LIGHTECH SPEEDUP
MONTELLA TWELFTH AND NAVARO TWENTIETH IN THE FIRST DAY OF THE PORTUGAL GRAND PRIX
The third round of the Moto2 World Championship has begun at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão. In the first European Grand Prix of the season, the LighTech SpeedUp team ended the first day of free practices in twelfth place with rookie Montella, while Navarro finished in twentieth position.
Good start for Yari on this Portuguese Friday. The number 5 of the team found feeling and confidence with his Boscoscuro bike already in FP1. In the afternoon session Montella continued his excellent work finding rhythm and stability and closed twelfth in 1’44.102, lowering the morning time by more than a second.
An unusual day for Navarro. The first session went well, p7 reached with lap 16/19 in which he marked his best time in 1’44.526. A few details to fix but the feeling was good. The changes made before going out on track for the second free practice session didn’t give the hoped-for advantage and so team 9 closed the first day of the Portuguese GP in twentieth position.
MONTELLA #5: 12th in 1’44.102
“I’m happy with this first day. We started off on the right foot and immediately understood where to focus our work on both my riding style and the setting of the bike. I suffered a bit from the lack of grip in the morning session, but already in FP2 the feeling was better. Slowly I am adapting more and more to driving the Boscoscuro, there is still a lot of work to do but today we are satisfied with the work done and the result obtained!”.
JORGE NAVARRO #9: 20th in 1’44.491
“Weird day because this morning I felt good even with the tires with more laps. We had to improve some details, but we were competitive. In the afternoon we made some changes to the bike that didn’t give us the sensations we hoped for right from the start. We tried to work on this basis but we didn’t improve the feeling. Tomorrow we will try to change things and take the step forward for qualifying”.
