Fermín Aldeguer made his first official outing in MotoGP, riding the Ducati entered by the Gresini team. The Spanish driver, whose contract was signed very early in the year, was the best of the rookies.
Fermín Aldeguer has entered the deep end. The Spanish rider, who takes the place of Marc Márquez, who left for the Italian factory team, tried the Ducati for the first time on the Barcelona circuit. Despite a fall in the middle of the day, Fermín Aldeguer completed 58 loops of the Catalan track. He finished in 20th position, 1″761 behind the best time achieved by his teammate Alex Márquez. He was the best-placed rookie in the standings, ahead of Ai Ogura by 0″382.
“I am very, very happy with this first day. I immediately felt comfortable on the bike and I felt fast. Braking is the area that impressed me the most, and of Overall, it was an incredible day. There's a lot to do, of course, but the atmosphere within the team is incredible and, apart from the crash, I think we did a good job. still getting used to everything, but I'm very happy without the accident, I would surely have done a little better in terms of lap time,” he said at the end of the day.
Alex Márquez at the top of the timesheet
The youngest of the Márquez brothers stood out during this day by setting the best time on the Desmosedici GP24. Before that, the Spanish rider completed several laps with his old bike.
“I felt better with each ride with the new bike. I did a run with the 23 in the morning before riding the new one. I really liked the latter, I had fun and it showed “I fell trying to find the limit, but I could have easily avoided it,” he explained.
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