MotoGP Valencia, Free Practice: Surreal atmosphere in Team Gresini

This first day of testing, on the Valencia circuit, without "Super Sic", was decidedly sad and in the Team San Carlo Honda Gresini garage the looks and gestures were surreal. Unfortunately Marco left a great void and today this sad feeling was tangible. His cheerfulness gave energy to the whole box and with his absence it was of great importance. Hiroshi Aoyama, who in his heart would like to best honor his teammate, was in difficulty today, had little grip and was unable to find the right limit, also taking into account a crash at the end of the afternoon practice.

“Today's weather conditions complicated today's work and in the end I even slipped. I'm not satisfied because the grip of the bike was definitely not the best – said Hiroshi Aoyama – I tried to find the limit but it was really difficult and for this reason I'm not happy. I hope to improve tomorrow and be faster. For me this is an important Grand Prix because it is the last one I will compete in MotoGP and then I would really like to compete in a good race to best honor Marco who we all miss. I will try to do my best with all of this. ”

“So much sadness in our garage. The atmosphere was surreal with the absence of "Super Sic" and everything was faced with extreme difficulty - added Fausto Gresini - It goes without saying that we miss him a lot but it was extremely important to be there, to honor him as best as possible because I am convinced that he he would have liked it to be so. Hiroshi tried to find the limit in today's difficult conditions but he found himself in difficulty. But I'm sure that for Sunday