Demanding Friday at Cremona for Remy

Remy Gardner and stand-in teammate Marvin Fritz completed Friday at the new Cremona Circuit, Italy, 16th and 24th on combined times.

A wet start to Free Practice 1 saw Remy sit out the whole session, with the track starting to dry just in the latter stages.

In the afternoon’s session, Remy focused on long runs and understanding the new aerodynamic package assessing the different options for the race. The #87 encountered a challenging Free Practice 2, still managing to learn a lot and gather valuable data for the weekend. He was 16th (‘1’30.622) at the end of the session.

Following an incident with Danilo Petrucci on track in FP2, Remy was handed a three-place grid penalty for Saturday’s opening race. The team have lodged an appeal against this decision with the FIM.

Remy Gardner
P16 (1’30.622)

“It wasn’t the easiest day overall and unfortunately we missed some valuable track time in the Free Practice 1. We also got to use the new aerodynamic package and it’s good to have new things to try. It was unfortunate to miss FP1 because of the conditions, we missed some time to understand the package and our setting so hopefully we can achieve this tomorrow and make a step forward. I am disappointed to see I have a penalty for the Petrucci thing; I was taking a tear-off off and because of this deliberately kept off-line, I looked behind me and saw he was coming and kept further off the line, so I was quite surprised when I came round the next lap and found him swearing at me, I had to take evasive action and ended up in the gravel.”