For the second race of the 2013 Moto2 World Championship, the teams head to Texas, and the Circuit of the Americas in Austin.
This new 3.427mile track is the fourth circuit in the continental United States to host a grand prix motorcycle event and three events will be held this year on the MotoGP calendar: the Circuit of the Americas in Texas, Laguna Seca in California (the only MotoGP class) and Indianapolis.
For Team JiR and rider Mike Di Meglio, both will be hoping for better luck after the first GP in Qatar where an ECU problem meant the 25-year-old Frenchman had to start from pitlane, eventually finishing the race just outside of the points.
Mike Di Meglio – JiR Team Rider
"What is good is that this is going to be a new track for everyone and from what I can see it could be a difficult track to learn and ride well on as you really need to find and understand the best line around the circuit. Looking forward we know that we did a good job in Qatar, but things just went wrong when we got to the grid. Despite this, I’m very motivated for this weekend’s race. Every time we went out on track at Losail we improved and we went faster and grew in confidence with the bike. We now need a good weekend’s work where we can progress and be ready for Sunday’s race.”
JiR Moto2 Press Release
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