Friday, August 15, 2025
Red Bull Ring, Spielberg. Austria
Red Bull Ring, Spielberg. Austria: Track length: 2.701 miles / 4.348 kilometers
Free Practice 1: 10.45am – 11.30am – Dry Track
Air Temperature: 73.4°F / 23°C
Track Temperature: 91.4°F / 33°C
#25 Raul Fernandez
P17 – Best Lap: 1’30.422 – Lap 5 of 17
Top speed: 190.33 mph / 306.3 km/h
#79 Ai Ogura
P19 – Best Lap: 1’30.581 – Lap 10 of 22
Top speed: 190.33 mph / 306.3 km/h
Practice: 3pm – 4pm – Dry track
Air Temperature: 87.8°F / 31°C
Track Temperature: 111.2°F / 44°C
#25 Raul Fernandez – Qualified to Q2
P5 – Best Lap: 1’28.519 – Lap 24 of 25
Top speed: 192 mph / 309 km/h
#79 Ai Ogura
P12 – Best Lap: 1’28.877 – Lap 19 of 26
Top speed: 193.62 mph / 311.6 km/h
RAÚL FERNÁNDEZ
“Today was a nice surprise. With a full new aero package on the bike there was a lot of work to understand the potential of the bike. But the team made a super good job and from the Free Practice in the morning I think we made a good step in the afternoon Practice. Basically, I feel comfortable, I feel good as, also with race pace, we were quite strong, but especially in time attack. For me it’s important but also for the team to end a Friday well. Usually on Friday, we didn’t take the full potential of the bike and later on Saturday we have a lot of work to do so it helps us a lot for tomorrow and also gives us a good chance for a good grid position for the races. This is very important here because on this track it’s not really easy to overtake.”
AI OGURA
“My feeling is definitely better here than the last two, three, races, so happy day. The performance was good and the places where we have to improve are quite clear. This is the most important thing for tomorrow so, I think, it was a big day for us. After the injury I tried a lot of things, but it was the wrong time, wrong moment and it was not really going the way I wanted. It was a tough time, but it was nice that after Brno we had three weeks of summer break and a bit of refresh. Coming here, one of my favorite circuits, everything works a little bit more in my direction, which showed today.”
“Today has been a positive day, we are quite happy. First of all, Raul managed to finish top five, so directly in Q2. Also, Ai was very close to be there and we have absolutely the possibility to do it, just a matter of putting everything together - there is some potential. Both riders are doing a good job. Of course, we still have room for improvement during tonight and then we’ll try tomorrow. Obviously, we have to try again to get Ai into Q2 and then try to have a good Qualifying and Sprint. So far, so good, let’s keep going.”
- DAVIDE BRIVIO, TEAM PRINCIPAL
