Tough #CatalanGP for Ayumu Sasaki and Deniz Oncu

 In Moto3, News

In chilly conditions, Ayumu Sasaki started the ninth round of the 2020 season from 18th on the grid and managed to keep his position throughout the initial laps. Step by step he made up ground on the top, was fighting his way towards the points scoring positions and found himself in 12th at the end of the sixth lap. But from half distance the Red Bull KTM Tech3 rider couldn’t keep his strong lap times, but continued to fight for the points. He eventually saw the flag in P17.

On the other side of the Red Bull KTM Tech3 garage, Deniz Ă–ncĂĽ was unable to show his great talent on Sunday. Starting from P22, he battled hard to stay within the top 20 from the beginning, but unfortunately crashed in turn four of the ninth lap of the race. Luckily, the Moto3 World Championship rookie came away unhurt, apart from some bruises.

Ayumu Sasaki

“We were struggling a bit this weekend and tried to improve the bike. In the race, it was definitively better than in Warm Up, so I was happy with it. Yet, the speed wasn’t there this weekend. We tried our best to catch the front, but it was difficult. Also, the conditions on this track were really tricky and difficult to understand. We will take a look at our data now and try to improve in order to be stronger in Le Mans.”

Deniz Ă–ncĂĽ

“I did a good start and made up some positions to the front. I started to catch the front group, but then one rider hit me, so I crashed and couldn’t finish the race.”

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