Second place on the Sachsenring grid for Luis Salom
The Red Bull KTM Ajo rider this afternoon achieved a creditable second position on the starting grid for tomorrow’s German Grand Prix. With 5 minutes remaining and on his first lap on new tyres, mechanical problems prevented him from finishing the session. After feeling very comfortable in the morning, Zulfahmi Khairuddin and Arthur Sissis concluded the day with twelfth and fifteenth place.
The Red Bull KTM Ajo team had taken excellent results in the last free practice session of the weekend. The good feeling from yesterday continued, with Luis Salom setting a new lap record of 1:27.013 at the head of the timesheets and Arthur Sissis fourth with a best lap of 1:27.614. Like his teammates, Zulfahmi Khairuddin also lowered his times from yesterday and concluded eleventh fastest, setting a lap of 1:28.223.
In the main course of the day, Red Bull KTM Ajo riders kept up their good form. Luis Salom was quickly amongst the frontrunners, but had to save a crash when out on new tyres and suffering mechanical problems. The Spaniard was thus second fastest, setting a best time of 1:27.840. Zulfahmi Khairuddin, twelfth (1:28.047), came up to traffic late on, whilst Arthur Sissis, took fifteenth position (1:28.089).
The eighth Moto3 race of the season will be held tomorrow from 11am local time and Luis Salom will look to score his fourth consecutive victory –a feat that no rider has achieved in the Moto3 class thus far.
Luis Salom
“I was lucky to make a save on the corner where we had the incident. It’s a shame, because it was the first lap on new tyres, we knew we could push hard and did not have time to use them to the fullest. I’m happy with the time anyway, although we could probably have lowered it. The most important thing is that this morning we did a lap in 1:27.0, I had a very good pace, just like yesterday, so we can be happy about tomorrow. The work has been very good so far. I guess the race will be like the last one, with a large group at the front and very difficult.”
Source: Red Bull KTM Ajo Motorsport
