PETRONAS Yamaha SRT ready for Aragón | Photo credits: SIC
After a stellar weekend in Le Mans, the PETRONAS Yamaha SRT team will be setting sights on major improvements at MotorLand Aragón for the first of two races at the Spanish circuit. Riders Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli have high hopes of quality delivery. Quartararo heads into the Gran Premio de Aragón having extended his championship lead last time out, as did the Malaysian squad in the teams’ standings.
Current championship leader Quartararo will be hoping for a more straightforward race this weekend. The Frenchman has yet to step on the Aragón podium but is confident of being able to put together a good performance.
Teammate Morbidelli is ready to bounce back from his unfortunate DNF at Le Mans. The Italian has made it to the podium at MotoLand Aragón twice. The first in 2016, when he finished third in Moto2 and again in 2017 when he won the race in the intermediate category.
PETRONAS Yamaha SRT will kick off their tenth round of the year at 9.55 am local time (3.55 pm MYT) on Friday. Sunday’s 23-lap MotoGP race will get underway at 2 pm local time (8 pm MYT).
“We are in a good position going to Aragón, we don’t really need to change anything with the bike. It is a track that could be a little difficult for us, but we have the extra motivation that we are there to fight for a really good result. We are fighting for the championship, last weekend we managed to increase our lead in tricky conditions and so I think we can do really well again this weekend. First of all we will look to enjoy being back on the bike, then look at how we can make it a great GP for us and, of course, see what the conditions are like when we arrive.”
“Going to Spain this weekend, I expect that we will be fast! I love the MotorLand Aragón circuit. I won there in 2017 when I was in the Moto2 championship and I think that we can do a really good job there this year. It’s a shame we aren’t going there with better results from France, but we were super fast at Le Mans and we need to take this speed with us to Aragón this weekend. I don’t think that we will need to change a lot on the bike, of course we need to see what the conditions are like but I think it will be a good GP for us.”