125cc 1st Bradley Smith 1.58.134 (17 laps): “It has been a great day for me, setting pole position and a new lap record with it. My race pace is also really good. I was extremely focused [...]
125cc 1st Julián Simón 1.59.437 (21 laps): “The weather has been kind to us all day, which is very important. The heat has taken its toll on the tyre but my Aprilia was phenomenal all session and [...]
1st Álvaro Bautista 1.43.429 (22 laps)“Setting the pace on Friday is the best way to start the weekend. I felt comfortable even though I didn’t have the same feeling I had in the [...]
Álvaro Bautista“After the win in Japan I’m feeling happy, strong and confident about going to Jerez this weekend and picking up another good result. I hope that there can be a group of Spanish [...]
1st Álvaro Bautista“It was a rather difficult race for us, because we had nearly no practice time on Friday and Saturday. I started quite badly and had some riders ahead of me on the [...]
3rd Álvaro Bautista 1.53.836 (18 laps): “At the start I didn’t feel too good on the bike and I couldn’t brake hard in the slow corners. We improved in this area but on the cold [...]
1st Álvaro Bautista 2.00.677 (19 laps)“I am happy to have got pole position despite the difficulties posed by the wind. At the start of the session it started to rain, and we didn’t [...]
Mapfre Aspar rider Alvaro Bautista lead the second free practice in Qatar for most of the time and was the only rider who consistently clocked low 2’01 laptimes, but was relegated in the [...]
1st Gábor Talmácsi 2.01.902 (16 laps)“I am very happy because I improved my best time from the past week’s test by a considerable amount. It is very positive, because the test [...]
Also the 250cc class finished the first practice with the riders of Team Aspar coming out on top. Class rookie Gabor Talmacsi lead the way by a small margin to second fastest Mapfre Aspar rider [...]