A CHALLENGING RACE IN GERMANY

The final race before the summer break took place at the Sachsenring, the shortest circuit on the 2024 calendar (3.671km). The encounter took place over a 25-lap distance: Manuel Gonzalez lined up on fifth place of the grid, ready to battle for top positions: he immediately encountered some challenges with the hard front tyre and struggled to get up to speed, losing some positions. The rider #18 did not give up and managed to finish the race in twelfth place, scoring four points.

It was an uphill battle also for Albert Arenas, who started from twenty-sixth position. The Spanish rider gave it all to make up as many positions as possible and was eventually twenty-first at the chequered flag. Now the summer break awaits, an important time to reset, regain the right energy and analyse the data, in order to return to action as strong as ever for the second half of the season. 

12th – MANUEL GONZALEZ #18

“Another completely different race from what I expected: after the first three/four laps, the bike behaviour changed a lot, I could neither push nor overtake. We chose the rear tyre at the front as it looked like the best option for the final part of the race but I didn’t feel good with it already from the beginning as I couldn’t get the bike turned where I wanted it to, and it was even difficult to keep the bike upright and make it to the finish line. We still gathered some useful information that will allow us to have a clearer idea on which direction to take for the next race. We’ll keep working as hard as we can.”

21st – ALBERT ARENAS #75

“It was a challenging weekend and another negative result today: I put my head down at the beginning of the race in order to do as much as I could. I settled into a nice rhythm that was useful to get some more data: now we’ll make the point of the situation to know how to move forward. We need to get out of this situation: these weeks off will serve us well to reset and get back stronger, more confident and motivated.”