Problems during qualifying left Scott much further down the grid then expected. He struggled to find a clear space on track during the 45-minute session and will start the race from 20th position. Disappointing after his much improved lap times of the morning and he just seemed unable to make progress on that previous improvement. Baulked on more than one occasion by riders cruising round the circuit looking for a tow he also survived a scare in the final chicane when a rider shut off and pulled across in front of him to enter the pits while on a fast lap.
Scott will be determined to fight his way through the field tomorrow, much as he had to after his poor start at Silverstone, but has no illusions about how difficult this will be at Assen, where passing places are limited.
Scott:
"I was able to run consistent laps today, but they weren't quite good enough. I really struggled to find those last few tenths during qualifying because the traffic on track made it almost impossible to string more than a couple of laps together. I had a bit of a scare when Olive pulled across in front of me unexpectedly to enter the pits, but then the number of people cruising around looking for a tow made almost every lap a bit scary. I'll just have to give it all I've got tomorrow to make up for qualifying, but it's not going to be easy. Sometimes the only place to pass is on the outside of the fast corners and that's what I'll have to do tomorrow if I want to finish higher than 20th."
Michael Bartholemy: Team Manager
"Good morning, bad afternoon. That just about sums up our day. Scott was up there this morning and everything looked good, but then qualifying didn't go quite as well as we were expecting. Actually, qualifying was a little dangerous today, as there were so many riders just cruising around looking for someone to follow. This causes problems for those riders, like Scott, who come across these riders on a fast lap”.
It won’t be easy for the race tomorrow but we know that Scott will Full Gas it.
This entry was posted on 25 June 2010 at 19:09 and is filed under Moto2. You can leave a response here.
Bookmark with: