Aegerter scores three points, Mulhauser too stiff

Round three of the 2015 Moto2 World Championship season, on the circuit of Termas de Río Hondo started off really well for the Swiss delegation with Thomas Lüthi (Derendinger Racing Interwetten) on the front row of the grid (3rd fastest in qualifying). Third in the first corner, Lüthi unfortunately lost some positions in the first few laps before he increased his pace again to prove that he had what it takes to fight for the podium again. Brave and aggressive, but still too tense, Dominique Aegerter (Technomag Racing Interwetten) was able to secure three world championship points (13th position) in his struggle, despite a tire issue in the final laps. Twenty-third overall, Robin Mulhauser (Technomag Racing Interwetten) also experienced two different stages of the race: two stiff during the first laps, he managed to show something very promising once he relaxed. A sum-up from Frédéric Corminboeuf, the boss of CGBM Evolution, a company that owns the two teams: "We are disappointed because we had the potential to do better. Tom had a good start this time but his riding, his ability to adapt, handicaps him in the first laps; he needs to change this to be more aggressive and not afraid to close a few doors to avoid others benefiting from it. Today we lost the podium on the first two laps. Dominique also had a difficult adaptation before he started doing laps that would have put him in Top-8. When it comes to Robin, what happened in Austin last week happened again. He was too aggressive at the beginning and I believe that he realised something important later on: when he attacks less, he goes faster!"

The team will now fly back to Europe, where they will meet again on the circuit of Jerez de la Frontera in the south of Spain.

And they said...

Dominique Aegerter (Technomag Racing Interwetten, 13th): "I am still far from the pace where I should be. I am too tense on the bike. I ride too much with my body, I demand too much from it and as in Texas, I find myself on the limit with my body. I know that I have to let the bike do a lot more work, I have to free myself. It will come but the process, I must admit, is longer and more complicated than I thought. The tire issue at the end of the race (two chunks of the tire came off)? Oh, that is not what explains this result."

Robin Mulhauser (Technomag Racing Interwetten, 23rd): "I have just had one of the most difficult weekends of my career. I gave it everything and I am asking myself if it wasn't too much at the beginning of the race. Because later on when I tried to ride more smoothly, I felt a lot better... and I was faster. My lap times were not bad, the gap from the winner (36 seconds; he was 50 seconds off in Qatar and 41 in Texas) is smaller but I am still not able to keep up with the group in the points."