Unfortunate qualifying session for Bendsneyder in Portimão

Bo Bendsneyder has continued to drag out low-confidence issues with the front end of his Kalex. The Dutch rider has gone to Q1 but has not been able to make a good fastest lap that allowed him to qualify for Q2. Bo has set a time of 1’44.773 which places him in 26th place. The Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team rider and his technical team will continue working during the morning warm-up to find that necessary confidence that allows him to try to do a good race.

#64 Bo Bendsneyder – P26 – 1.44,773

“It has been again a difficult day. The feeling with the front is still bad. I have no confidence at all. We are all trying our best and working hard to fix it. This should not be our position. This is not the place where we need to stand. It’s a difficult situation in this circuit for us. We will not give up and we are going to work hard. The warm up tomorrow is going to be important to try a different setup of the bike. We will see if it works better for me and this gives me more confidence. We will use the warm up like a normal session to improve the bike and the feeling with it. Hopefully we can find some better feeling during the warm up for the race. We will give the 100%.”

Results Q1 & Q2 combined:

Pos Rider Team Fastest lap
1 Sam LOWES Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 1’42.901
2 Remy GARDNER Red Bull KTM Ajo 1’42.924
3 Xavi VIERGE Petronas Sprinta Racing 1’43.075
4 Ai OGURA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia 1’43.121
5 Marco BEZZECCHI SKY Racing Team VR46 1’43.170
6 Augusto FERNANDEZ Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 1’43.259
7 Albert ARENAS Solunion Aspar Team 1’43.304
8 Joe ROBERTS Italtrans Racing Team 1’43.314
9 Aron CANET Solunion Aspar Team 1’43.359
10 Raul FERNANDEZ Red Bull KTM Ajo 1’43.389
11 Somkiat CHANTRA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia 1’43.454
12 Hector GARZO Flexbox HP40 1’43.472
13 Cameron BEAUBIER American Racing 1’43.475
14 Jake DIXON Petronas Sprinta Racing 1’43.664
15 Nicolò BULEGA Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 1’43.676
16 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 1’43.744
17 Marcos RAMIREZ American Racing 1’43.841
18 Yari MONTELLA Lightech Speed Up 1’44.003
19 Marcel SCHROTTER Liqui Moly Intact GP 1’43.523
20 Stefano MANZI Flexbox HP40 1’43.772
21 Lorenzo DALLA PORTA Italtrans Racing Team 1’43.778
22 Thomas LUTHI Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team 1’43.993
23 Celestino VIETTI SKY Racing Team VR46 1’44.195
24 Lorenzo BALDASSARRI MV Agusta Forward Racing 1’44.269
25 Tony ARBOLINO Liqui Moly Intact GP 1’44.462
26 Bo BENDSNEYDER Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team 1’44.773
27 Hafizh SYAHRIN NTS RW Racing GP 1’44.908
28 Miquel PONS MV Agusta Forward Racing 1’46.176
29 Fraser ROGERS NTS RW Racing GP 1’46.753
30 Jorge NAVARRO Lightech Speed Up 1’49.000

Source: motogp.com, stopandgo.es

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