After back-to-back races in the United States and a two-week holiday in between the MotoGP World Championship returns to Europe this weekend for the twelfth round of the season. After a visit to one of the most famous circuits in the world in Indianapolis the series now heads to Brno, one of the oldest on the old continent, with the gap at the top of the championship closing race by race. Dani Pedrosa is now just eighteen points behind fellow Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo at the top but this fast, flowing and wide circuit represents a very different challenge to recent venues.
The good thing about having two races so close together is that if you've had a bad weekend you don't need to wait too long to put it right. That is the case for POWER ELECTRONICS Aspar pair Randy de De Puniet and Aleix Espargaró, who both enjoyed positive practice sessions at Indianapolis before suffering mechanical setbacks in the race. This weekend their joint aim is to get back on form and continue to be the reference in the new CRT category.
Randy De Puniet: “The setback at Indianapolis just gives us more motivation for this weekend. We lost some important points because of a mechanical problem so we need to make them back up at Brno. I love the circuit and I am looking forward to finding out how our bike feels around there. The bike is working really well in general but we need to work hard to make sure we don't get any nasty surprises like the other day. These things happen but we still have to try and keep things within our control. I am sure I can be just as fast at Brno as we have been at other circuits so far so more than ever the target is to be the top CRT”.
Aleix Espargaró: “Brno is a circuit I like a lot. It's fast and technical and normally suits me well. We had some really good practice sessions at Indianapolis and I enjoyed myself on the bike so it's a real shame we had the gearbox problem in the race. We need to have a look at it on Friday and work out what went wrong. Other than that we have a good base set-up so we need to work on that and make sure we improve it because our rivals are making progress and getting closer so we have to stay focused.”
Power Electronics Aspar Press Release
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