During a very hot Qualifying session, Bo Bendsneyder secured himself a spot in the first six rows for the Czech Grand Prix, which is set to start tomorrow at 12.20 local time. Thereby, the Moto2 rookie showed some great progress in bettering his best lap from Friday morning to Saturday afternoon by 2.114 seconds and finding a decent feeling aboard the Mistral 610 of the Tech3 Racing squad.
Bo Bendsneyder
Position: 18th – Time: 2’03.235 – Laps: 14
“I’m happy about the Qualifying. Still I want a little bit more, but anyway, I’m satisfied. In the last three races it was quite difficult in Qualifying. In Warm Up we could show the pace we had in the race, but we destroyed the race before with the timed practice. Finally, here we were able to set a good lap time, but it was tough because it’s so hot. Therefore, you have to do the fast lap in the beginning of the session when the bike is still cold and when you have the extra grip from the MotoGP riders. Already this morning we had a good pace and now we showed that we can also qualify well.”
Results QP:
| 1 | Luca MARINI | SKY Racing Team VR46 | 2’02.244 |
| 2 | Alex MARQUEZ | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 2’02.359 |
| 3 | Mattia PASINI | Italtrans Racing Team | 2’02.417 |
| 4 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 2’02.446 |
| 5 | Marcel SCHROTTER | Dynavolt Intact GP | 2’02.449 |
| 6 | Francesco BAGNAIA | SKY Racing Team VR46 | 2’02.451 |
| 7 | Brad BINDER | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 2’02.493 |
| 8 | Xavi VIERGE | Dynavolt Intact GP | 2’02.505 |
| 9 | Dominique AEGERTER | Kiefer Racing | 2’02.520 |
| 10 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | Pons HP40 | 2’02.649 |
| 11 | Jorge NAVARRO | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | 2’02.653 |
| 12 | Joan MIR | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 2’02.748 |
| 13 | Iker LECUONA | Swiss Innovative Investors | 2’02.749 |
| 14 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Boost – Speed Up Racing | 2’02.760 |
| 15 | Andrea LOCATELLI | Italtrans Racing Team | 2’02.824 |
| 16 | Simone CORSI | Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 | 2’02.905 |
| 17 | Romano FENATI | Marinelli Snipers Team | 2’03.106 |
| 18 | Bo BENDSNEYDER | Tech 3 Racing | 2’03.235 |
| 19 | Remy GARDNER | Tech 3 Racing | 2’03.273 |
| 20 | Khairul Idham PAWI | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | 2’03.301 |
| 21 | Augusto FERNANDEZ | Pons HP40 | 2’03.363 |
| 22 | Sam LOWES | Swiss Innovative Investors | 2’03.385 |
| 23 | Joe ROBERTS | NTS RW Racing GP | 2’03.540 |
| 24 | Danny KENT | Boost – Speed Up Racing | 2’03.548 |
| 25 | Tetsuta NAGASHIMA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | 2’03.569 |
| 26 | Steven ODENDAAL | NTS RW Racing GP | 2’03.594 |
| 27 | Stefano MANZI | Forward Racing Team | 2’03.613 |
| 28 | Niki TUULI | Petronas Sprinta Racing | 2’03.873 |
| 29 | Sheridan MORAIS | Willi Race Racing Team | 2’04.126 |
| 30 | Jules DANILO | Nashi Argan SAG Team | 2’04.281 |
| 31 | Xavi CARDELUS | Team Stylobike | 2’04.659 |
| 32 | Alejandro MEDINA | SAG Team | 2’04.869 |
Source: motogp.com, tech3 racing
