Progress continues for Bradl in Jerez
It was another day of steady progress for Stefan Bradl and the HRC Test Team as they qualified 20th and showed increasing speed.
Continuing to work through a number of items for Honda HRC, Stefan Bradl was able to gather important data and improve his speed. Second fastest overall through Sector 2 during Free Practice 3, the HRC Test Rider proved once again that he has the speed needed to run in MotoGP. A crash in that same session ended his chances of direct passage to Q2, but a respectable 1’37.937 will see the German start from 20th and in front of LCR Honda’s Alex Marquez.
Stefan Bradl
“Today was another positive day, even if we had a crash while trying to get a fast time in Free Practice 3. From my side there were no issues from the crash. Our package is working quite well here, and we are able to learn a lot racing alongside the rest of the MotoGP field to compare our bike to theirs, and also see what the other Honda riders are doing. Sunday’s race will be a long one, but I feel that we can make some progress forward and hopefully aim to fight for points. Thanks to my team for their work today as well, they did a great job to prepare everything after FP3.”
