MXGP OF TRENTINO

19 April 2017

First Grand Prix of the season in the old continent in Arco di Trento, very technical circuit and difficult for pilots to find the right feeling because of the very slippery.

Samuele Bernardini front of his audience find the right feeling with the track Arco di Trento and showed good speed which earned him the ninth fastest time in qualifying.

At the start of Bernardini heat on Saturday is fast out of the gate and on the first lap passes the finish line in second place, Samuel in the early laps he tried to push hard but after taking some risks too has decided to up the pace not to compromise the result, bringing home a good 9th place.

In the first heat of Samuel Sunday failed to repeat his spectacular start on Saturday and due to a contact with an opponent that knocked to the ground, unfortunately the bike suffered several damages that did not allow him to be able to finish the race with a good placement. Bernardini finished the first run in the rear.

In race 2 Samuel has once again demonstrated all his skill, after a bad start at the top with an excellent race pace sported a good comeback ended with the eighth place finish.

A weekend not up to the strong Tuscan rider, however, the good results of the second run bodes well for the next GP.

The Tm Factory team will move to Holland for the first GP in the sand at Valkenswaard next weekend.

Marco Ricciardi commented on the race: “Unfortunately the luck in the last few races we are not helping, in Game 1 after an unhappy start was recovering but an opponent has literally shot down it, and at a circuit where it is not easy to overcome is not He managed to do better than the 22 ° position. The second moto the start was better and thanks to a good race pace ended in eighth place. It was not what we expected for the home race, now we go on the sand of Valkenswaard track that Samuel really like it and we hope to bring home a good result. “