This weekend, 10 Y 11 of April, the first round of the Spanish Superbike Championship has been held (ESBK) at the Jerez circuit - Angel Nieto, Jerez de la Frontera.
After the last pre-season training, made in this same circuit, the team arrived very prepared and motivated to play the weekend at the Andalusian track.
Free practice on Thursday and Friday proceeded normally, testing the circuit layout and analyzing where they could improve, to face the race at the best level.
Saturday at 11:40 we had the timed training sessions that would give us a place on the starting grid, a very tight classification: in seventh position for Alex Ruiz, on the seventeenth for the French pilot, Loïc Arbel and in v18th position for Mario Mayor.
Supersport's first race, was played on Saturday at 16:45h, a 16 round. Alex, making a good start, went from seventh to fourth and fighting with the third pilot, but finally, passed the finish line in fourth position. While, Mario, I was gaining positions little by little until the end fifth in his debut in the Open category 600. And finally, the French LoïC, starting from the sixth grid line, ended twelfth with a time of 1:45.545.
On Sunday It was proposed as a new opportunity to score points. At 10:00The Warm-Up began, but due to meteorological conditions, the team decided not to go out and wait for the second race of the weekend which was held at 15:00h in the afternoon. Y, as a novelty by the RFME, I know broadcast live through the platform YouTube.
In race, Ruiz from the start, has rolled with very good rhythm and a few laps I was already in podium position until the end of the race in second position and with a time of 1:45.183.
Arbel, He has come out very strong, managing to overtake several pilots throughout the race and thus positioning himself, in the eighth position.
However, Mayor mid-career suffered a fall, luckily without consequences for the pilot, that left him with no options to fight and unclassified.
We ended the weekend with a very positive balance, adding up 33 points with Alex Ruiz, 14 with Loïc Arbel and with his sights set on the next race to be held at the Navarra circuit the weekend of 15 Y 16 of May.
Ferran Torrentó | Team Manager
“It has been a busy weekend.
Yesterday we narrowly missed the podium with Alex, but today we have obtained the award for the great work done and it should be noted, since the constant effort of him has been seen throughout the race. We must also highlight the work from less to more that Loic has done during this weekend, be among the top 10 It is very positive and even more so after spending the whole year without competing due to the injury he had at the beginning of last season. Mario, yesterday he had a very good race and I think he learned a lot in his debut in the category. Today instead, ended the weekend with a fall, Even so, I'm sure he will continue to learn career after career. He is very young and this category is difficult, there is a lot of level.
We want to thank Andotrans, Michelin, Yamaha and all the sponsors who make all of this possible. "
