2010 MotoGP Championship – Round Six – Assen – Day Two
MotoGP World Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo continued to tighten his grip on top spot by taking pole position for Saturday’s TIM TT Assen, having topped both free practice sessions in the lead up to qualifying. The Fiat Yamaha rider secured his second consecutive pole with a best lap of 1’34.515, taking over two-tenths off his best time from the two free sessions. Having won last time out at Silverstone, Lorenzo will hope to repeat the feat in the Netherlands and extend his lead in the championship, which currently stands at 37 points.
France’s Randy de Puniet became the second rider of the weekend to get under 1’35” when he briefly took the lead in the session with 20 minutes remaining, and the LCR Honda rider will start from second position on the grid for the second straight race after a fantastic lap which left him 0.282s off Lorenzo’s pace.
Ducati rider Casey Stoner put in a last lap of 1’34.803 – just six-thousandths behind De Puniet – to ensure he will start his bid for a first podium of the season from the front row. The Australian was followed by rookie Ben Spies as the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider continued to impress, setting the fourth fastest time to ensure he will start from the second row after his first podium finish last time out.
Joining the American in taking over half-a-second off his best time of the weekend was Nicky Hayden, as the Ducati man registered the fifth best time and was the final rider under 1’35”. Repsol Honda’s Andrea Dovizioso will complete the second row after clocking in just 0.016s further back. His team-mate Dani Pedrosa was seventh in the order and will start from the third row.
Completing the top ten for the session were Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini Team), Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech3) and Aleix Espargaró (Pramac Racing).
Marco Melandri (San Carlo Honda Gresini Team) was absent after his earlier crash in the second free practice session, when a highside resulted in a dislocated shoulder that prevented his participation in this afternoon’s qualifying, and most likely tomorrow’s race as well
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| 1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha ESP 1’34.515 2 Randy De Puniet Honda FRA 1’34.797 3 Casey Stoner Ducati AUS 1’34.803 4 Ben Spies Yamaha USA 1’34.926 5 Nicky Hayden Ducati USA 1’34.999 6 Andrea Dovizioso Honda ITA 1’30.015 7 Daniel Pedrosa Honda ESP 1’35.162 8 Marco Simoncelli Honda ITA 1’35.283 9 Colin Edwards Yamaha USA 1’35.393 10 Aleix Espargaro Ducati ESP 1’35.593 11 Loris Capirossi Suzuki ITA 1’35.664 12 Alvaro Bautista Suzuki ESP 1’36.344 13 Mika Kallio Ducati FIN 1’36.502 14 Hector Barbera Ducati ESP 1’36.569 15 Kousuke Akiyoshi Honda JPN 1’38.19
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| — Yamaha Report Another superb qualifying session from Jorge Lorenzo today means that the Fiat Yamaha Team rider will launch his Assen assault from pole position tomorrow, as he bids to take his first premier-class win in Holland. An inch-perfect final lap from the Mallorcan saw him qualify 0.282 seconds ahead of Randy de Puniet, with Casey Stoner filling the final front-row spot and Yamaha Tech 3 rider Ben Spies taking fourth, his best MotoGP qualifying position to date. Lorenzo was the only rider to dip into the 1’34s this morning and was the first to do so again this afternoon as he set about refining the set-up of his M1 around the elegant twists and turns of the historic track. He surrendered the top spot to de Puniet for a short while but with ten minutes to go he moved back into pole position and remained in command to the end, extending his lead with a brilliant final lap to secure his second pole of the season for the 80th Dutch TT tomorrow. Jorge Lorenzo – 1st, Time:1’34.515, Laps:31 Wilco Zeelenberg – Team Manager Jorge Lorenzo Ben Spies powered his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 machine to a career best qualifying result in Assen today after another dazzling display from the Texan. Brimming with confidence after recording his first MotoGP podium at Silverstone last weekend, Spies set himself up perfectly for another rostrum challenge in the historic Dutch TT after qualifying on the second row for the second time in his premier class career. Aided by improved turning performance with his YZR-M1 machine after key front-end changes by his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 crew, Spies posted a best time of 1.34.926 with just over a minute of qualifying remaining to claim a brilliant fourth place on the grid. The 25-year-old, who has demonstrated a fast and consistent pace on both soft and hard compound Bridgestone tyre options, was just 0.123s away from Casey Stoner in third position and just over 0.4s away from pole position. Spies will now carefully analyse data and consult with Bridgestone and his Tech 3 crew before deciding on whether to race the hard or soft rear tyre in tomorrow’s race, which is the 80th running of the legendary Dutch TT. Texan