Despite a high-speed crash at the end of today’s final session, Frenchman Mike Di Meglio had a positive first outing at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
The 25-year-old former 125cc champion led the early part of the session and was in the top three until the final ten minutes of the period. Then, as he aimed to push his Team JiR machine back up the rankings, he suffered a high-speed crash in turn six on the track with just two minutes remaining.
Despite the crash, Mike finished the session in eighth place. Fastest was Britain’s Scott Redding.
Gianluca Montiron – Team Principal
"Today we had a good result for Mike. It’s a new track for everybody so this makes it all the more important. Today we worked well on helping the rider get to know the track. As well as being new for everybody it is different to European tracks and Mike’s approach was very good in the first session. He simply went out and rode without worrying about the setting, but just to learn the track, which he did. For second practice we moved forward on set-up and he made some good times on the same tyre and I think this is positive. From now we need to concentrate and make another step forward as the grip on the track will be more consistent from tomorrow and we will need to refine the set-up as the lap times improve. I think we have a good challenge and opportunity to show that Mike and the team will recover well from the bad luck in Qatar.”
Mike Di Meglio – Team Rider Position: 8th Best Lap: 2’13.271
"Today was good we were fast from this morning and improved every time we went out on track and I think we also have a good rhythm. We need to work on the bike still further of course, but the track itself is nice and I think we will be near the front and improve our rhythm further if we carry on in this way. Towards the end of the second session I did crash. I lost the front as I was trying to push hard towards the limit but despite being fast, it was a small crash and we have plenty of information and data for tomorrow so need to concentrate on what happens then, for now.”
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