Circuito de Aragon (Spain), 26 September 2015 - Stefan Bradl will start the race from the sixth row in the fourteenth round of the MotoGP World Championship to be held at Motorland Aragon. In fact, the German Aprilia Racing Team Gresini rider finished Q1 with the seventh best time (1’49,109) which earns him the seventeenth overall time and the corresponding spot on the starting grid.

Alvaro Bautista, held up during the decisive session by a crash with no consequences for the rider, will start from the seventh row on the grid, after lapping in 1’49,437, giving him the eleventh best time in Q1 and the twenty-first overall time.

Throughout the weekend the riders worked tirelessly on race strategy, above all looking for consistent performance over race distance, which is why they are making no secret of their intentions to improve their positions in the race, as they have done often this season.

ROMANO ALBESIANO (Aprilia Racing Manager)

“Stefan reacted very well after being hindered in the morning session by problems with a new clutch part that, in the spirit of our season, we are testing here, but in the end we found a good direction to go for the race as well. Alvaro was penalised by a crash in qualifying but he has worked well throughout the weekend on race pace, so we are confident for the race.”

FAUSTO GRESINI (Team Manager)

“It's a shame about Bautista's crash at the beginning of the qualifying session. Alvaro could have had a very good Q1, but this obviously compromised his performance. Tomorrow he'll have to get off the line well and come back during the race. Stefan ran into a few technical troubles but he reacted very well in the qualifiers, putting in a nice lap and giving it his own touch. Hopefully he'll be luckier tomorrow in the race where we'll be counting on him to bring home some points as well.”