Amazing Terol posts fastest laptime on comeback after injury

Twenty-six days after contesting the German Grand Prix the 125cc riders were back on track at Brno this afternoon, raring to go after their summer break. The top four in the championship resumed their battle with Nico Terol, Bradley Smith, Marc Márquez and Pol Espargaró the only riders to break the 2’09 barrier. Bancaja Aspar rider Terol made a remarkable return from injury, having missed the last race at Sachsenring, dominating the opening session.

Just a month and nine days after suffering a nasty back injury in Barcelona the Spaniard was back on board his Aprilia RSA today and looked as though he’d never been away. Nico moved to the top of the time sheets early in the session and progressively improved his lap times before a late surge saw him shave eighth tenths off his best effort and leave his team-mate Smith half a second adrift. The British teenager was on Nico’s case for the majority of the session despite encountering a problem that he was able to resolve in the latter stages.

1st Nico Terol 2.08.010 (21 laps): “It is annoying that I have gone two races without scoring points because of a stupid crash, especially because I was up there fighting for the championship. My rivals are very fast and none of us can afford to take our eye off the ball. As far as today is concerned I felt good from the start. I have spent the time at home working hard with my physio to make sure I’m at my best possible level and I have come back with renewed energy. I had my doubts, of course, but I was looking forward to it and I was confident I’d feel good on the bike. It took me a little time at the start to get into the right position but once I got on track I didn’t think about anything but riding. I saw Marc’s crash and I hope he’s okay. Even though I opened the gap at the end I’m sure that if it wasn’t for the crash he would have been close.”

Source: Bancaja Aspar Team