Broken bike leaves Faubel only 32nd on the grid

The Marc VDS Racing Team’s Scott Redding will start tomorrow’s British Grand Prix from 12th position on the grid, his best qualifying performance so far this season in the Moto2 class. Hector Faubel survived a big scare at the ultra-fast Woodcote turn, but was only able to qualify in 32nd position after losing track time to a technical problem with his Suter MMX machine.

Faubel improved his lap time significantly during this morning’s second free practice session and was looking forward to further improvements during qualifying. Unfortunately, just four laps into the session, the 26-year-old Spaniard snapped the steering damper bracket after running over the kerbs at Woodcote and was lucky not to crash. Repairing the bike robbed Faubel of valuable track time, with the Marc VDS rider only able to post one fast lap on his return to the track. Faubel will start from the eighth row of the grid tomorrow, but is determined to fight his way through the field in the race, just as he did last time out in Mugello.

Hector Faubel #55: 32nd – 2’11.948
“Just four laps into the session I gave myself a real fright at Woodcote, the very fast turn leading onto the start finish straight. I ran onto the kerb at the exit like normal and the steering damper bracket broke off. I thought I was going to have a very big crash, but I somehow managed to get the bike back onto the track and back to the pits. The mechanics did a fantastic job fixing everything in record time, but I returned to the session with only enough time for one more flying lap. This is a very wide track, with plenty of overtaking places, so I will have to try and repeat when I did at Mugello by fighting my way through the field in the race.”

Michael Bartholemy: Team Manager
“I feel sorry for Hector, as he was improving with every session and looked set to claim a good grid position until the steering damper bracket broke for the second time this season. He was lucky not to crash heavily, but he lost a lot of time while the problem was repaired. I hope that tomorrow in the race he will be able to fight his way through the pack, as he did in Mugello.”

Source: Marc VDS Racing Team