Miguel Oliveira and Iker Lecuona have been back in action today at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar to further work with their brand-new KTM RC16 machines.
Thereby, both Red Bull KTM Tech3 riders improved their lap times from day one, whereas Lecuona managed to close up to his teammate, before they will be back tomorrow for the final day of testing ahead of the 2020 season kick-off at the same venue in less than a fortnight.
Miguel Oliveira
Position: 17th
Time: 1:55.600
Laps: 53
"We struggled a bit today, to be honest. Somehow, we didn’t manage to find the right speed with the soft tyre, as actually my fastest lap time today has been with the medium compound. I have the feeling, that we kind of lost the direction during the day, so the pace was not as great as we were wishing for, we’re still lacking half a second. It hasn’t been an easy day, therefore our mission now is to find these missing tenths for tomorrow."
Iker Lecuona
Position: 18th
Time: 1:55.644
Laps: 53
"I’m truly happy about this second day. I improved my lap time a lot. I did a race simulation and it was really nice. For me it was the first time with this bike doing so many laps in a row, although it was not easy to manage the power as it’s obviously a lot different than the Moto2. For now, I’m satisfied. For sure, we aim to improve further tomorrow. I know, I need to work on many points, but I’m already better in the brakes and regarding banking. I hope we can do some more small steps tomorrow in order to gain an even quicker time."
