Team Italia riders had a positive start to their week-end in Australia, placing their Honda-FTR bikes among the top of the time sheets.
Romano Fenati (Team Italia FTR Honda#5), after a first session to get acquainted with the track, quickly learned the fast corners and improved by over two seconds between FP1 (18th) and FP2 (5th). With a 1'40"267, he is 1"054 behind Folger, who was fastest today with a 1'39"445.
Alessandro Tonucci (Team Italia FTR Honda#19) also improved throughout the day. He took seven tenths off his FP1 time of 1'41"361, closing in 12th position with a 1'40"625 and posting the top speed among Honda- FTR riders (233,1 Km/h).
Romano Fenati (Team Italia FTR Honda#5) 37 laps, 1'40"267
"It's been a good day. I love the track and the team worked well to help me out. We still have to improve in a few corners, and we'll try to fix the setup ahead of qualifiers. We have great potential."
Alessandro Tonucci (Team Italia FTR Honda#19) 35 laps, 1'40"625
"The bike works great. The engine is super fast, we just need to adjust the setup a little bit. We have a good pace and we're not far from the top. We'll aim at top rows tomorrow."
Roberto Locatelli (FMI Technical Coordinator)
"Great teamwork, as usual. Fenati is fifth and Tonucci twelfth, both are fast and have a good pace. We need to stay focused ahead of qualifiers to allow them to get off a good start during the race, but we definitely showed potential here."
Team Italia FMI Press Release
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