team-mate Colin Edwards will start from ninth on the grid after he concentrated on adapting to a new front-end geometry setting. Edwards made further adjustments to the front-end of his YZR-M1 machine today after an encouraging fourth place in practice yesterday. The experienced American declared himself happy with progress and finished with a best time of 1.35.393 in warm but cooler conditions than yesterday. Tomorrow’s 26-lap race is round six of the 2010 MotoGP world championship. Ben Spies – 4th, Time:1.34.926, Laps:21 Colin Edwards – 9th, Time:1.35.393, Laps:32 — Ducati Report Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden qualified on the first and second rows of the grid respectively for tomorrow’s Dutch TT, setting the third and fifth fastest times of a busy and incident-packed day for both riders. Stoner, who was second fastest in a positive final free practice this morning, encountered a small issue in the final minutes of qualifying. The Australian had already banked one fast qualifying lap when he heard a loud noise from his GP10 and decided to return to the garage, where his engineers were able to later confirm that it was merely an inconsequential misfire from the engine. Nicky Hayden had a tough morning session, a technical problem with his second bike being followed immediately by a crash on a flying lap. However, in qualifying he was just half a second shy of the pace set by polesetter Jorge Lorenzo and one of only five riders able to lap under the 1’35 mark. CASEY STONER (Ducati Marlboro Team) 3rd (1’34.803) NICKY HAYDEN (Ducati Marlboro Team) 5th (1’34.999) — HRC Honda privateer Randy de Puniet (LCR Honda RC212V) continued his impressive qualifying form by taking the second spot on the front row for the second race in succession. Today’s success came during the one hour qualifying session for Saturday’s 80th Dutch TT, held under warm, sunny skies at the circuit known for its inclement weather. De Puniet held the fastest time well into the hour before eventually being displaced by championship leader Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha). Lorenzo would have to be at his best to beat De Puniet’s time of 1m, 34.797s, and he was. But, other than Lorenzo, whose fastest lap was his last, no one could match de Puniet’s pace. And de Puniet proved his race pace was strong by starting his final run with two laps in the 1m, 34’s. Because the track had been slightly shortened, Lorenzo’s final lap of 1m, 34.515s would stand as a new circuit fastest lap. The lap was over a full second faster than the previous circuit best lap of 1m, 35.520s set by Casey Stoner in 2008. The new length of 4.542k was achieved by taking 13 meters out at the Ruskenhoek left hander near the end of the track’s longest (560m) straightaway. Though it’s a minor modification, the adjustment transformed the track and brought back some of the speed it had lost in recent modifications. Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda RC212V) finished the session at the end of the second row. The Italian spent much of the hour in the top three by setting his fastest time on the 11th of his 30 total laps. But he wasn’t able to improve on his lap of 1m, 35.105s and found himself slowly slipping down the order. Still, starting from the second row puts him in perfect position to protect his second place in the MotoGP World Championship. Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V) sits third in the championship, only five points behind his team-mate, and certain to further secure the position. Pedrosa finished the session just behind Dovizioso with the seventh fastest time at a gap of .147s. Pedrosa said he needed to improve his braking performance and also had to choose between the two Bridgestone rear tire options. Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini RC212V) had a career best MotoGP qualifying effort. The MotoGP rookie finished the session with the eighth fastest time, right behind the veteran Pedrosa. The qualifying performance left Simoncelli confident that he could also achieve a career best MotoGP race finish. Simoncelli will likely be the lone flag-bearer for the Gresini Honda team after team-mate Marco Melandri dislocated his left shoulder in a Friday morning high-side. Melandri, who didn’t take part in qualifying, said he would test the shoulder in Saturday morning warm-up, but wasn’t hopeful of racing. He expects to be ready for next week’s race in Barcelona. Kousuke Akiyoshi (Interwetten Honda MotoGP RC212V) qualified 15th in place of the injured Hiroshi Aoyama, the winner of the 250cc race here last year. The 35-year-old Japanese test rider will replace Aoyama at Assen and next week in Catalunya. Aoyama broke his back at the previous week’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone and is expected to be out for a few months. A more permanent replacement is expected during the one week break between Catalunya and the German round at the Sachsenring. Moto2 had yet another tight qualifying session, with the top 15 covered by one second and the top 33 of 41 covered by two seconds. For the second time this