Alvaro Bautista hampered by rear grip issues at Brno

The Czech Republic Grand Prix weekend kicked off today at Brno with the first day of track action, characterized by a first free practice session in dry conditions and an afternoon session held on a wet track.

Alvaro Bautista has unfortunately been slowed down, as happened in Indianapolis, by severe rear grip issues: the Spaniard this morning set the 15th fastest time, 1’58”698, then he struggled even under rain in the afternoon, when he set the 18th fastest time in 2’11”004.

ALVARO BAUTISTA (15th – 1’58″698)
“Here we have the same situation of Indianapolis: we have zero feeling from the rear tyre, and due to this I I’m struggling also with the front end; I cannot enter the corner as fast as I want, the rear is sliding everytime. This situation is frustrating because I really can’t do anything: I simply can’t ride. During the second free practice session, we had the same problems in the wet. This afternoon we wanted to test some set-up adjustments for dry conditions, but it was impossible, so today was a disaster. We will try to work on the suspension setting tomorrow, in order to find something which can help us”.

Source: Gresini Racing