Top Six for Bautista at Aragon, Pirro in Points

The sun finally shone on the third day of the GP of Aragon today, with home favourite Alvaro Bautista able to overcome his difficulties in practice to seal sixth place in the race. The result was an improvement of six places on his grid position and it keeps him well in the hunt for fifth in the championship, whilst his team-mate Michele Pirro fought hard to pick up a valuable point in fifteenth place.

Alvaro Bautista (6th) 

“Considering how practice went sixth place is a positive result. Obviously I'm not particularly happy with it because I think we can do much better and be fighting for results like Misano but that was always going to be difficult today. I tried my best to chase the second group but it wasn't possible and I was having to take too many risks so in the end I decided to play it safe and bring the bike home for as many points as possible. It is difficult to race like that and we need to find a solution to our front-end issues if I am going to be able to push this bike week in week out. We have salvaged a difficult situation today but we need to keep working and, knowing this team as I do, I'm sure that's what they'll do.”

Michele Pirro (15th) 

“We have picked up a point which is a nice boost but I am a bit disappointed to be honest because I was hoping for more. We had some problems with the bike after a few laps so for me it was a case of making it to the end and salvaging what I could. It's a shame because after Misano we were hoping for a better result here but it hasn't been possible after a tough weekend all round. We'll try again at Motegi."

Fausto Gresini 

“After the way practice went we managed to make up some good positions today but it is unfortunate that we haven't been as competitive as Misano and I'm disappointed with that because we want to be consistently fighting at the front. A few problems today despite the obvious competitiveness of the RC213V meant it wasn't possible but we know it's a fantastic bike so we need to get more out of it between now and the end of the season. It wasn't a great day for our CRT project and the race didn't go as well as Misano but to take a point home is positive and it gives us a nice boost to keep working on improving.”

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