season, Andrea Iannone (Fimmco Speed Up, Speed Up) took the pole position. The Italian’s first pole came at his home race in Mugello, which he converted to his first Moto2 win. Ratthapark Wilairot (Thai Honda PTT Singha SAG, Bimota) had an eventful session that ended with him qualifying a career best second fastest. Early in the session, however, Wilairot was involved in a racing incident with Alex Debon (Aeroport de Castello-Ajo, FTR), on the lap after Debon had set his fast lap. Debon ended up with a fractured shoulder and has been ruled out of Saturday’s race. Wilairot was fined 3000 euros for riding in “an irresponsible manner.” No appeal was lodged and the decision of the race direction was final. The Thai rider Wilairot finished second with a lap that was only .215s off the pace set by Iannone. He believed that starting from the front of the grid, rather than towards the back-his best Moto2 qualifying effort prior to today was 12th in Le Mans-will translate into a solid finish. Debon crashed on his fourth lap as he was attempting to go around the outside of the slower running Wilairot. The session was immediately red flagged, but only briefly. When it continued, minutes later, Debon was on his way to the Clinica Mobile. The initial diagnosis was a fractured left shoulder, though more information is expected in the near future. Shoya Tomizawa (Technomag-CIP, Suter) qualified only .080s behind Debon as he tries to defend second in the championship. This was Tomizawa’s first front row start since qualifying on the pole in Jerez and that one translated into a second place finish. Toni Elias (Gresini Racing Moto2, Moriwaki), the rider Tomizawa trails in the championship, qualified sixth fastest and only .047s off the front row. Elias has had a pair of disappointing finishes, including tenth in the previous race at Silverstone, and believes he can change his momentum in Saturday’s seventh race of the championship. Rookie Marcel Schrötter (Interwetten Honda 125 Team) was disappointed to qualify 18th for the 125 Grand Prix. The young German found a lot of traffic on the track and he wasn’t able to improve the feeling from his motorcycle. The races in Assen are traditionally held on Saturday, a custom that is unique to the Dutch TT. HONDA MotoGP RIDER QUOTES Randy de Puniet, LCR Honda RC212V: 2nd – 1m 34.797s “Everything is going in the right direction for us and we completely deserved this second consecutive front row. I am still the Honda fastest rider and the top privateer rider in the classification, so this is not just luck! The guys made an excellent job on the bike and I felt more comfortable in this morning second session. Then in the afternoon we took another step forward working on suspension set-up and the bike was close to perfection. We have got the pace to run in top five on race tyres, but we need to confirm our mapping for the end of the race when the tyres will drop. Want to thank everybody in the team for their great job.” Andrea Dovizioso, Repsol Honda RC212V: 6th – 1m 35.015s “Tomorrow we will start from the second row which is OK, and with a good start I hope to get away with the leaders. The gap to the front of five-tenths of a second is not too much and we also have a good race pace, although actually I set this lap when I was following (Jorge) Lorenzo. We have some front end issues that we need to solve and this is what we want to sort out by tomorrow afternoon – otherwise it will be a difficult race. In fact, I’m losing time in T3 and T4, which are the fastest parts of the track, so front end feel is really important here. However, I’m feeling confident and I think that me and the team can come up with some ideas to improve things for tomorrow.” Dani Pedrosa, Repsol Honda RC212V: 7th – 1m 35.162s “This morning we started with some adjustments to the suspension and we went a little harder at the front end. My fastest lap time was OK this morning, but, to be honest, we didn’t find the solutions we were looking for and we still have some work to do to find the right set-up. In T1, where we were losing a lot of time yesterday, things have improved a little bit, but clearly not enough – and we also have to improve the feeling when I brake, because at the moment I can’t push to the maximum. It’s a similar situation on the soft or the hard option Bridgestones, so that choice isn’t made yet for us. We’ll keep on working this evening and try to make some significant improvements for the race tomorrow.” Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini RC212V: 8th – 1m 35.283s “That’s not bad. I’m happy because we had a few doubts about the bike today, but it worked well. We have found the right solution to establish a better feeling and I can ride with more ease. My times were good when I was lapping on my own and I managed to put a good rhythm together. Overall I am happy and confident I can have another good race tomorrow. If I can get a good start then there’s no reason I can’t be fighting for a top five finish.” Kousuke Akioshi (Interwetten Honda MotoGP RC212V: 15th – 1m 38.198s “I try to help the team as much as possible. For me it is difficult to set up all the different settings of the bike. But I have fun and this experience is very interesting. I improved by two seconds since yesterday, one second since this morning’s practice. I will try to keep improving also during tomorrow’s race and I look forward to this challenge.” Marco Melandri, San Carlo Honda Gresini RC212V: DNQ “Today was a day to forget. It started well, because the feeling with the bike was really good and I was able to put a fast time in on a tyre with a lot of laps on it, so I was happy. Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be and now I have to look ahead to hopefully having a good race at Barcelona. I went wide coming into the turn at the back of the pits and tried to get onto the tarmac path back onto the track, but I couldn’t get on it and as I headed back towards the track I was worried I might hit another rider, so I tried to change my line. Unfortunately, I lost the rear on the grass and when I got back onto the tarmac it gripped and threw me into the air. — Suzuki Report Rizla Suzuki racers Loris Capirossi and Álvaro Bautista will start side-by-side on the fourth row of the grid for tomorrow’s Dutch TT at Assen in the Netherlands. Bautista (1’36.344, 28 laps) produced his best qualifying performance of the season to put his bike next to Capirossi on the fourth row in 12th place. Despite still struggling with his shoulder injury – that has manifested itself to a greater extent than at Silverstone – he continued to make improvements to his lap-times before setting his best time on his penultimate lap of the day. Bautista is in a confident mood for tomorrow’s 26-lap race as he goes in search of his best finish in a MotoGP race to match today’s qualifying. Capirossi (P11, 1’35.664, 29 laps) made progressive steps with his Suzuki GSV-R today, but the Italian is still looking for the optimum setting for his machine that will enable him to get the best out of himself and the bike here at Assen. He is still sure that he can run in a higher position and will be out to prove that when tomorrow’s race gets underway. Today’s qualifying was held in warm and sunny conditions with track temperatures reaching 42ºC. Jorge Lorenzo on his factory Yamaha took his second successive pole position of the season. Tomorrow’s race is the only event on the Grand Prix calendar to be held on a Saturday and proceedings will commence at 14.00hrs local time (12.00hrs GMT) for the 80th running of the historic Dutch TT. Álvaro Bautista: “This morning I had some problems with my left arm and I felt quite a lot of pain. I think it is because this track is very physical and requires a lot more work with my arm. For this afternoon I took some pain-killers, but it was still very uncomfortable so I tried to take things a bit easier, so I could save myself for the race tomorrow. We resolved some of the problems we had from yesterday and made some improvements, but we are still not quite there. I still have some problems changing direction as I feel that the bike is very heavy because I don’t have the strength in my arm. We still have some small things to try in warm-up to make some small steps to make things better. I want to start well and stay with a good group and be able to push more as the race goes on. I hope the pain doesn’t get any worse during the race and I can enjoy it. I am confident that I can make a good result, but the main thing is to enjoy riding the bike.” Loris Capirossi: “I don’t really know what to say today! We did change the bike a bit to alter the way the weight transfers and this gave us a bit of traction back, but still we are not competitive enough. It seems if we improve the rear we are losing out on the front. We just cannot find the best solution and all the guys are working so hard to make things better. We improved the electronics this afternoon and I am happy that we have made a step there. We hope that we can make a small step in the morning because we don’t want to start making big changes to the bike now. We’re still confident we can run higher than the qualifying position and we’ll just have to see what tomorrow brings.” Paul Denning – Team Manager: “There is no great satisfaction to be taken from the result today, but after the Silverstone weekend at least we can say that we have made a start to rebuilding the season. Loris is only 0.9 seconds off the front row and while that gap is too big, it’s a lot smaller than it was a week ago. Unfortunately Álvaro is struggling more with his injury than he was last week and despite showing good potential in some parts of the track, he is struggling in the important fast changes of direction – both with the bike setting and his injury – so the team will be working hard tonight to make it easier for the race tomorrow. Our target for tomorrow is not too far-fetched – we’d like to see both riders finish the Grand Prix, score some points and take a better platform on to Catalunya next weekend.” — Bridgestone Report 2010 Bridgestone slick compounds available: Front: Soft, Medium. Rear: Medium, Hard (asymmetric) On his last lap of the hour-long qualifying session Jorge Lorenzo secured his second pole position of the season, and his second in succession, using Bridgestone’s harder front and softer rear slicks. As MotoGP has become accustomed to, almost all the riders set their best times using the softer rear tyre because it generates more grip than the harder option over shorter qualifying runs. Many riders, including Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso, set competitive times on the harder rear though, meaning rear tyre choices for the race will be mixed. All riders preferred the harder front slick, which is very likely to be the favoured option for tomorrow’s 26 lap race. At the end of the session the top six were all within 0.5seconds, and Randy de Puniet and Casey Stoner were separated by just 0.006seconds to complete the front row. The second row of Ben Spies, Nicky Hayden and Dovizioso was also covered by less than one tenth of a second, setting the scene for what could be some intense battles tomorrow. Tohru Ubukata – Manager, Bridgestone Motorcycle Tyre Development Department “The hard front slick was the favoured choice for all riders for the extra braking stability it affords in these hot conditions, so we can expect this to be the preferred race tyre tomorrow. Rear tyre choice is likely to be more difficult to predict however as we can see that both specs are working well and have sufficient race distance durability. Some bike and rider packages favour the extra traction provided by the harder option rear slick, whereas some are able to use the extra edge grip of the softer slick to their advantage so this factor will play a large part in each rider’s rear tyre compound selection for the 80th Dutch TT.” |
| Moto2 Andrea Iannone will start the Moto2 race in pole position after dominating every session so far this weekend and then claiming the fast lap in qualifying. The Fimmco Speed Up rider, who secured victory at Mugello from pole in round four, set a best of 1’39.092. Second in the session was Ratthapark Wilairot, whose 16th and final lap of the session pushed him to within 0.215s of Iannone and gave the Thai Honda PTT Singha-SAG his best ever starting grid position. However the Thai rider was punished later for “riding in an irresponsible manner” when Alex Debón collided with him off the racing line, and was fined €3,000 by Race Direction. Debón (Aeroport de Castelló-Ajo) was also on the provisional front row after setting his best time on only his third lap, although that proved to be his final lap of the circuit as the Spaniard smashed into Wilairot. The crash resulted in a suspected fractured right collarbone, an injury which has placed his participation in the race in doubt. Technomag-CIP rider Shoya Tomizawa completed the front row with the fourth fastest time of the session. Just seven-thousandths behind Thomas Lüthi (Interwetten Moriwaki Racing) was fifth fastest, with Championship leader Toni Elías (Gresini Racing Moto2), Julián Simón (Mapfre Aspar) and Fonsi Nieto (G22 Holiday Gym) completing the top eight. Forward Racing pair Claudio Corti and Jules Cluzel were ninth and tenth. Other crashers included Gabor Talmacsi , who went down at Turn 6 with just over 23 minutes of the session remaining. The Hungarian’s fall resulted in the red flag being brought out while the track was cleared, and he escaped uninjured. Axel Pons (Tenerife 40 Pons) went down towards the end of the session and suffered a fracture to the radius in his right arm, and will not ride in tomorrow’s race. Simone Corsi (JiR Moto2) was the final faller and was uninjured. 125cc Marc Márquez will go for his third straight victory from pole position in the 125cc class on Saturday after setting a scorching pace in qualifying. The Red Bull Ajo Motorsport rider’s lap of 1’42.191 was well clear of second placed Bradley Smith, who was 0.584s further back. Márquez took top spot on the timesheets with eight minutes to go, setting the fastest lap of the weekend, but unsatisfied with that he then shaved further time off his own effort to send a resounding message to the rest of the field. Bancaja Aspar rider Smith’s 20th and final lap of the session delivered him second spot. Joining the duo on the front row will be Smith’s team-mate Nico Terol and Championship leader Pol Espargaró (Tuenti Racing) for what promises to be another thrilling and closely fought 125cc contest. The second row will be fronted by Sandro Cortese (Avant Mitsubishi Ajo), with Dutch rider Jasper Iwema (CBC Corse) having surpassed his best ever previous qualification of 11th to take sixth spot on the grid for his home GP. Efrén Vázquez (Tuenti Racing) and Esteve Rabat (Blusens-STX) also set top-eight times. |
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Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup – Assen Race 1 – June 25th
Jake Gagne, the 16 year old Californian, found his form and won another stunning Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup race after a 12 man lead battle that was only decided over the last 2 corners. He was chased home by podium newcomers, Kevin Calia, the 15 year old Italian and Italian/Nigerian 15 year year old Alessio Cappella.
