The first of three days of testing in Jerez was a good one for RW Racing GP. Only 0,007 separated Scott Deroue and Ana Carrasco, with the rookie taking the advantage over the lady. But actually that wasn’t very important. More important was the fact that both riders ran high quality laps in good conditions and learned a lot from that.
Like most of the teams RW Racing GP only started riding in the afternoon. Wet patches on the track hindered the riders in the morning. The team decided not to go out on rain tyres, but to wait until the circumstances were good enough to go out on slicks.
In the three sessions for Moto3 Ana Carrasco ran 59 laps and Scott Deroue 45. Both set their best lap times in the final session, making it to 20 and 21 overall. Deroue managed to pick up a good slipstream and fought his way to a fast lap time, just a little faster than his team mate.
Jarno Janssen
“One of Scott’s qualities is that he is a pure racer, who is at his best in the middle of the action. He likes to enter into the fray and he is not shy in doing so. When he is fighting for his place in a group, he gets just that bit extra allowing him to go faster. I’m not saying it was a lucky shot, but there was a bit of luck involved. On the other hand: now that Scott knows he can do it, he might do it again on his own. It’s good to get such a confirmation on a first day. Ana was faster all the time except for this one lap. She is not the type of rider to go a second faster all of a sudden. Ana is a bit more reserved, but she is very consistent. In doing so she finds some improvement in every lap, building it up bit by bit.”
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