The Inde GASGAS Aspar rider, fourth today in Valencia, has tried different settings on the bike on a day in which Guevara has closed the provisional Q2 positions

Pedro Acosta, who won the World Championship two weeks ago in Malaysia, has not slowed down and has finished the first day of action in Valencia as the fastest rider. The Spanish has beaten the track record in the first and the second practice and will be looking to end his last GP in the intermediate category on top. Fermín Aldeguer and Aron Canet have ended just over a tenth off and have completed the first top 3 of the weekend. They have started slightly better than their rival for third place in the championship, Inde GASGAS Aspar rider Jake Dixon. The British, fourth today, has finished just two tenths off Acosta's time.

Inde GASGAS rider Jake Dixon has kicked off the Valencia GP with good feelings and has ended up just 53 thousandths off the top 3. The British and his technical team have tried different settings on the bike and tomorrow they will continue with the tests in order to, get an optimal set-up to fight for the last pole position of the year with all the available data. His teammate Izan Guevara has finished the first day of practice in fourteenth place, closing the provisional Q2 positions. In the afternoon, the Spanish has improved his time from the first session by more than two tenths and tomorrow he will try to keep getting better in order to access directly into Q2.

4th Jake Dixon 1:34.004 (+0.236): “Overall, it has been a good day, but we will have to continue working to decide the set-up we want for qualifying. We have tried many things, we have had almost two different bikes, and there have been some positives and some negatives. We must assess what will be best for the set-up, but I think we will have to try something else in practice 3 to be able to decide well.”

14th Izan Guevara 1:34.433 (+0.665): “I have always been good at this circuit, and I think we are on the right track. It has been a positive day, we are in provisional Q2 positions although it’s very tight, because I am fourteenth and I am only six tenths off. We finish the day with good feelings, we have tried things that have helped us, and I look forward to continuing working tomorrow.”