“I was nervous but we’ve had it very close”

06/25/2022 at 16:40

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The Barcelona driver acknowledged not having started Q2 well, but ended up caressing a Pole that Jake Dixon snatched from him

The Aspar double was completed by Sam Lowes to chain two races starting on the front row of the grid

Second position for Albert Arenas in Assen Q2, although it could well have been the first had it not been for the time of Jake Dixon in the last breath of the session. The Catalan, after a good performance in Sachsenring, confirmed his improvement continues with the front row at the Assen TT. Close the first row of grill Sam Lowes.

Arenas was very happy on his arrival at the Parc Fermé. “I felt very good and I had a lot of rhythm in all training. On the first fast lap attempt in Q2 I made a mistake and got nervous. But it has been coming up with the passing of the minutes, I have been going down And we’ve been very, very close“, he pointed.

The Catalan joked with his teammate’s final Pole Position: “In the end Jake has stolen it from me but nothing happenstomorrow we will fight and enjoy this circuit”.

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Dixon himself, at the end of the session, acknowledged that “I didn’t expect it, honestly. I came in late to change the tireI thought I didn’t have time. It has gone very fair but it has come out. I have given everything and it is a good reward after a difficult weekend“, commented the British.

Another British will come out on the other side of Albert Arenas; Sam Lowes. “we had it close but we are all in a handkerchief. We come in the ascending line and it is important after the losing streak”.

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