Poor Qualifying hampered Marco Bezzecchi at the Aragon Grand Prix, but the Italian is happy with his race pace.
On paper, two eighth-place finishes at MotorLand Aragon do not look like a successful weekend for Marco Bezzecchi and Aprilia Racing.
However, once again, the Italian has shown his race pace on the RS-GP after he qualified in 20th place on the grid in a disastrous qualifying session.
Bezzecchi has been able to fight through the order across the last two race weekends on the Aprilia after poor performances in Qualifying.
Although he is not happy with his result, he has looked at the positives and is happy with the pace that he has shown at Silverstone and MotorLand Aragon.
"Exactly what I expected," he said when asked about his race on Sunday.
"More tough in the beginning. It’s always like that in the longer race, with the bigger fuel tank, with the grip of the track that is always strange because after the Moto2 race it’s always different.
"But can’t complain, I did my best.
"It’s not a good result with this pace. With this pace we should do something more.
"But in the end I did my best from where we started. So, I can’t complain.
"If I look at the positives, I’m satisfied about my job and the job of the whole team because the bike was working very well. But of course I can’t be completely happy.
"The bike is improving. We are still suffering in some areas. I can’t complain too much.
"The bike is improving day by day, the factory is working really hard. The effort is paying off and tomorrow we have an important test. So, now we rest a bit."
