Marc VDS Racing offered itself an interesting restart by immersing itself in the atmosphere of the competition in Barcelona. There, the Moto2 team found the WSBK protagonists hard at work. The opportunity to get back into the swing of things and also get used to the health protocol. Everything went well for drivers Augusto Fernandez and Sam Lowes. The latter even rode his stock Yamaha R1 four seconds behind Rea's record lap on his Kawasaki, who himself beat the best lap in the race on this Marc Marquez track in 2019 by a few tenths...
More Jonathan Rhea was equipped with soft rubbers Pirelli, which are real seven-league boots. Therefore, the performance of Sam Lowes with an R1 which can be obtained in a dealership is more than honorable. 1'40 "450 for the official Kawasaki ZX-10R with the multiple World Champion on it and 1'44" 705 for Sam Lowes with a Yamaha in the configuration which will not force him to speak in front of the officials in Jerez, that’s something to think about. Knowing that the best race time of the Catalan Grand Prix in 2019 achieved by Marc Marquez is 57 thousandths slower.
But for Sam Lowes, this was not the concern of the moment: “ I am very happy with this test that we did, because it allowed me to test my shoulder and especially to work on the resistance in movement » commented the British. “ During confinement we all trained hard, but you can work on the effort of riding only by returning to the handlebars. My shoulder is fine now. I have no pain and have regained almost all mobility and covered the race distance perfectly ».
Sam Lowes' shoulder is healed
"JI feel good and I'm ready to take on the race. My goal is to fight regularly for the top places and aim for the title. To do this, it will be very important to get off to a good start in Jerez because with such a tight racing schedule, thea push for good results will be an important psychological factor for everyone ».
His teammate Augusto Fernandez was also on the track with him: “ it was a very positive test » rejoices the Spaniard. “ Even though we didn't manage to ride our racing machines, we managed to make good use of time and kilometers in this test. I feel very well prepared physically and without a doubt the work we have done on the bike in recent weeks will help us a lot in the first races ».
« I can't wait to get to Jerez and feel the adrenaline of racing again. Despite the changes in the calendar, my goal is the same as in March, to fight for the podium and win every weekend. My biggest hope is to be able to enter the fight for the title and to do this the key to the season will be to be consistent and not to make mistakes ". The troops Marc VDS are now heading towards Jerez which will restart the season Moto2 with the Spanish Grand Prix. Because the category competed in an event. It was at Qatar last March, in the world before…
