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