Bradley Smith’s Estoril podium finish was unexpected after a tough start to his weekend. He fell on Friday in practice and faced a race against time to find a setting for the Estoril round. He found it on Saturday, and seemed to be at home with the Aprilia throughout the Sunday race. His worked nearly [...]
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time – Gap
1. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 45m35.522s
2. Casey Stoner Ducati + 6.294s
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CLASSIFIED:
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time
1. Pol Espargaro Derbi 41m00.421s
2. Sandro Cortese Derbi + 0.394s
3. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 0.581s
4. Stefan Bradl [...]
Bradley Smith
“My aim now is to delay Julian as long as possible from claiming the title and winning the battle with Nico for second place. My last three races have been really encouraging and the only thing that has been missing is a win and I’ll be flat out for that in Estoril.”
Scott Redding
“The team [...]
Bradley Smith reckons engine performance tweaks have significantly improved his Aspar Aprilia 125GP machine after a successful test in Estoril this week.
His Spanish team ran different engine configurations during the Portugal test as the British teenager ended fourth quickest overall.
And despite finishing a massive 1.3s adrift of dominant Aspar Aprilia team-mate Julian Simon, Smith [...]
Concluding the 3-day test in Estoril, Danny Webb and now red-haired Scott Redding gave their thoughts on the test and their preseason process.
Danny Webb: “This wasn’t the best day of the test here at Estoril. We struggled in the morning with the set-up of the engine but at the end of the morning we had [...]
Aspar having finished a day early, left only 2 brits left on track.
1. Andrea Iannone (Aprilia) 1:45,9692. Sandro Cortese (Derbi) 1:46,4743. Pol Espargaro (Derbi) 1:46,8464. Esteve Rabat (Aprilia) 1:47,2315. Joan Olive (Derbi) 1:47,2446. Scott Redding (Aprilia) 1:47,5207. Randy Krummenacher (Aprilia) 1:47,6188. Takaaki Nakagami (Aprilia) 1:47,6479. Efren Vasquez (Aprilia) 1:47,70510. Jonas Folger (Aprilia) 1:47,88111. Maverick Vinales [...]
1. Julian Simon (E), Aprilia, 1:45,9252. Sandro Cortese (D), Derbi, 1:46,3573. Bradley Smith (GB), Aprilia, 1:46,5594. Sergio Gadea (E), Aprilia), 1:46,9135. Pol Espargaro (E), Derbi, 1:46,9256. Joan Olivé (E), Derbi, 1:47,360
