on dry track for the first time and we had some problems with set up. We discussed some changes during my pit stop, but we couldn´t do them immediately. Even I tried to go faster and I was able to improve my lap time, we wasn´t able to move up in classification. Lot of rider, who had been behind me, did their best times in last lap and overtook me. I can´t be satisfied by this result after successful morning session. We are really curious about weather forecast.“

Marco Grana, Cardion AB Motoracing chief mechanic: "Today morning – on the wet – it was very good, we made good lap time, Karel was happy with bike. Unfortunately we wasn´t so competitive on dry track in the qualifying session. We didn´t have any special problem with bike, Karel was pushing hard, but we couldn´t improve our times. Karel complained on the grip of rear tyre, so we try some changes in set up for tomorrow. But it will be very hard to get to the front from 5th row and especially the first lap will be very difficult. It will be better for us, if it rains tomorrow."