Fourth and fifth for Tuenti Derbi riders in Aragon qualifying
Efrén Vázquez has returned to the first row of a Grand Prix after being away from it for nince races, equalings his best result of the season and facing the race near home with a lot of motivation to give the thousands of travelling Basque fans at Aragon something to cheer about. Pol Espargaró will start from fifth, not getting good laptimes in the first part of the circuit and still having to work out some solutions in the warm up to improve his pace. Both Tuenti Derbi riders hope to shine in the third Spanish GP of the season, after winning in Jerez and getting on the podium in Catalunya.
4. EFRÉN VÁZQUEZ, 2.00.265
“The qualifying went well and I’m satisfied, because I managed to get on the first row, a result that I managed to get in the first races but was so hard for me to repeat later in the season. I’ve had a good feeling all throughout the session and I constantly improved my laptimes until I final got under the mark of 2 minutes, proof of the good work the team has done this weekend and following the way of the last races. I think I have a good race pace and a good chance to get a good result here, although without a doubt it will again be a very long and hard fought race. I hope I can be in front fighting, for me, for my team and the many Basque fans who are here to see me at Aragon.”
5. POL ESPARGARÓ, 2.00.294
“I am very angry, because I have not been able because I’ve not been able to get on the front row and my laptimes are too far away from the pole position. I lose a lot of time in the first and I think we haven’t found the right way yet how to approach the first corners at the start of the track. I hoped to get below 2 minutes, but didn’t manage to do so which forces us to look for other solutions in the warm up tomorrow to try and get more in front for the race. It’s hard to swallow a fifth position when you are fighting for the championship, but I still have some margin to improve and I’m gonna give everything to make it happen.”
Source: Tuenti Derbi Racing