QUALIFYING: FOURTH AND TENTH ROW FOR NAVARRO AND ALDEGUER

Termozeta SpeedUp riders went back on track today to determine their position on the starting grid of the Algarve Grand Prix, which will be held exclusively tomorrow at 2.30pm local time.

A few laps before the start of FP3 in the morning, a crash forced Navarro into the garage for most of the session. After the fast work of the team, Jorge was able to get back on track and with only two laps available he centered direct access to Q2 with the eighth time of the combined free practice in 1’42.969. On the third lap of Q2 he scored his fastest lap of 1’42.822, finishing in the fourth row with the tenth time.

The Portuguese Saturday was more complicated for Aldeguer although his continued growth in driving the Boscoscuro bike. With a time of 1’43.745, team 54 finished the three free practices in P24 and therefore had to face Q1. Unfortunately, a crash at the start of the session compromised Aldeguer’s qualifying, who after the crash was unable to find the right feeling to reach the top positions of the standings, P28 and tenth row in tomorrow’s race.

JORGE NAVARRO #9: 10th in 1’42.822

“It was a strange Saturday. This morning I crashed at the beginning of the session probably due to the tire temperature. Fortunately, there was time to get back on track and set the time that took us directly to Q2. In QP, after three laps, the rear tire dropped a lot and I was no longer able to lower the time. We start from tenth position tomorrow, it’s not that bad, we are ready to fight”.

FERMÍN ALDEGUER #54: 28th in 1’43.979

“A complicated day. In FP3 we had some problems that we hoped to be able to solve before the QP but that was not the case. I crashed on the first lap of qualifying and after the crash I lost some confidence. In the few laps left I had a mechanical problem that prevented us from setting the time we were looking for. An uphill race then, but we are ready to gain experience and give 100%!”.