SYNC SPEEDRS TEAM

CZECH GP: THE SYNC SPEEDRS TEAM CLOSES FIRST DAY WITH NINTH AND TENTH FASTEST TIMES

After a five-year absence, the Czech Republic Grand Prix finally returns to the MotoGP calendar, and the SpeedRS Team arrives at the Automotodrom Brno with great determination and the support of Sync ‘Tecnologie Meccaniche’.

The first day of action ended with positive signs: López secured the ninth fastest time, followed closely by Vietti in tenth place. Both riders have thus earned direct access to tomorrow’s Q2 session.

The morning began with rain, making FP1 trickier than expected. Celestino adapted quickly, finishing with an excellent fourth-best time of 2’12.073. It was a more difficult session for Alonso, who struggled to find the right feeling with the wet asphalt and closed the session in P19 with a time of 2’13.076.

In the afternoon, the Practice session started on a dry track, but after just 15 minutes a violent thunderstorm forced the marshals to show the red flag, prematurely halting on-track activity. The extreme conditions did not allow the session to resume, thus freezing the times set in the early part of the session. Thanks to López’s ninth-fastest lap (2’00.022) and Vietti’s tenth (2’00.090), both Sync SpeedRS Team riders secured a spot in tomorrow’s Q2.

ALONSO LÓPEZ #21: 9th in 2’00.022
“I didn’t manage to find the right feeling with the wet conditions at first, and we struggled a bit with the setup. In the afternoon, however, I felt much better on the bike and was able to push until the weather turned. It’s a shame about the red flag, I would have liked to keep working but ninth place and direct access to Q2 is a good starting point. Now we need to stay focused and keep working in this direction”.

CELESTINO VIETTI #13: 10th in 2’00.090
“A good start here in Brno after so many years away. It’s really great to be back on this track. With the new asphalt it’s even more fun, both in the wet and the dry. And the feeling with the Moto2 is definitely better compared to the Moto3. I’m especially pleased with how things went this morning in the wet: we found speed again, which was missing a bit at Sachsenring due to the difficult conditions and my own struggles to adapt. Here, though, we made a good step forward. Even in the afternoon, in the few dry laps before the red flag, we were quite competitive. Now we’ll analyze the limited data we have to try and take a small step forward for tomorrow. I’d say we’ve started off on the right foot”.