BETA TOOLS SPEEDUP

FREE PRACTICE AMERICAS GP: ALDEGUER SET THE BEST TIME AND THE NEW TRACK RECORD. LÓPEZ EIGHTH 

The Beta Tools SpeedUp riders returned to the track today to face the third round of the Moto2 World Championship in Austin, Texas. Aldeguer and López concluded the day of free practice placing first and eighth respectively.

During the morning session, team 54 concentrated its work on setting up the Boscoscuro and tested the new front tire without making any changes during the test. Fermín closed the first session in seventeenth position in 2’10.406, but then demonstrated notable progress in FP1 by taking first place and setting a new track record in 2’08.359. A promising result in view of tomorrow’s qualifying.

Team 21 used the 40 minutes of Free Practice to better study the iconic Austin track, while in the afternoon they worked on several tire changes in order to obtain as much information as possible to best tackle the race. The rider from Madrid finished FP in third place in 2’09.359, improving further in FP1 by recording a time of 2’09.044. Just +0.685 behind his teammate, Alonso finished the American Friday in P8.

FERMÍN ALDEGUER #54: 1st in 2’08.359

“In the FP I didn’t feel totally good. We ran with the used rear tire and the new front tire trying different settings. During FP1, however, I made a big improvement. Excellent pace which allowed me to set the new track record on the last lap of the session”.

ALONSO LÓPEZ #21: 8th in 2’09.044

“Today was a positive day. In this morning’s sessions we tried to know the track a little more and adapt to the track, while in the afternoon we worked on different configurations and tire changes. We are very satisfied with this eighth place and confident that tomorrow we will enter Q2″.