Eugene Laverty was relieved to have carried his strong pace in Free Practice through to Qualifying as he starts Sunday's race as the best placed Open class machine on the MotoGP grid. Fast on Friday and chunks of Saturday in Brno, Silverstone and Misano yet unable to convert that into a strong qualifying performance for a variety of reasons, Laverty placed fifth in Q1 at Aragon, meaning he will start the penultimate European round of the season from 15th on the grid. In what was his second best Saturday showing of his MotoGP career and his first time as top 'Open' machine, Laverty feels the speed and consistency he showed in FP4 underlines his strong race potential. “Since the last few...
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