StEFaN SatiSFiEd WitH SiXtH
oN Grid For HoME GP
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achsenring, 7th July: MotoGP was once again unlucky with the weather at the Sachsenring on Saturday as they were greeted by rain in the morning free session and the same tricky conditions seriously affected the 60-minute frenetic qualifying session with Stefan Bradl lining up on
the second row ahead tomorrow’s 30-lap race. LCR Honda’s local favourite Bradl had led the majority of the session as he showed his increasing confidence aboard the Honda RC213V at the 3.671Km circuit putting in a great effort for his home crowd to seal sixth spot on the grid (1’32.510).
Stefan: “We did not expect to have a wet qualifying session but in the end it rained a lot and our pace was consistently fast from the start. We did a good job for the whole session and this is a positive sign for the team and I. With the little adjustments that we made I could quickly adapt to the conditions lapping at a good pace. At the end of the session the surface started to dry up and everybody pushed hard but I got stopped by some slower riders on my last lap. I was a bit disappointed because we could have been on the front row but in any case it was a very positive session for us and we can be happy about the result.” 131 JULY 2012