In this Teruel Grand Prix, the first KTM that we will find on the starting grid will wear the colors of the French team Tech3. Miguel Oliveira, its driver, was in fact responsible for dominating the official brand Pol Espargaró. But this is not the only satisfaction of this Saturday for Hervé Poncharal. Indeed, its second resident in the person of the debutant Iker Lecuona, is eleventh…
It actually didn't turn out so bad for the colors. Red Bull KTM Tech3 on this Saturday spent in Aragon for the Teruel Grand Prix. So, thanks to a huge improvement of 0,902 seconds compared to the previous day, Miguel Oliveira managed to move directly into Q2 on the sunny MotorLand Aragón circuit at the end of FP3. The Portuguese set the eighth fastest time in qualifying, further improving on his time from this morning, meaning he will start tomorrow's 23-lap race at 13:00 p.m. local time from the third row of the grid. .
Feeling good from the first minutes of the FP1 session, his teammate Iker Lecuona showed once again that he can fight for the top 10 in the ultra-competitive premier class. The Spaniard was sixth fastest in FP3 in the morning to secure a first-ever ticket to Q2. During qualifying, he also put in a good performance to find himself eleventh, meaning he will start from the fourth row in the 10th round of 2020 on Sunday.
Both drivers want to confirm in the race
« I'm happy with this qualification, it's definitely a great return »Comments Olive tree. " We managed to get through to Q2 a few times, but we were just finishing in P12, meaning we weren't able to make the most of the position. But now I feel like we've regained some speed, I feel competitive and it's certain that tomorrow we can have a good race. I think we have good pace, we can manage the tires much better than last weekend, so we have a good opportunity to score decent points ».
Iker Lecuona adds: " I am very happy ! It was my first time in Q2 and the lap time I did in FP3 was excellent because it was fast and I was also doing it alone. I have a very good pace for tomorrow's race and I know that it is possible to stay in this position in order to fight for the top 10 again. I have to admit that I was not absolutely satisfied with my qualification , because I think I could have gone a little faster. Anyway, I'm focused for the race and hope I can stay in the top 10 ».
MotoGP Aragon-2 J2: classification
