| The first day of practice on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya ended with positive notes for Aprilia Racing. Marco Bezzecchi had a day of consistent growth, improving his pace and the feeling with his RS-GP25 progressively. The Italian rider finished eighth in FP1 and fifth in the practice session – a result that puts him straight through to Q2.
Jorge Martín, hard at work in his home race and still on his path of adapting to the RS-GP25, finished twenty-first in FP1 and eighteenth in the practice session. This means that he will have to tackle Q1 on Saturday to try for a spot in Q2.
Lorenzo Savadori was also as a wild card and continuing his work developing the RS-GP25, finishing the practice session in twenty-second place.
MARCO BEZZECCHI
“It was a good first day, especially since we proceeded step by step. I had fun in the afternoon because I managed to improve, particularly in terms of pace during the long runs. I did rather well with the soft tyre, and I felt comfortable on the medium this morning as well. After two weekends where I was unable to go straight through to Q2, I finally managed to do so today, and that is a bit of a load off.”
JORGE MARTÍN
“I knew I’d struggle a bit more in the time attacks. In any case, I’m pleased because I took a huge step forward in terms of sensations between the morning and the afternoon. I definitely still need to put all the pieces together, but I know where I need to improve, and that’s what’s important.”
LORENZO SAVADORI
“We’re continuing our work on development, and this morning we also did some long runs to see general consumptions in order to support the factory team. We were here two weeks ago for testing, and we tested several solutions, but we always have some new upgrades to take to the track.”
PAOLO BONORA
“A positive day for Marco, who managed to put in some good lap times in the afternoon, partially solving the problems with grip that both he and Jorge had this morning. Jorge, on the other hand, was unfortunately unable to put all the elements together to go straight through to Q2. With Lorenzo, we’re fine-tuning the work we started a couple weeks ago during the tests we did here. We have been struggling a bit more on Friday for a few races now, but we intend to work this evening, as we have on recent weekends, to solve these last issues and be ready for the race.” |
