David Almansa takes pole position at Sepang

7 hours ago

Le0pard Racing will start tomorrow’s race at Sepang from pole position with David Almansa and from 12th on the fourth row with Adrián Fernández:

On a good start to Saturday, David Almansa set a 2’10.253 at the beginning of Free Practice 2 to finish in 2nd place, ahead of teammate Adrián Fernández, who put in a time of 2’10.358 to place 3rd this morning.
Leaving it to his last flying lap, David Almansa secured his second pole position of the season with a time of 2’09.846 in qualifying today. Adrián Fernández, on the other hand, had a difficult Q2, setting a 2’10.717 to start from the 12th spot on the grid tomorrow.
The most important day of the weekend awaits!

“I’m very happy with the work we’ve done this weekend so far, finding a good set-up for the bike. It was very hot this afternoon during qualifying, but we were able to adapt and give it our all on the last flying lap. We’ll work on the strategy for tomorrow’s race, as we expect it to be very tough”

David Almansa

1st

“Today has been a day of mixed feelings. The morning went well, getting a good feeling towards the race in Free Practice 2. However, qualifying didn’t go as planned. Our eyes are already on making a good comeback tomorrow”