Gresini Ducati MotoGP star Fermin Aldeguer says he’s “the comeback rider” after coming from eleventh to fourth within the Portuguese Grand Prix.
The 20-year-old rookie continued to point out robust velocity on the GP24 Ducati at Portimao, although as soon as once more struggled to place collectively a aggressive qualifying.
Fermin Aldeguer might solely handle eleventh in Saturday’s Q2 shootout, although he was in a position to rise to sixth within the dash.
Within the grand prix, Aldeguer as soon as once more placed on a clinic in restoration, as he fought via to fourth to safe his finest end result since his Indonesian Grand Prix victory.
“In the long run, we’re the comeback rider,” he stated.
“Very stable race. Yesterday we did comeback additionally within the dash race, ending in sixth place.
“However as we speak we made one other step. We did begin, lap by lap, I used to be overtaking the opposite riders.
“We knew yesterday that our tempo was there to combat within the high 5, however if you begin in eleventh place, you by no means know.
“Tremendous pleased with the weekend. We go away Portugal with a sixth and fourth place, extra factors for the championship, extra expertise. And a few good battles for the followers additionally.”
The end result strikes Aldeguer into eighth within the standings with one spherical to go in his rookie marketing campaign.
The Gresini rider is 5 factors away from Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo, and will transfer forward of VR46’s Franco Morbidelli in seventh.
Aldeguer has a 24-point deficit to Morbidelli going into the Valencia finale this weekend.
Morbidelli crashed out of the Portuguese Grand Prix on the opening lap.
The VR46 rider was checked over for accidents on the circuit earlier than being taken to an area hospital for additional analysis.
Nonetheless, extra checks additionally confirmed the Italian suffered no accidents.
