PBM’s Michael Laverty narrowly missed out on a MotoGP point score at Austin after just being beaten to 15th place by Hector Barbera on the last lap.
Laverty put in a solid early race, climbing up the order in the opening laps before settling into a good pace despite suffering a couple of small problems which didn’t make for smooth running but Barbera just kicked hard on the final lap and the Irishman had no answer.
"I'm satisfied with how I rode but quite frustrated to lose out on the final point scoring position on the final lap. I had a few small issues that hindered my progress but I pushed hard and caught back up to Barbera and Abraham mid race,” he said.
“I got into 16th place with around three laps to go but by then I had very little grip left and could do little to break Barbera. He put in a strong final lap and I couldn't find a way back through.
“We had a good weekend steadily making chassis improvements in every session, the COTA circuit is more suited to our rivals' power characteristics than that of our Aprilia engine so I feel we have done a good job overall considering."
