VIÑALES & SUZUKI TOP SACHSENRING MotoGP™ TIMES

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VIÑALES & SUZUKI TOP SACHSENRING MotoGP™ TIMES

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Team Suzuki Press Office – July 15.

Maverick Viñales put his Team SUZUKI ECSTAR GSX-RR into a provisional Pole Position after topping the timesheets in this afternoon’s FP2 at Sachsenring in Germany ahead of this weekend’s ninth round of the MotoGP™ World Championship, as team-mate Aleix Espargaró put-in a solid sixth position.

The 21-year-old Spaniard mastered the cold weather conditions to score a 1'22.161 lap-time on his penultimate of 17 laps in the closely-fought session, 0.220 clear of his nearest rival. His performance is even more positive as he recovered after suffering a crash at turn 11 at the beginning of the session and fought back to put-in his fastest-laps aboard his second machine.

Espargaró was also strong throughout, lapping at 1'22.953 on his 15th of 19 laps, which was just 0.792-seconds behind Viñales, as less-than one second separated the top-10 riders. He still needs to find a proper feeling with the front end of his GSX-RR, but his progress throughout the session left him with a positive feeling.

The variable weather at the Sachsenring saw the morning session pretty useless for the team as light rain made it extremely difficult to determine a proper set-up and ride in safe conditions, so most of the riders decided not to take to the track. The cold temperature was also stressing the tyres, as it was hard to keep the right side at the correct operating temperature due to the few right-hand corners that make-up the circuit.
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