BETA TOOLS SPEEDRS TEAM

SAN MARINO GP QUALIFYING: FRONT ROW FOR VIETTI AND THE BETA TOOLS SPEEDRS TEAM. LÓPEZ IN FIFTH ROW

At the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Celestino Vietti narrowly missed pole position and secured a front-row start for tomorrow’s San Marino GP. A solid qualifying session also for Alonso López, who will start from the fifth row.

Vietti confirmed the excellent pace he had already shown in FP2 in the morning, which he topped with a lap of 1’34.624, a new track record after the one set yesterday. In qualifying, with a spectacular lap on his final attempt, he stopped the clock at 1’34.256, missing pole by just four hundredths. Rider #13 closes with a valuable second place and a front-row start.

López showed steady progress, ending the last free practice session with an excellent fourth time (1’34.877). In qualifying he found a good rhythm and strong feeling with the bike, but was unable to make that extra step to get closer to the front rows. With the 14th fastest time, he will line up tomorrow from the fifth row, ready to fight his way forward in the race.

ALONSO LÓPEZ #21: 15th in 1’34.877
“The feeling with the bike is good, but we need to keep working and improve it for the race. Tomorrow will be a race where we’ll have to fight to gain positions lap after lap”.

CELESTINO VIETTI #13: 2nd in 1’34.256
“I’m very happy, we’ve managed the weekend really well from the first day. Finally, after so much hard work, we had a great qualifying day — I owed it to my team. For tomorrow, it will be important to get a good start and stay calm. Everyone here has a very strong pace, but I’ll try to give my best, have a good race, and entertain my fans. Here I also have extra motivation, since I’m racing close to home”.