BETA TOOLS SPEEDUP
QUALIFYING: ALDEGUER SHINES UNDER MOTEGI’S RAIN
Fermín Aldeguer and Boscoscuro shine in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix by taking the second row in the middle of a downpour. López crashes to the ground in his fastest lap losing the chance to fight for the top positions and ends the second day at the Motegi Circuit in the fourth row.
On a wet track and under constant rain, number 54, in his first JapaneseGP, concluded the FP2 in the morning setting the first time in 2’05.125. The young Spaniard, however, obtained direct access to the final qualifying with the eleventh position of the combined rankings thanks to the time set in yesterday’s session. After two laps from the start of the QP the riders were called back to the pits for red flag due to the bad weather. Upon returning on track, Aldeguer’s confirmation arrived in the remaining nine minutes, when he sealed the second time and thus the front row with the penultimate lap of 2’05.272 (+0.333).
López also proved to be fast in both conditions; in the last free practice session he confirmed his seventh position with a time of 2’05.125 to +0.646 passing through Q2. The number 21 of Beta Tools SpeedUp team, after the red flag, returned to the track immediately and just as he was lowering the pole he crashed to the ground finishing the qualifying in the fourth row with the twelfth time in 2’07.443.
FERMÍN ALDEGUER #54: 2nd in 2’05.272
“The truth is I’m super happy with today’s result! We deserve it, we knew we had speed and good pace in the wet. Tomorrow we will certainly suffer because the race will be on a dry track, but we are ready to face any adversity! I can’t wait for tomorrow!”.
ALONSO LÓPEZ #21: 12th in 2’07.443
“I’m happy with how it went today because the pace I hit in the wet was really very good, the best I’ve ever tried before. Logically I’m sorry for the crash because I think we could have scored pole, but in any case, the track conditions will be different tomorrow and we feel ready to give it all!”.
