Not Impressive On The First Day Of Moto3 America, Mario Aji: After Analyzing The Data, My Motivation Is Very High

Moto3 racer from Indonesia, Mario Aji. (Doc. MotoGP)

JAKARTA - Moto3 racer from Indonesia, Mario Aji, recorded a not-so-good lap time on the first day of free practice at the Austin Circuit, United States, Saturday, April 9 in the morning WIB.

In the first free practice session (FP1), Mario Aji took the 24th position with a best lap time of 2 minutes 19.746 seconds. In the second session (FP2), Mario Aji took the 27th position, but with a better time of 2 minutes 17.628 seconds.

The driver from Magetan said that the technical corner at the Austin Circuit created a big gap between the riders. He admitted that he really enjoyed the character of this circuit.

"After checking the data, there is no big difference compared to last year's racers," said Mario Aji as in an official statement received by VOI.

On the first day of accumulation, Mario Aji took the 28th position with his best time. However, the racer fostered by the Astra Honda Racing Team will try to be in qualification 2 (Q2).

"Today's final position was not the best, but after analyzing the data, my motivation is very high for the next session," he said.

Honda Team Asia manager, Hiroshi Aoyama said, this is the first time the team's riders have tried this circuit. He claimed, the riders had fought more than the last race.

"We are still developing and today Mario Aji and Taiyo Furusato gained a lot of experience and have to improve from this point," said the Japanese man.