Grand Prix of the Netherlands: Saturday

7 hours ago

Le0pard Racing will start tomorrow’s race at the iconic TT Circuit Assen from the front row of the grid with David Almansa in 3rd position and Adrián Fernández in 13th on the fifth row:

The sun came out this morning for Free Practice 2 at Assen. Both David Almansa and Adrián Fernández had a strong start to the day, finishing the session in 1st and 2nd place with times of 1’40.259 and 1’40.485 respectively.
Cloudy skies awaited later for qualifying, with the two Spaniards going straight into Q2.
David Almansa achieved his first front row result today with the 1’39.823 he set on his last flying lap, starting tomorrow from the 3rd spot of the grid. Adrián Fernández, on the other hand, couldn’t improve on his second run of Q2, and will start from 13th on the grid with the 1’40.474 he set at the beginning of the session.
We can’t wait to race!

“I’m very happy to have achieved my first front row! The feeling with the bike has been amazing so far, and the team is doing a great job. I expect the race to be a tight one again if the conditions don’t change too much. What really counts is tomorrow, so we’re going to give it our best shot!”

David Almansa

3rd

“It was not the qualifying we expected. However, the feeling with the bike was very good today, which is very important for the race. I’m not happy with today’s result, but I’m happy with the work the team has done, which has helped me to improve a lot in order to be ready for tomorrow’s race”