BETA TOOLS SPEED UP
MIXED CONDITIONS IN THE FIRST DAY OF THE MALAYSIAN GP: P10 AND P16 FOR BETA TOOLS SPEEDUP
The penultimate round of the 2022 Moto2 season has begun today with the long-awaited return to the Sepang International Circuit, in Malaysia.
The first free practice session took place on a dry track and with the usual high Malaysian temperatures as high was the humidity level, 89%.
Another unknown track for Aldeguer, although the results do not prove it at all. As always very skilled in learning, the number #54 in fact closed FP1 in eighth position with a time of 1’08.314. In the afternoon, a few minutes after the start of FP2, a sudden downpour completely changed the track conditions and Fermín with an excellent P3 proved to be fast even in the wet. P10 at the end of the Malaysian Friday for team #54 with a time of 2’08.304.
The opening of the Malaysian Grand Prix in López was instead complicated by a crash at the beginning of the first session in which the rider had to remain in the garage for a long time. Upon returning to the track, in the short time available Alonso was fast but unlucky because a yellow flag kept him out of the provisional Q2, finishing FP1 in p15 in 2’08.695. After just two laps from the start of the second session, the rain excluded any possibility for Alonso to lower the time, stopping in p16 of the combined classification.
FERMÍN ALDEGUER #54: 10th in 2’08.304
“A strange day, but I’m happy because we are in the provisional Q2. It was important to achieve this result today in case of rain in tomorrow’s free practice session. The feeling with my bike is good, we need to improve in the wet but we have the plan for tomorrow and we hope it goes well”.
ALONSO LÓPEZ #21: 16th in 2’08.642
“We were a bit unlucky today. We had started well but the crash prevented us from riding for most of FP1 and then when we got back on track our fastest lap was cancelled by a yellow flag, a shame! In any case, I think we need to improve a bit because we are further behind than Augusto but for sure tomorrow we will be able to work as we know how to do”.
