After a endless summer brake including a broken scaphoid bone and the therefore missed GP in Sachsenring there on the Monday after the race an unexpected for Stefan and the forward team: Teamprincipal Cuzari was arrested in Switzerland as a result of various economic crimes and put in detention for 30 days.
This is an absolute disaster despite the summer break, because the team operation and various payments must still be ensured.
But actually, the financial aspect is the whole point, because it simply doesn’t work without money. The forward team missed the GP this weekend, because team accounts a) no money is, b) the team manager has no access.
Stefan was going to miss not a Grand Prix and therefore made his right of termination use special reason. At the same time, existing contacts with the Aprilia factory team have been freshened. The reason for this is the vacant place of the second Factory-Aprilia, who previously rode Marco Melandri. At the Sachsenring rode that motorcycle Michael Laverty, the brother of Eugene Laverty who usually is in the British SBK Championship.
Within a very short time, Bradl with Aprilia was agreed, Stefan ordered Dainese very optimistic new station wagons in the Aprilia design and this risk was rewarded with a contract until the end of the season. The Aprilia is at The bike is beginning of their development, but there is certainly potential. The engine is while not the strongest, but he already has a pneumatic valve drive and a Seamlessgearbox.
So it went to Indianapolis and in the first free practice session. Stefan got along well, although he had to turn off one of two motorcycles with a smoking engine. He said the difference between the open-Yamaha he drove 6 weeks ago was felt, positive thing are the Seamlessgear. Some things like the slippery seat must be modified yet, but it felt normal everything!
On the reference and team-mate Alvaro Bautista, Stefan lost while just 1.4 seconds, but Alvaro was at the end of the session with a new soft tyres on time hunting, Stefan rode only the hard option. Also you should remember that it was the first exit with the RS GP.
For the afternoon, some things are adjusted, then Stefan can reduce significantly the gap.
