THE SUN SHINES ON TEAM GRESINI MOTOGP’S FRIDAY AT JEREZ
#SpanishGP The weekend has started on the right foot for Marc and Alex Marquez at their home track in Jerez de la Frontera. The only ‘tiny cloud’ in this sunny (albeit not too hot) day was the crash by the #73 halfway through the second session, from which he escaped uninjured. The recently turned 28-year-old was able to return to the pits and then finish the session in 10th place.
Things did not go as hoped, especially in light of the morning’s quickest time, but it was enough to secure the direct seed to Q2, a session that will also feature his brother Marc Marquez for the fourth consecutive time as the #93 was third overall in practice. The eight-time world champion was likely the fastest in sectors one and three, while there is still work to be done in the other two in order to battle for top positions.
3rd – MARC MARQUEZ #93
“We worked on the base set-up from the previous GP and things went well straight away. I struggled a bit more with the wind in the afternoon but I can say we’re in a good place, even though so many riders are fast, too. We’re losing a bit at turn five and in the final sector but one thing is for sure: the adaptation process with the Ducati machine is over, now it is time to do some fine tuning in order to race with the best. We keep working session after session and qualifying is next.”
10th – ALEX MARQUEZ #73
“Too bad for the afternoon crash and especially for the traffic encountered during the time attack, otherwise we would have been much higher in the practice timesheets. We needed to recover the feeling and the confidence, and we did it. To be racing in front of the home crowd obviously helps in being fast straight away from the morning. We need to be as close as we can to the front of the grid because it’s not easy to overtake here, so our full focus is now on tomorrow’s qualifying.”
