MotoGP
Aragon GP: Rizla Suzuki qualifying report
Positive steps for Bautista on day two at Aragon Rizla Suzuki's Alvaro Bautista made steady progress during today's final practice and qualifying sessions at Aragon in Spain to earn himself a fourth row start for tomorrow's race. Bautista (P12, ...
Published: Sep 19, 2010, 1:29 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
Positive steps for Bautista on day two at Aragon
Rizla Suzuki's Alvaro Bautista made steady progress during today's final practice and qualifying sessions at Aragon in Spain to earn himself a fourth row start for tomorrow's race.
Bautista (P12, 1'50.523, 21 laps) improved throughout the two sessions before posting his fastest lap of the day right at the very end of qualifying. He was hampered in this morning's practice by a crash, but was able to walk away and return to the pits completely uninjured. Bautista's race pace throughout the day was very consistent and the improvements he has made in his riding and to the bike's settings look like giving him a competitive edge in Sunday's race.
Today's qualifying was held in warm and sunny conditions with track temperatures finally heating up to a respectable 26ºC after yesterday's heavy rain. Casey Stoner took pole position on his Ducati, with World Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa filling the remaining front row places.
Tomorrow's 23-lap race will be the first MotoGP that the Motorland Aragon circuit has staged and the lights will change to go for that historic moment at 14.00hrs local time (12.00hrs GMT).
Alvaro Bautista:
"Today I have improved my lap time and I'm quite happy with the progress we have made. I crashed this morning and lost some time, but fortunately there wasn't any physical problem for me. I tried two different gearboxes in this morning's session and we chose the best one and concentrated on riding with that one this afternoon. With the race tyre this afternoon my rhythm was not too bad and when I put on the softer compound rear tyre at the end of the qualifying session I was able to improve my times. The grid position is not that good, but we are very close to the guys in front. If I get a good start tomorrow I feel confident that I can fight to be in the top six. The positive thing about my qualifying time is that I did it on my own and didn't follow another rider -- like some of the others guys out there did. I want to have a good race here tomorrow because it is another home event and I have a lot of fans here to support me, so it is important I put on a good show for them."
Paul Denning -- Team Manager:
"Alvaro's made big steps forward today, but despite that he is far from happy with 12th on the grid, especially when just over half-of-a-second off his time would have seen him on the second row. His race pace is very consistent and the bike is very stable on the brakes, so he is hoping to make some aggressive passes tomorrow in the early laps and fight back towards the front group as quickly as he can."
-source: rizla suzuki
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Aragon GP: Ducati race report
Next article Aragon GP: Bridgestone qualifying report
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Dani Pedrosa
MotoGP to stage demo at F1 United States Grand Prix
MotoGP
MotoGP
MotoGP to stage demo at F1 United States Grand Prix
Why Dani Pedrosa won't replace Maverick Vinales at Le Mans, despite his form
MotoGP
MotoGP
French GP
Why Dani Pedrosa won't replace Maverick Vinales at Le Mans, despite his form
Dani Pedrosa reveals the ‘crazy’ training that helped him master wet MotoGP races
MotoGP
MotoGP
Brazil GP
Dani Pedrosa reveals the ‘crazy’ training that helped him master wet MotoGP races
Latest news
Who slept worst last night: Fernando Alonso
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
Sao Paulo GP
44 min
Who slept worst last night: Fernando Alonso
Carlos Ezpeleta: Qatar GP “noise” left MotoGP unnecessarily exposed
MotoGP
MGP MotoGP
Qatar GP
1 h
Carlos Ezpeleta: Qatar GP “noise” left MotoGP unnecessarily exposed
Oscar Piastri splits from Mark Webber management
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
Sao Paulo GP
1 h
Oscar Piastri splits from Mark Webber management
WEC drivers question lack of full-course yellow after heavy Monza crash
WEC
WEC WEC
Monza
3 h
WEC drivers question lack of full-course yellow after heavy Monza crash
Feature
Discover prime content
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe