Sole Pramac Racing rider Hèctor Barberà fought hard today to achieve the 12th place in qualifying and a 4th row start for tomorrow’s eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland.
The Premier Class riders were one again unlucky with the weather during both the final free practice and the qualifying sessions. Having also struggled with the mixed weather conditions yesterday, Hèctor, who had led the timesheet for part of the heat, finished the damp morning session in fifth place and posted a best lap time of 1’33.302.
In the afternoon, the qualifying session took place with a heavy rain that soaked the 3.671 km German track. During qualifying, Hèctor crashed out on the slippery surface while he was braking into turn twelve, escaping relatively unscathed but a little bit sore. After the crash, the Spaniard was able to complete the session, trying to reacquaint with the track, even if he wrapped up the day losing some important grid positions for tomorrow’s race.
Despite that, the Green Energy Team rider is confident that his race pace will be good enough to challenge for another brilliant result tomorrow, during the 30-lap race scheduled at 13:00 local time.
Hèctor Barberà
“It was a difficult day, especially due to the tricky weather conditions. From the morning’s session, we had rain and during the qualifying session I had to grit my teeth after the crash. I was braking on entry to turn 12 but, unfortunately, I lost the front, crashing at one of the fastest points of this track. I was able to regain the confidence both with my Ducati and with the wet surface, even if I found some riders on my line during the last minutes of the qualifying session and I struggled to set a fast lap time to start tomorrow’s round from a better grid position”.
Francesco Guidotti – Pramac Racing Team Manager
“I have to congratulate Hèctor because after the crash, he re-joined the session with strong determination. We could have achieved a better grid position, but the important point was that we found a good setup in the wet. Now we will hope for a dry warm up to be sure to have a great setup also with this track condition. In summary, it was a hard but positive session for our team.”
Pramac Racing Team Press Release
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