This weekend takes place in Albacete, Spain, the first round of the FIM CEV Repsol championship, considered for years as the antechamber of the Grands Prix, and all the more so since the Superbike category no longer appears there. since this season.
Unfortunately, the weather conditions were far from ideal for this return to school in the region made famous by a certain Don Quixote... freezing temperatures and rain were indeed there to welcome the competitors of theEuropean Talent Cup, Moto3 and Moto2.
The first category takes place on the handlebars of an original Honda NSF 250 R and three French people lined up there: Aurel Nyul, Vincent Falcone et Matthieu Gregory. It is in this order that they will start tomorrow, from 12th to 19th place, behind a front row made up of the Brazilian Meikon Gohara and two Spaniards Joan Ulvina et Andreas Perez.
In category Moto3, where many Grand Prix teams have their junior structure, this is the unexpected in Thailand Somkiat Chantra (Honda, AP Honda RT) who took pole position ahead of the already known Alex Viu (KTM, 42Motorsport) and Raul Fernandez (Mahindra, MRW-Mahindra-Aspar), two Spaniards who successfully participated in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup last season.
On the French-speaking side, we will note the 19th position of the young
Andy Verdoïa (KTM, CarXpert Interwetten) while Clement Rougé (Kalex, Team C-Racer) and
Jason dupasquier (KTM, CarXpert Interwetten) appear 35th and 36th respectively.
Lyvann Luchel (Mahindra, Larresport) was unable to pass the qualifying barrier and is therefore one of the ten or so drivers disappointed in this category. In fact, only 40 drivers will start tomorrow while 47 showed up for qualifying.
Finally, in category Moto2, Malaysian Hafiz Syahrin (Kalex, Petronas Raceline), between the rounds of the world championship in Austin and Jerez, was the fastest in front Hector Garzo (Tech3, Team Wimu CNS) and Dimas Ekky (Kalex, Astra Honda Racing T).
The French colors will be defended by Gregg Black on the handlebars of Christian Boudinot's Transfiomers while the experienced Philippe Le Gallo (team Laglisse Yamaha) was unable to take advantage of the dry track session to qualify.
Tomorrow, the races will take place according to the following program, and will be broadcast, as usual, on the channel Dedicated YouTube and the Eurosport Player.
