On the first day of the Valencia Grand Prix, Bo Bendsneyder and Tommaso Marcon made great progress. Bendsneyder took over a second off his time in the second free practice and finished the day in 19th place with 1.36.029. Marcon, who rode the NTS bike and Triumph engine for the first time, was almost one and a half seconds faster in the afternoon and finished in 29th place with 1.37.264. It was a positive day for NTS RW Racing GP at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit. Bo Bendsneyder was able to try out some new parts that seem to turn out well. He missed the race in Valencia last year because of his leg injury and so he had to get used to the track again. Tommy Marcon raced on this circuit just a week ago, but with a Grand Prix machine it’s a completely different story than with a CEV machine, the Italian noticed.
Bo Bendsneyder: “I am very happy with the progress we have made. We could constantly improve – not just one lap – and the gap to the top 14 is very small. That gives a lot of confidence. Such progress also means that you are coming up against new limits and new problems and we are now working on that.”
Results FP2:
Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap |
1 | Brad BINDER | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1’34.622 |
2 | Augusto FERNANDEZ | FLEXBOX HP 40 | 1’35.198 |
3 | Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO | MB Conveyors Speed Up | 1’35.293 |
4 | Sam LOWES | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | 1’35.328 |
5 | Stefano MANZI | MV Agusta Temporary Forward | 1’35.352 |
6 | Tetsuta NAGASHIMA | ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team | 1’35.356 |
7 | Jorge NAVARRO | MB Conveyors Speed Up | 1’35.396 |
8 | Mattia PASINI | Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 | 1’35.409 |
9 | Thomas LUTHI | Dynavolt Intact GP | 1’35.424 |
10 | Nicolo BULEGA | SKY Racing Team VR46 | 1’35.533 |
11 | Marcel SCHROTTER | Dynavolt Intact GP | 1’35.541 |
12 | Luca MARINI | SKY Racing Team VR46 | 1’35.580 |
13 | Alex MARQUEZ | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 1’35.587 |
14 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | FLEXBOX HP 40 | 1’35.599 |
15 | Jorge MARTIN | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1’35.642 |
16 | Enea BASTIANINI | Italtrans Racing Team | 1’35.694 |
17 | Jake DIXON | Inde Angel Nieto Team | 1’35.902 |
18 | Andrea LOCATELLI | Italtrans Racing Team | 1’36.002 |
19 | Bo BENDSNEYDER | NTS RW Racing GP | 1’36.029 |
20 | Xavi VIERGE | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 1’36.042 |
21 | Dominique AEGERTER | MV Agusta Temporary Forward | 1’36.046 |
22 | Remy GARDNER | ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team | 1’36.175 |
23 | Joe ROBERTS | American Racing KTM | 1’36.192 |
24 | Marco BEZZECCHI | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1’36.243 |
25 | Somkiat CHANTRA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | 1’36.431 |
26 | Philipp OETTL | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1’36.509 |
27 | Lukas TULOVIC | Kiefer Racing | 1’36.609 |
28 | Dimas EKKY PRATAMA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | 1’37.162 |
29 | Tommaso MARCON | NTS RW Racing GP | 1’37.264 |
30 | Adam NORRODIN | Petronas Sprinta Racing | 1’37.482 |
31 | Xavi CARDELUS | Inde Angel Nieto Team | 1’37.855 |
32 | Sean Dylan KELLY | American Racing KTM | 1’37.858 |
Source: motogp.com, rwracinggp.com