Moto3 Barcelona: Ferrari just over a second from the top (24th), Manzi in difficulty (34th)

Moto3 2015 GP Catalunya Day 1: Matteo Ferrari concluded the first day of testing in Barcelona with an improvement of 1,2 seconds. from one shift to the next. The blue bearer, with a personal best lap of 1.52,766 and satisfied with the feeling on the front, was in fact placed in 22nd place at just 1,1 sec. by the leader of the day and the general classification Danny Kent.
More complicated situation for Stefano manzi who, perhaps due to inexperience, found himself very far from where he would have expected: only 34° (1.53,912)

“I'm happy because compared to Mugello we have made significant progress – he said Matteo Ferrari. I feel like the bike is more "mine", especially on the front I have more feeling. Between one session and another we improved by a good 1"2, arriving just over 1" from the best time, this testifies to the quality of the work accomplished and our margins for improvement. For tomorrow we just need to refine the braking phase, here I still lose compared to the other riders, while for the remaining areas we are in a good place. Let's end this first day positively, we just have to continue like this tomorrow."

“A difficult day – he continued Stefano manzi – we are not where we would like to be in the standings. We just have to work with the whole team to improve, I'm convinced that we can recover important positions from tomorrow morning."