Bendsneyder searching for the right direction on first day

On the first day of the Grand Prix of Austria it was a bit of a search for Bo Bendsneyder and Dominique Aegerter. Finding the right way, with the NTS frame and new front tire working well on the Red Bull Ring, is a challenge for both NTS RW Racing GP and both riders. What works and what doesn’t, what adjustments are improvements, what the rider can do with the settings and how he feels with the bike, is a matter of trying out on every circuit. With many variable factors – frame, tires, track character, tarmac condition, weather conditions, riding style of the riders – that is always a challenge. Sometimes things go well right away, sometimes more time is needed to find the right direction.
On the first day in Austria, Bo Bendsneyder and his crew had a little more trouble with that than Dominique Aegerter and his team. The differences are very small, but Aegerter finished above Bendsneyder in both free practices. The Swiss finished the first day at the Red Bull Ring in 22nd place with 1.30.318, set in FP2. The Dutchman finished in 26th with the 1.30.461 he rode in FP1.

Bo Bendsneyder: “It was a difficult first day. This morning the bike did not feel very well. We thought we knew what was going on, but the changes didn’t work out as we hoped. The feeling was even less in the afternoon. The strong points of the morning were also the negatives and those negatives have not improved. Let’s hope that we can take the step tomorrow and that things will go better then.”

Results FP2:

Pos Rider Team Fastest lap
1 Sam LOWES EG 0,0 Marc VDS 1’28.985
2 Jorge MARTIN Red Bull KTM Ajo 1’28.995
3 Jake DIXON Petronas Sprinta Racing 1’29.207
4 Augusto FERNANDEZ EG 0,0 Marc VDS 1’29.368
5 Joe ROBERTS Tennor American Racing 1’29.436
6 Xavi VIERGE Petronas Sprinta Racing 1’29.510
7 Jorge NAVARRO Beta Tools Speed Up 1’29.577
8 Marcel SCHROTTER Liqui Moly Intact GP 1’29.578
9 Enea BASTIANINI Italtrans Racing Team 1’29.593
10 Aron CANET Inde Aspar Team 1’29.659
11 Somkiat CHANTRA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia 1’29.692
12 Tetsuta NAGASHIMA Red Bull KTM Ajo 1’29.735
13 Stefano MANZI MV Agusta Forward Racing 1’29.818
14 Marco BEZZECCHI SKY Racing Team VR46 1’29.836
15 Remy GARDNER Onexox TKKR SAG Team 1’29.845
16 Hafizh SYAHRIN Inde Aspar Team 1’29.858
17 Marcos RAMIREZ Tennor American Racing 1’29.875
18 Thomas LUTHI Liqui Moly Intact GP 1’29.895
19 Luca MARINI SKY Racing Team VR46 1’30.022
20 Lorenzo BALDASSARRI Flexbox HP 40 1’30.178
21 Nicolò BULEGA Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 1’30.228
22 Dominique AEGERTER NTS RW Racing GP 1’30.318
23 Lorenzo DALLA PORTA Italtrans Racing Team 1’30.354
24 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO Beta Tools Speed Up 1’30.392
25 Hector GARZO Flexbox HP 40 1’30.407
26 Edgar PONS Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 1’30.489
27 Andi Farid IZDIHAR IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia 1’30.774
28 Bo BENDSNEYDER NTS RW Racing GP 1’30.876
29 Simone CORSI MV Agusta Forward Racing 1’31.491
30 Kasma DANIEL Onexox TKKR SAG Team 1’31.542

Source: motogp.com, rwracinggp.com

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