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 Bendsneyder; Position: 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