Remy in 12th on challenging Friday at Magny-Cours

Remy Gardner and stand-in Alessandro Delbianco completed their Friday at the Circuit de Nevers, Magny-Cours, 12th and 21st on combined times.

Remy faced a challenging Free Practice 1, producing laps with the same set of tyres throughout the 45-minute session, prioritising race distance. The Aussie rider finished the session 15th with a time of 1’38.258.

In the afternoon’s session, the story was the same for Remy and his crew. The 26-year old focused on long runs assessing the different option race tyres, still making a consistent improvement to his lap time to finish 12th (1’36.994).

Remy Gardner:
P12 (1’36.994)

“Not the easiest day, but we knew it could have been a challenging one as we faced a tricky weekend last year here. I’m happy overall with the progress we made, although the final position is not fantastic and surely not where we want to be. Weather could also play a key role tomorrow as we might have a wet race, let’s see. Anyway, I’m confident we could make another step forward on the dry, so let’s stay positive for Saturday.”