MotoE at Mugello - Matteo Ferrari wins Race 2 of the Italian GP and gains important points in the overall classification thanks also to the points of the second position in Race 1. The rider of the FELO Gresini Racing MotoE team achieves his first win of the season and moves to third place in the standings.
MotoE at Mugello - Matteo Ferrari is back to victory and to the top step of the podium in the Italian GP, in front of the home crowd in an almost perfect weekend in the hills of Mugello. For the rider of the FELO Gresini Racing MotoE team is the first victory of the season, after the five victories in recent years in Misano. Thanks to the second positiob in Race 1, Ferrari also reaches 11 podiums in MotoE in addition to third place in the overall standings.
For Alessio Finello, rookie in MotoE, that of Mugello was the first experience on a circuit he already knew. The Turin rider took thirteenth place in Race 1 and fourteenth in Race 2.
Matteo Ferrari (FELO Gresini Racing team) - 1st and 2nd in the Italian GP of the MotoE
“On Friday I was quite happy with qualifying, we did a good job: we improved in each session and after trying some changes in the two free practice sessions, we took the right direction in qualifying. I improved my laptime, we still lacked a little bit but we had a good pace. For the two races the goal was to be able to take away a few more tenths to be able to fight with Aegerter, who was the fastest on Friday.
On Saturday we worked a lot on the bike and on myself. We did a good job and the improvements had already been seen in qualifying. Then on the grid I told myself it was time to give my all, I fought until the end and we managed to take home the second position. Aegerter is very fast under braking, in this we have improved but we are still missing something. We were very fast on the straight: we worked a lot on this so I'm happy we saw the results.”
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The gallery of the Italian GP of MotoE at Mugello
“At the end of Race 2 I was too happy, my eleventh podium, incredible! Winning at Mugello, at home, was fantastic. Saturday night I looked back at Race 1 and I saw that Aegerter was really strong under braking, we worked on it on Sunday morning and it worked. I got a good start, at the first corner I was already 3rd and then I fought to the end. With these two podiums here at Mugello we are now third in the championship and have closed the gap to the first. In Assen we will try to repeat the result.”
Alessio Finello (FELO Gresini Racing team) - 13th and 14th in the Italian GP of MotoE
“On Friday I was quite satisfied with qualifying, even if we could have taken a further step forward. In the race we started from fourteenth position: I am entering the group a little at a time but the gap with the leaders is still wide.
We had a good race on Saturday, I'm happy. We took a big step forward, we managed to improve my best laptime on Friday in the race. It was nice to do the whole race with the group, fighting with Okubo and Fores: this gives me a lot of motivation to do even more.”
“I am not too satisfied with Race 2 because I was unable to lap with the same pace as on Saturday. I still struggle to get used to this format where on Saturday and Sunday we enter the track directly in the afternoon for the race, without having the chance to do a few test laps. Summing up the weekend we can still be satisfied: we made a significant step forward compared to the other rounds, we got to play with the second group. In Assen we will start from here."
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Photos: motogp.com and Gresini Racing
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