Pole man and points leader Daijiro Hiura extended his lead thanks to a hard fought 5th while his main Cup rivals Daniel Ruiz and Danny Kent finished 8th and 11th respectively.
All were in that lead pack with a chance to win but only Gagne put in the perfect finish. “I was in the group, it was pretty hard and there was no point in trying to lead early on, no one was getting away. About 5 laps to go I started to push forward, I didn’t want to be too far back when it came to the end. Then one the last lap I got the perfect slipstream into the lead and just had it pinned through the last left down to the chicane.”
Others have done that before only to be deposed on the brakes at the final corners. “I was pretty confident that I was quick through that last corner, if I could lead down to it I was pretty sure I could win as long as I didn’t make a mistake. I was deep on the brakes but it worked out OK,” concluded Gagne who leaps to 4th in the Cup points.
Calia and Cappella had never featured in a lead battle anything like as strongly but both did a superb job and traded the lead between them for most of the race. Calia looked particularly smooth as he took the lead from fast starting Swede Alex Kristiansson. Calia settled into a great rhythm and though overtaken always seemed to be able to get back in front. “I felt confident on the bike, I was enjoying it and it wasn’t a problem to lead. The only problem I had was the seagull in the track on the last lap, I so nearly hit it, I had to swerve and lost a lot of places. After that I am just happy to be on the podium, 2nd is great but I want to do one better tomorrow.”
Cappella also enjoyed the race and his first podium visit. Time and time again he passed others on the inside going into corners, sometimes 2 or 3 at once, particularly the tight, 1st gear left leading to the back straight. “That’s my favourite corner and I can just pass people there quite easily, sometimes I have to slip the clutch but it always works well. Just at the end of the race I feel my size doesn’t help when it gets rough, I lose out. So I am happy with 3rd and I want to do at least the same tomorrow.”
Harry Stafford was another who was right in the hunt and came home 4th. “I was right there and I thought about trying to win it on the brakes to the last chicane but there was a whole group of us and it was too risky, too much chance of crashing and taking other guys out. It was a rough race but a lot of fun and I can’t wait for tomorrow,” added the 16 year old Briton.
Hiura had made a poor start from pole. “My reaction time was OK but the clutch was slipping too much as I got off the line, then I made a few mistakes so after 3 laps I was about 8th. I worked hard to catch up and got to the front,” explained the 15 year old Japanese who looked in with a chance of the win going onto the last lap. “I made a mistake though at the right handers that turn back towards the finish, I lost the chance to win. Tomorrow I have to try and break away,” concluded Hiura who’s pole time was almost half a second quicker than anyone else.
Just behind Hiura at the flag was 15 year old Australian Arthur Sissis in 6th. “That was a lot of fun, I was near the back of the group for most of the race but towards the end some of the others started making mistakes so I started passing them.”
Those mistakes included the coming together of Danny Kent and Alex Kristiansson, ruining the race for the Swede who had been battling with Cappella and Calia for top spot over most of the distance but finished 10th with Kent 11th. “Danny and I collided and we both went off the track so that’s why I was not in the fight on the last lap,” explained Kristiansson.
The second Rookies race of the weekend, race 5 of the 10 that make up the Cup, starts at 15.40 CET on Saturday and can be seen on TV in some 30 countries and on redbull.com everywhere.
