Tech3 Racing rider Bo Bendsneyder showed her home fans her best ever Moto2 race today. The local heroine did an incredible strong second half of the Dutch Grand Prix, making up one position by another while moving from P24 on the grid to P14, which would have meant her first ever intermediate class points. Although, the Moto2 rookie had to accept a 1.4 seconds penalty after swinging off the track at the beginning of the race. Bo Bendsneyder; Position: 17th – Championship: 29th – Points: – “In the beginning it was really tough because the rear was…
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Bendsneyder start Dutch GP from eighth row
The Tech3 Racing Team duo of Remy Gardner and Bo Bendsneyder experienced a diversified Qualifying at the TT Circuit Assen today, which was briefly interrupted by a red flag a few minutes before the end. Thereby, Gardner did well to lower her lap time by 1.247 seconds from Friday morning to eventually end up in P18 following some setup changes in the course of the session. On the other side, Bo Bendsneyder found a decent rhythm for tomorrow’s eighth race of 2018 starting at 12.20 local time. The Dutch rookie will launch her home Grand Prix…
Read MoreBendsneyder kicks off Dutch GP with huge determination
For the first day of the eighth round in 2018, Remy Gardner, who just came back from injury two weeks ago, showed up with a solid performance. The Australian lapped the TT Circuit 40 times and lowered her best lap by 0.3 seconds from FP1 to FP2 this afternoon, although he struggled to find a good feeling with the softer tyre option. Her Tech3Racing teammate Bo Bendsneyder experienced similar matters. In front of her home crowd the Dutch rider concluded Friday just 0.603 seconds behind the top 10 and is eager to improve before the all-important…
Read MoreBendsneyder unlucky in Catalunya
Just six weeks after his heavy training accident, Tech3 Racing Team’s Remy Gardner was back in action for this weekend’s Catalan Grand Prix. With a lack of fitness, he fought incredibly hard trough the 22 laps race, making up one place after another to eventually reach the points scoring positions. On the other side of the Tech3 Racing Team garage, Bo Bendsneyder initiated the day with a strong Warm Up session, where he went 15th fastest. Later on, he came off the line well, made up some ground, but was unfortunately hit by two competitors, which ended his race…
Read MoreBendsneyder to kick off Catalan GP from ninth row
Following his ultra-fast recovery, Tech3 Racing Team rider Remy Gardner is back on his Mistral 610 this weekend and showed great progress on the first two days. The Australian improved his pace from FP1 to FP3 by 1.474 seconds and although he was fighting hard through the pain during the hot Qualifying this afternoon, he managed to secure an eighth row start for tomorrow’s 22 laps race, starting at 12.20 local time. Meanwhile, Bo Bendsneyder had a solid start into day two as well, lowering his best lap by one second from Friday morning, but struggled to find…
Read MoreUphill opening day for Bendsneyder in Montmeló
The Tech3 Racing duo Bo Bendsneyder and Remy Gardner initiated the seventh round of the 2018 Moto2 World Championship at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya cautiously today. While Bendsneyder finished day one only half a second behind the top 15, Gardner was sitting on her Mistral 610 again, just six weeks after her heavy training accident, ready to fight her way back. Following 37 intense laps the Australian found herself only 0.401 seconds behind her teammate. Bo Bendsneyder Position: 27th – Time: 1’45.381 – Laps: 40 “We made a good step in FP2, even if it was a bit hotter than…
Read MoreDNF for Bendsneyder in Italy
Following a great Warm Up session this morning, where Bo Bendsneyder did his best lap time of 1’52.974 minutes on used tyres, the Dutch Moto2 rookie felt well prepared for the race at midday. Unfortunately, Bendsneyder was forced to return to the pit box after the first lap, but will have a full day of testing in Mugello tomorrow. Bo Bendsneyder ; Position: DNF – Championship: 28th – Points: – “After yesterday, we changed the bike a little bit and we made a good step, so we had a lot of confidence…
Read MoreBendsneyder prepared to fight in the Tuscan Hills
The Tech3 Racing duo faces a tough challenge for the sixth round of the Moto2 World Championship 2018, but both, Bo Bendsneyder and Hector Garzo, feel more than ready to attack. Dutch rookie Bendsneyder was able to up his pace significantly from yesterday and did some solid laps during FP3 and Qualifying in order to find himself just 0.617 seconds off the top 10. Meanwhile Garzo had an even bigger task, riding in Mugello for the first time ever, the Spanish youngster made a huge step in FP3 and was 1.831 seconds faster than in…
Read MoreChallenging start for Bendsneyder in Mugello
The Tech3Racing Team experienced a tough opening day at the Italian Grand Prix. While Bo Bendsneyder started with a decent performance in FP1, he struggled during today’s afternoon session. On the other side, Hector Garzo, who is riding the Mistral 610 for the third time this season in place of Remy Gardner, did his first laps at the tricky circuit in the Tuscan hills and was hampered in his process by a slight trip to the gravel this morning, but recovered nearly half a second in FP2. Bo Bendsneyder; Position: 24th – Time: 1’53.797 – Laps: 38 “The position doesn’t…
Read MoreBendsneyder 16th again, with time penalty in France
For the French team’s home round in Le Mans, Bo Bendsneyder arrived on the grid with some extra motivation to do well. Starting from the seventh row, the Moto2 rookie made up positions step by step and did some good lap times towards the second half of the race to eventually miss out on his first point narrowly, finishing in 16th place. Bo got a time penalty of 1.7 seconds after cutting the chicane. This however didn’t change the result; he was 1.5 seconds behind Pawi ast the line and over 4 seconds in…
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