BETA TOOLS SPEEDUP
THAI QUALIFYING: SECOND ROW FOR LÓPEZ, SEVENTH FOR ALDEGUER
BETA TOOLS SpeedUp team close the Thai Grand Prix qualifying with the sixth place of Alonso López and the twenty-first of Fermín Aldeguer, taking respectively the second and seventh row of the starting grid.
López finished yesterday’s good work by closing the three free practice sessions with the sixth fastest time in 1’36.171 (+0.615) which he scored in FP3 in the morning after stopping in the pits to change tires. With the sixth time, team #21 got direct access to Q2. In the fifteen minutes available, Alonso hit the target already on the third lap on track, scoring a competitive 1’35.987 which is equivalent to sixth position and second row of tomorrow’s start.
On the other hand, it was a more complicated day for Aldeguer already from FP3 in the morning in which, even after the changes to the set-up, he was unable to improve his fastest lap, concluding the three free practices in p21. Forced to face the Q1, Fermín went back on track to fight for the top four positions that give access to the final qualifying. After two laps he returned to the pits to change tires and in the final run, although the feeling had improved, he stopped just +0.164 from Q2, finishing the quali in p21.
ALONSO LÓPEZ #21: 6th in 1’35.987
“Today we took a big step forward with the bike setting, showing that we can stay in the first group and do a great race tomorrow. It will be very hard and long but the feeling with the bike is very good and we can fight! We are confident and ready to give our best as we always do!”.
FERMÍN ALDEGUER #54: 21st in 1’36.507
“Not entirely happy with today’s qualifying, but certainly more optimistic than this morning when the feeling was not good at all. In qualifying we found more stability and we were certainly able to ride the Boscoscuro bike better. We didn’t reach the result we hoped for, but we found a good pace that leaves us hopeful for tomorrow’s race”.
