Fermin Aldeguer (9th) after Motegi: “We made a lot of mistakes”
Starting from 18th on the grid, Gresini rider Fermin Aldeguer fought his way up to 9th place in the MotoGP race at Motegi. His race pace on Sunday was good, but the mistakes made in the run-up to the Grand Prix took their toll.
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Fermin Aldeguer zeigte eine beachtliche Aufholjagd
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Fermin Aldeguer zeigte eine beachtliche Aufholjagd
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A consoling Sunday salvaged at least part of Fermin Aldeguer’s difficult MotoGP weekend in Japan. The Spaniard finished the Grand Prix at Motegi in ninth place, 23.5 seconds behind winner Marc Marquez. Behind the two factory riders, he was thus the third-best Ducati rider.
Aldeguer had already made his task more difficult ahead of the races. Mistakes in free practice and qualifying meant he could only start from 18th on the grid. In the Sprint race, he fought his way up to 10th place but narrowly missed out on the points. It was only in the Grand Prix that he managed to break into the top nine.
A more positive end to the Motegi weekend after a bumpy start
“The race went better than the rest of the weekend. We knew we’d made mistakes in free practice and qualifying. It’s difficult to fight your way back up the field from 18th on the grid. We finished the race in 9th place,” explained the Gresini rider.
When assessing his result, Aldeguer distinguished between the leading group and the riders behind them. He couldn’t match the pace of the top four. In the battle for the positions behind them, however, he felt he was competitive. “The race pace of the top four was significantly higher than ours. But from fifth place onwards, the riders were about as fast as me. And that’s good news for me.”
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As a result, his assessment was somewhat more positive than the considerable gap to Márquez might initially have suggested. At the same time, Aldeguer made it clear that his weekend had been hampered by his own mistakes. “All in all, it was a difficult weekend where we made a lot of mistakes. It was hard to set good lap times. With more laps under my belt and the harder rear tyre, I felt more comfortable.”
Heading to Mandalika on a positive note
The extra track time and the tyre choice helped him develop a better feel for his Ducati on Sunday. He takes this progress with him to the next Grand Prix, which takes place this coming weekend in Indonesia. “We still finished the race feeling positive about Mandalika. We have fond memories of that track.”
With Mandalika and then Phillip Island coming up, these are two circuits where Aldeguer is expected to be a strong contender. The improved finish at Motegi therefore comes at just the right time for him. However, his motivation for the upcoming challenges would have remained undiminished even after a disappointing Sunday.
“Of course, it helps that we finished in Motegi feeling better than when we started. Nevertheless, I would have approached the weekend in Mandalika with just as much motivation, even if things hadn’t ended so well in Motegi.”
Willkommen zum Rennen in Motegi
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Fans
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Pecco Bagnaia
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Jorge Martin
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Start des Rennens
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Jorge Martin
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Ai Ogura
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Fermin Aldeguer
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Marco Bezzecchi
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Pedro Acosta
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Jorge Martin und Marc Márquez
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Raúl Fernández
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Enea Bastianini
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Ogura und Fernández
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Luca Marini
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Marc Márquez gewinnt das Rennen
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Sieger Marc Márquez
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Jorge Martin, Marc Márquez, Marco Bezzecchi
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Sieger Marc Márquez
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Willkommen zum Rennen in Motegi
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