06 November 2020 – Circuit Ricardo Tormo – Spain

The Friday free practices on the Ricardo Tormo have been almost entirely characterized by the rain. The temperature, even if the sky was cloudy, have not been too low, indeed throughout the FP2 the temperature in the air reached 19°C and on the ground 18°C.

In the morning session Romano did sixteen laps and he managed to seal his best lap with the time of 1’52.786. Throughout the free practice 2 the conditions of the track have notably improved, thus in the last laps there was the chance to use the slick tires. This has allowed all the pilots to improve their times. Romano at the last of the twelve laps done realized the time of 1’45.575. With this performance he results to be in third position in the combined ranking, with a gap from the leader C. Vietti of 0.219 s.

For what concerns Alonso, in the FP1 he did eighteen laps, realizing his best lap in 1’50.345. Due to the difficult conditions in which the track, was he slipped at the last lap when he was improving his performance. In the afternoon session he managed to obtain the time of 1’46.857, at the last of the fifteen laps done. Alonso, with a gap of 1.501, results to be in eleventh position in the Friday combined ranking.

Here are the impressions of our pilots and our Team Owner Max Biaggi concerning this first day of free practice.

Romano Fenati: “The conditions of this two sessions of free practice have been quite challenging. This morning there was a lot of water on the track and the feeling was not good. This afternoon with less water was as complicated as this morning. Indeed in this conditions is even more difficult to manage the wet tires. Thanks to the improved conditions of the track, we used in the last minutes the slick tires and this has allowed us to improve our time. We hope that tomorrow will be dry so that we can do a good qualifying.”

Alonso Lopez: “I am very satisfied with the result obtained today, because I think we have worked very well. Rain is forecast for tomorrow and I feel pretty good in these conditions. Both tomorrow and Sunday I hope to express myself at the same level reached today. I am working to access Q2 directly.”

Max Biaggi – Team Owner: “It has been a quite difficult day here in Cheste. Indeed, in the morning the rain has make the track very slippery and there have been a lot of falls. In the afternoon the conditions of the track have changed again and this has changed the game. I am satisfied with the outcome of this first day of free practice, because both Romano and Alonso have been always rather fast. Tomorrow we will have to reconfirm this level also in the qualifying, in order to try to start as ahead as possible.”