David Almansa tops Friday at Mugello

4 days ago

Friday of the Italian Grand Prix comes to an end with David Almansa topping the timesheets while Adrián Fernández finishes 14th, securing a seat in Q2:

Free Practice 1 got underway this morning under sunny skies at Mugello.
Both Le0pard riders progressively improved to set their best marks of the session in their second run. David Almansa finished 6th this morning with a time of 1’56.768, while Adrián Fernández did so in 15th with a 1’57.126, testing the feeling back from injury.
The afternoon arrived with higher temperatures. David Almansa found a good feeling in Practice, putting in the fastest lap of the day, a 1’55,535, to finish Friday on top. Adrián Fernández, for his part, kept improving step by step, being able to secure a seat in Q2 by finishing 14th with a time of 1’56.239.
Qualifying day awaits tomorrow!

“This is a very fast, long and wide track, which I have always found really difficult. That’s why I’m happy with today’s result, even though we are still missing something. We have the feeling, but we have to keep working to improve our pace for the race. So far we are making a great progression!”

David Almansa

1st

“I am just very happy to be back, because it has not been easy for us lately. After being out for two races, we are trying to recover our feeling step by step. Today we were able to get into Q2 for tomorrow’s qualifying, and tomorrow we will do our best to do a good one”