The paddock has barely left the autumnal weather of Le Mans which hosted the French Grand Prix last weekend when it finds itself under warmer skies as it settles in the south of Spain. This is the Aragon site which will host two Grands Prix in as many successive weekends, which will have made three meetings in three Sundays in a row this month… Hervé Poncharal, the boss of the Red Bull KTM Tech3 troops addresses the deadline with interest, because the KTM should feel good on the Alcaniz track…
Tech3 drivers Miguel Oliveira et Iker Lecuona are ready for the first of two rounds of the MotorLand Aragón this weekend. After a solid sixth place at the home round of Red Bull KTM Tech3 au MansWhere Olive tree completed a first full race on a wet track on the handlebars of his KTM RC16, the Portuguese star feels ready to tackle the Spanish track with his determination intact to collect big points again.
At the same time, his teammate lecuona above all intends to work on his confidence during this 10th round of the season. The premier class rookie scored another point at Le Mans, but he believes he must go one better by taking the start of the Michelin Aragon Grand Prix this weekend.
« We have just finished our races at Le Mans and the whole team is heading to Aragon, a place we are always very happy to see " announcement Hervé Poncharal. " It’s a great circuit, great location, great facilities, great paddock, so this will be our “workplace” for the next two weeks with two races at MotorLand.
“Drivers are thinking more and more about the final position in the championship”
« I think it's going to be very interesting. The championships in all three categories are getting closer and we can start to feel that the drivers are thinking more and more about the final championship position. It will therefore be interesting to score important points there, as usual. I think the Aragon route should suit our bike. We have a powerful engine this year and there is a long straight, good braking stability, so I think we should be quite competitive there.
Miguel just finished the French Grand Prix and he showed good form and I'm sure he wants to continue fighting for the top five places until the end of the season. It will also be interesting to see how the weather and track conditions will be, because normally we always have great weather there, but we are arriving quite late in October. This is something that could also play an important role in the overall outcome.
Iker knows the place well, too. As a Spanish driver, he has certainly raced there several times. We are happy to go down to Spain, to go to the South. It's a great place and we will be happy to spend the next two weeks there » ends a Hervé Poncharal almost ecstatic...
