As feared, the weather conditions for the first training day of the Grand Prix of Portugal for motorcycles in the Moto2 class were somewhat mixed. Max Neukirchner and his team of Kiefer Racing groped their way slowly up today at the lap times, and finished 25th Space.
The Stollberger completed today its first fast laps on the track of Estoril and the track had to learn something - just Estoril, which is one of the more difficult routes drivers. In a challenging track and then semi-wet conditions in the morning, it was not so easy to squeeze out fast laps.
In the second session in the afternoon Max stayed on a longer turn out and found a good rhythm. Had the front tire, which can be mounted at that time had, after many rounds under his belt. It was no wonder that the really fast times were not possible. For Saturday, the team is confident with a new tire the main landing gear problems to get a grip.
Max Neukirchner, 25 Place in 1:44.020 minutes.
"That was really not a perfect day but I'm finally getting better coped after the second turn my front tire had 45 laps on it and did the rest to be had I ever so slowly into the curves... , so I turn the output could still get at all. In the last curve of the track there were wet spots, and since you already took extreme courage to fully drive through. As you can very quickly make up time 0.5 -0.8 seconds. Today was not really my case. Now we solve first time the feeling on the front wheel and then it goes the same speed. We will now analyze the data once and then we'll see whether we work with the changes we have made on are the right way. From the way her Estoril is certainly not my favorite track to be ... "
Jochen Kiefer (chief engineer)
"The difficulties we have at the moment are definitely on the front Max took a long time until he had a rhythm, so we left him on a long turn out as he then began the new for him. To understand distance, the front wheel as many rounds did it, that he does not load anymore. I think we are not with the setting so far off the mark. We will try tomorrow if we will use a soft or hard front tire. Then the times are also faster. "
Kiefer Racing Team Press Release
Kiefer Racing Team Press Release
