Hard fought Texan battle for Bendsneyder

The Tech3 Racing Team duo performed in a brave manner at the Circuit of the Americas today. Remy Gardner and Bo Bendsneyder previously have never had a taste of the ultra-demanding track and therefore had to work hard during the weekend in order to get to know the best lines and find a decent setup for their Mistral 610 machines. Following some strong opening laps, Gardner ultimately showed a brave fight during the 18 laps competition to see the chequered flag in 17th. Meanwhile, Bendsneyder slashed his way from 23rd to eventually arrive inside the top 20. Both, Gardner and Bendsneyder look forward to commence the European season in less than two weeks’ time in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.
Bo BendsneyderPosition: 20th – Championship: 24th – Points: –
“Finally, I felt quite well with the bike, just during the last few laps my left hand was destroyed, I had no power anymore and wasn’t comfortable riding anymore. We need to work on some points, but I think we already made a step. Therefore, I can’t wait to arrive back in Europe and start the next round in Spain.”
Herve PONCHARAL ,Team Manager:
“It’s the end of the three flyaway races here and it’s been a good three rounds for the Tech3 Moto2 team. Remy clearly showed that she is the leader of our Moto2 team this year and scored points in Qatar, big points in Argentina, but unfortunately here he couldn’t be in the top 15, although he did a strong race and was very close. Bo is honestly struggling more than what we were expecting when we saw the winter tests, that were really good in terms of fast laps, but also consistency and race pace. We don’t really understand why, but we want to give his time, because he’s a newcomer to this category and is young, so hopefully back in Europe he will be stronger. We go back to Europe, where it will be easier to work for the whole paddock and hopefully we can have our two riders closer than where they are now and both in the points – this is the target. thanks to the riders, thanks to the team. It has been tough three races, so let’s go back home now, getting a few days rest and meet everyone again with a big smile on our face in beautiful Andalusia.”
Race results:
1 Francesco BAGNAIA SKY Racing Team VR46 39’30.016
2 Alex MARQUEZ EG 0,0 Marc VDS 2.464
3 Miguel OLIVEIRA Red Bull KTM Ajo 3.704
4 Joan MIR EG 0,0 Marc VDS 5.376
5 Iker LECUONA Swiss Innovative Investors 6.867
6 Brad BINDER Red Bull KTM Ajo 6.876
7 Mattia PASINI Italtrans Racing Team 9.308
8 Jorge NAVARRO Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 10.510
9 Dominique AEGERTER Kiefer Racing 10.595
10 Lorenzo BALDASSARRI Pons HP40 11.497
11 Isaac VIÑALES SAG Team 12.339
12 Simone CORSI Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 13.458
13 Luca MARINI SKY Racing Team VR46 14.282
14 Andrea LOCATELLI Italtrans Racing Team 14.548
15 Fabio QUARTARARO MB Conveyors – Speed Up Racing 17.169
16 Romano FENATI Marinelli Snipers Team 20.609
17 Remy GARDNER Tech 3 Racing 20.821
18 Hector BARBERA Pons HP40 27.068
19 Tetsuta NAGASHIMA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia 27.245
20 Bo BENDSNEYDER Tech 3 Racing 32.144
21 Steven ODENDAAL NTS RW Racing GP 38.350
22 Eric GRANADO Forward Racing Team 38.579
23 Joe ROBERTS NTS RW Racing GP 44.257
24 Sam LOWES Swiss Innovative Investors 45.289
25 Khairul Idham PAWI IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia 46.966
26 Jules DANILO Nashi Argan SAG Team +1’10.364
27 Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN SIC Racing Team +1’27.099
28 Federico FULIGNI Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 +1’27.257
Not Classified
Xavi VIERGE Dynavolt Intact GP 5 Laps
Stefano MANZI Forward Racing Team 7 Laps
Marcel SCHROTTER Dynavolt Intact GP 12 Laps
Danny KENT MB Conveyors – Speed Up Racing 15 Laps
Source: motogp.com, tech3 racing

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