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Octo British Grand Prix, Free Practice 3

The weather forecast with rain for today morning from yesterday was not true. It was a little bit cooler and cloudy than yesterday, but dry.

Stefan can now only hope that it’s morning not raining in the race.

in the third free practice session, Stefan was first to place 20 to lose two places after 45 minutes. So, it was enough just to 22nd place. When Stefan was back in the pit, he relegated with head-shaking, apparently the Setup changes no success at the end.

Ten minutes before the end of the session there chance the rear suspension. This is not usually.

But it is cooler, the more obvious Apriia is works as well at higher temperatures. Aprilia must rework here be sure for the future.

Stefan starts with the old swingarm but different length in the whole FP3. As result, he lost much feeling on the front wheel which is definitely important.

Total rode Stefan only a tenth of a second faster than yesterday, he is to compensate for the distance to team-mate Bautista but confident and in the Q1 to place 16-18.

We crossing our fingers still for Stefan.

Octo British Grand Prix, Free Practice 2

The second free practice session went well, and Stefan increased by early today for the afternoon by 1.8 seconds. The soft tyres and setup work are quite noticeable.

But it was enough only to P20, although Stefan reduced the absolute gap of 2.8 seconds from the morning to two seconds.

Once again, Stefan was faster than his team-mate Alvaro Bautista.

But the time gap distance is relative, because the Silverstone track is very long with their 5.9 kilometres.

Stefan compared the two swingarms variations again, feels better but with the old swingarm because the bike more stable. The new swingarm brings too much nervousness in the chassis and so Stefan may not use the acceleration phase as he imagines.

He thinks the motorcycle would limit him here.

For tomorrow, Stefan hope on a combination of both, the new swingarm offers a bit more grip.

So much more work waiting for morning to Stefan and his crew, not only by the chassis here, but also from the electronic side.

We are already looking forward to tomorrow and cross our fingers for Stefan!

Octo British Grand Prix, Free Practice 1

Now we start with the OCTO GP of England at Silverstone

Stefan had more than a week time for regeneration to treat his right Scaphoid. This weekend should be problem-free.

The plan for this first free practice is to test two different swingarms, a long one and a short one. This weekend is important, the bike to unterstand with old and rubbish tyres. This is the key for succes.

Stefan stay long on P15, but he slipped at the end up on P18. The reason for this is pretty simple, Baz and Bautista who have overtaken him, rode the final stint with new soft tyres. Bautista rode one secand faster then before. Stefan means he can also go faster in the afternoon with a new set of soft tyres.

The temperatures on the ground are typically British, they have 16° air temperature and only 24 ° asphalt. This are complete other conditions as last GP in Brno, which makes not easier the setup work due with bumpy track.

According to the weather forecast, it could rain on the Sunday race time. Tomorrow morning in the third training free as well. If so, the FP3 for Stefan would be very important, he has no expierence with the Aprilia never rode in rain. Suboptimal would of course if only rain to the race.

Stefan saves the soft tyres today again to have more available tomorrow.

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