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Category: Moto GP

  1. IT’S ALL SMILES AT GRESINI’S: ALEX AGAIN ON THE PODIUM, TOP 5 FOR FERMIN

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    ALEX MARQUEZ #73
    “Second again, but today it has a sweeter taste than usual. I started without too many expectations and without being fully prepared to this afternoon’s heat. Yesterday I basically didn’t lap at all, and I was a bit nervous heading into the race. Everyone else had improved compared to yesterday, while I was in a bit of a standstill because of my mistake in Practice. We’ll try to make up some ground ahead of tomorrow, in a race that is shaping up to be a complex one.”

    FERMIN ALDEGUER #54
    “It was an excellent sprint race; I felt comfortable on the bike already from yesterday despite Jerez being a very different track to the first four of the season and despite that, we were quick and had a good pace. We still lack plenty of experience, but to continue fighting for the top 5 would be the dream. The real goal for tomorrow is the top ten, but we like to think big.”

     

  2. BREAKING NEWS: NO PODIUM FOR ALEX, TOP 5 FINISH FOR FERMIN, WHO CONFIRMS HIS TOP-LEVEL STATUS

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    ALEX MARQUEZ #73
    “It’s a shame for how this race went. I must apologise to Diggia because it was my mistake of calculation, and I believe the penalty was correct. I was forced to a comeback race and we must be happy with this sixth position: these are valuable points for the championship although there’s very little to celebrate. We’re heading to Jerez with a still solid weekend in our bag.”

    FERMIN ALDEGUER #54
    “I’m very happy with this race and for the whole weekend. We have been competitive, we wanted the top ten and we finished with a fourth and a fifth. I put a lot of energy at halfway point to catch Zarco and Morbidelli, and I had nothing left in the tank in the end to overtake them. In any case I’m happy with my race craft.”

     

    Race - QatarGP ðŸŒ•
    5th - FERMIN ALDEGUER #54 
    6th - ALEX MARQUEZ #73

     

    World Championship Standing

    2nd – ALEX MARQUEZ #73  (106 points)
    14th – FERMIN ALDEGUER #54 (20 points)

     

     

  3. AN ALMOST PERFECT SPRINT RACE: ALEX AGAIN SECOND, FERMIN NARROWLY MISSES OUT ON PODIUM FINISH

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    ALEX MARQUEZ #73
    “We gave it a try today, but it wasn’t doable. I didn’t want to overtake him at that braking spot, but Marc did it earlier to pass me back and the attack finished there. I almost crashed at turn two while I was still close to him, and that’s when I realised it wasn’t the case to take risks. We bagged some more important points for the championship and gathered valuable data ahead of tomorrow’s race. Today Marc was faster than us and we must be happy with how it went.”

    FERMIN ALDEGUER #54
    “I’m very happy, I knew I could do a great race. I had the doubt on whether to use the soft or the medium tyre, I chose to be brave and it paid dividends. We were very quick in the last part and we have been feeling good so far this weekend – from the get-go. I’m learning a lot and quickly by racing with the frontrunners. We’ll try again tomorrow and push hard to be in the top five.”

     

  4. AN OK FRIDAY IN QATAR WITH BOTH ALEX AND FERMIN IN Q2

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    ALEX MARQUEZ #73
    “It was a very positive day. It’s hard to come to conclusions about the afternoon as the track was still a bit strange, but we did make a step forward. We’re not at our best yet with regards to the time attack, also due to a yellow flag situation. The feeling is positive, but it’ll be important to have a very clean lap tomorrow in order to get a good starting position.”
     
    FERMIN ALDEGUER #54
    “It was surely the best Friday of the year. Compared to Austin, today we didn’t make the most of the unusual conditions. We were fast from the get-go and the feeling with the bike now has a base, so we’re not starting from scratch anymore. We’re competitive, even though we still lack a bit of confidence… but we need more track time for that.”

     

     

  5. MARQUEZ SHOW IN TEXAN SPRINT

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    ALEX MARQUEZ #73
    “I’m very happy with this sprint race even though I’ll admit that I was expecting a bit more from the second group of riders behind Marc. We had a good pace with 6-7 seconds of margin over the second group. I managed to keep Pecco at bay over the race distance and it was a fun race: I learned a lot behind Marc, who is really strong at this track. At the start I was both good and lucky, and obviously tomorrow we’ll try for a repeat performance even though the track conditions have changed a lot in these two days and it’s not easy to adapt.”
     
    FERMIN ALDEGUER #54
    “I try to do my best in qualifying by making the most of Marc’s slipstream, but I made a small mistake and ended up last in Q2, which is still my best qualifying position to date. The sprint race was on the other hand an excellent one: we started well and we had the pace to battle for points, but unfortunately a coming together with Marini made cost me the front fairing as well as the left wing, and it was a whole lot different race from then on. Having said that, I’m happy: we need to have the same start tomorrow and make no mistakes.”