Overcast Saturday at the British Grand Prix brought some steps in the right direction for both Tech3 KTM Factory Racing riders. Thereby, Danilo Petrucci went already 0.86 seconds quicker in FP3 this morning than on Friday and following a consistent FP4 the Italian managed to break through the 2 minutes barrier in Qualifying one. He concluded the important session in sixth with less than half a second to the top 2 and yet landed his best starting position to date this season.
In the meantime, Iker Lecuona, who first had to learn the Silverstone Circuit aboard a MotoGP machine, upgraded as well. In Qualifying one he went 0.282 seconds quicker than in FP2 on day one and missed out on his teammate by just 0.134 seconds. He ended up eighth, which means he will line up in the sixth row of the starting grid tomorrow at 13:00 local time (14:00 CET), when the red lights switch off for the 12th race of 2021.
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Danilo Petrucci
Position: 16th
Time: 1:59.997
Laps: 7
“It was a good lap time. For sure, we are still far from the top, but at least for once, we managed to do a lap that is quite close to the others, even if the position still doesn’t look great. In terms of race pace, I think we are set up well and I hope we can fight tomorrow to stay in the points. The race will be very long here. I’m happy. We still have to understand, which tyre we will use tomorrow, but overall I’m satisfied about today.”
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Iker Lecuona
Position: 18th
Time: 2:00.131
Laps: 7
“This morning I felt pretty good, although it was a shame that there have been so many yellow flags, so you always have to close the gas and I had no chance to go straight to Q2, after we have been so close yesterday. I think the potential was there, but in Q1 I was finally struggling a lot and did some mistakes. I don’t know what happened and I want to say sorry to my team for this. For tomorrow, it’s going to be difficult. My race pace is good though, so the first laps will be crucial.”
