Positive Saturday for Aprilia Racing in Austria

It was a day of consistent growth for Jorge Martín who, after starting from the fourteenth spot on the grid, made a comeback ride. The Spanish rider, who is continuing his path of adapting to the RS-GP25, demonstrated great determination in close quarter duels, finishing the sprint race tenth.

MARCO BEZZECCHI
“I’m happy. In the end, it was a positive day, considering the situation on Friday. Going to bed on Saturday with an outstanding pole position, which carries over to Sunday as well, amd with a fourth-place finish in the sprint race is positive. We are satisfied, but there is still plenty of room for improvement and this evening we’ll be working to take another step forward.”

JORGE MARTÍN
“It was a good day of work and adaptation. I made a mistake on the first lap of the sprint race – I hadn’t disabled a device we use – and I went long at the first chicane, ending up in sixteenth place. The sprint race was the best session of the weekend. I managed to overtake several riders and make up positions and we came very close to taking home a point. It finally seems like we’ve found a base that gives me good sensations and that is definitely a positive sign.”

FABIANO STERLACCHINI
“It was still a positive day because we managed to recover a bit from Friday’s difficulties thanks to the hard work of both the riders and the entire team. We achieved a great result in qualifying with Marco’s pole position, which was a wonderful thrill for everyone, but then in the race, we knew there would be difficult conditions. With Jorge, unfortunately, after the start there was a bit of traffic and some other issues, so he found himself in the rear guard, but he made a great comeback.”