Red Bull KTM Tech3 rider Marco Bezzecchi initiated the Gran Premio de la Comunitat Valenciana with a slight improvement from the first to the second session to conclude Friday 0.644 seconds behind the provisional Q2 entry spots.
At the same time, Philipp Öttl lowered his lap time from FP1 by nearly one second this afternoon and finished day one of the season finale just 0.266 seconds behind his teammate.
Marco Bezzecchi
Position: 24th
Time: 1:36.243
Laps: 37
"We were struggling a bit throughout today. In the end, the setting of the bike is quite good and in FP2 I was a bit better regarding my rhythm and also on the time attack. Unfortunately, I’m physically not at 100% and have some trouble with my stomach. I did many medical checks at home, but it takes more time to find out, so I was sick again today. Unluckily, we are quite far from the top yet because of my last lap. Anyway, I’m positive for tomorrow, we try to improve and get to Q2, which is the target."
Philipp Öttl
Position: 26th
Time: 1:36.509
Laps: 36
"Overall, it was a quite good day. On the second run of the second exit, I was behind Marco and I learned a lot from this. Now I can’t wait to be back on the bike again tomorrow to repeat what I learned during today’s session."
