Chantra Shines in Front of the Home Crowd

Ogura has struggled a lot with the hot conditions he found during Q1. Despite he improved a bit, his grid position isn’t good. Chantra was third until the last minute. Honestly, we wanted to see him in the front row. I think both are ready to fight in tomorrow’s race. The podium is possible for Somkiat, and I’m sure Ogura will pick up his pace.

I’m satisfied with my grid position. I started the qualifying practice pushing hard to have a good lap time from the beginning, but I made some mistakes. I found Acosta, and I tried to be behind him, looking at the points where he was faster, mainly in sectors 3 and 4. Following him, I did my best lap time. 

It hasn’t been a good qualifying session. I lost a lot of time in sectors three and four. All weekend, I struggled there, and in qualifying, the problem was there. I couldn’t improve; the lap time was slower than expected. That means that we will have a lot of work for tomorrow. Unfortunately, we cannot do so much. The problem is mainly on the riding, so that is what I need to improve.