Ayumu Sasaki finishes 11th, Öncü 25th, in hard fought Spanish GP

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Both Red Bull KTM Tech3 riders, Ayumu Sasaki and Deniz Öncü displayed a fine performance during the second race of the 2020 Moto3 World Championship season at the Gran Premio Red Bull de España.

The youngsters were working together throughout the 22 scorching laps, after they lost a bit of ground to the top group in the first part of the race. In a great way, they managed to catch up again, doing consistent strong lap times until eventually reached the points scoring positions.

Sasaki did well to get closer and closer to the front and finally saw the chequered flag in 11th position, which means he scored his first five points of the year.

While fighting for the top 10 together with his teammate, Öncü unfortunately went down in turn ten with six laps to go, but managed to pick his bike up and at least crossed the line in P25, with the chance to make up for it in seven days for the third race of 2020.

Ayumu Sasaki

“In the race today, we chose the hard tyre again and I think it was a great idea. The team did a fantastic job. In Warm Up we were quite good, but we had a small issue to work on and we managed to improve it. In the beginning of the race, it was difficult to push, because many riders had soft tyres and they were trying so hard, so I stayed calm, knowing that I can come back towards the end. In the middle of the race, I started to feel better and was catching the front. At the same time, I hit some traffic, so I couldn’t completely come back to the top. We finished P11, which is not so bad and it’s the first week in Jerez, so we have a second week to improve. At the moment, the bike is working really well. I just need to have a decent qualifying next weekend in order to have an even better race.”

Deniz Öncü

“My start was not so bad, but I did some mistakes, which lead other guys overtaking me. After around seven, eight laps, I was fighting with Ayumu and other riders. Thereby, we lost quite a lot of time and the front was already gone. But then we started to catch up the groups in front of us. I could close a gap of nearly two seconds, but later I crashed and destroyed what could have been a great result. I’m super disappointed and really sorry for that.”

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