Quote from Pere; post Qatar GP

Here's some words form Pere, following his p20 in the season opener at Losail.
And really good of him to heap some praise on Sergio Gadea too... Nice touch... :)

"I am quite happy with my result today. We have done a good job and the bike has worked superbly. I think I was lacking a bit of pace, especially in the beginning, but as the laps passed, I felt more comfortable. I am happy after my first GP experience. Now we will have to continue working along these lines and try to improve from race to race.
I would also like to congratulate Sergio, who did an incredible job despite his injury."

Qatar GP - 125cc - Results

Well, Pere completed his first *proper* 125cc race, and it was the ground-breaking first ever night race, under floodlights.
He came in 20th after a fairly invisible performance; the rise from 26th being largely more to do with attrition further up the field than battling and passing.
Still - a first proper race, and a solid if uneventful ride to a solid position.
Well done Pere :)
Hope it's the start of a great and ever-improving 125 MotoGP career!
Here's the classified results in full...

Pos - Rider - Make - Time
1. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 38:09.444
2. Joan Olive Derbi + 0.932
3. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 1.660
4. Mike Di Meglio Derbi + 1.771
5. Scott Redding Aprilia + 1.819
6. Daniel Webb Aprilia + 7.689
7. Simone Corsi Aprilia + 8.684
8. Pol Espargaro Derbi + 8.693
9. Efren Vazquez Aprilia + 9.054
10. Nicolas Terol Aprilia + 10.902
11. Sandro Cortese Aprilia + 10.945
12. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia + 12.618
13. Stefano Bianco Aprilia + 12.709
14. Andrea Iannone Aprilia + 20.086
15. Michael Ranseder Aprilia + 23.575
16. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 23.890
17. D.Agerter Derbi + 29.406
18. Pablo Nieto KTM + 32.891
19. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia + 33.346
20. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia + 33.649
21. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM + 36.696
22. R.Krummenacher KTM + 36.754
23. Robin Lasser Aprilia + 45.317
24. Esteve Rabat KTM + 56.440
25. Louis Rossi Honda +1:14.502

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Not classified:

Rider - Make - On lap
Raffaele De Rosa KTM 15
Dino Lombardi Aprilia 11
H.van den Berg Aprilia 10
Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 8
Steve Bonsey Aprilia 5
R.Lacalendola Aprilia 1
Robert Muresan Aprilia -

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Fastest lap:
Redding, 2:05.695 on lap 7

Pere at Qatar on Youtube

Another clip of Pere from GaSs34 on Youtube; this time during the build-up to the Qatar GP - captured from TV.

Qatar GP - Final Qualifying

Pos - Rider - Bike - Time:
1. Bradley Smith Aprilia 2:05.242
2. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 2:05.308 + 0.066
3. Mike Di Meglio Derbi 2:05.351 + 0.109
4. Scott Redding Aprilia 2:05.545 + 0.303
5. Daniel Webb Aprilia 2:05.593 + 0.351
6. Raffaele De Rosa KTM 2:05.618 + 0.376
7. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 2:05.833 + 0.591
8. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 2:05.953 + 0.711
9. Joan Olive Derbi 2:06.074 + 0.832
10. Simone Corsi Aprilia 2:06.096 + 0.854
11. Esteve Rabat KTM 2:06.132 + 0.890
12. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 2:06.205 + 0.963
13. Sandro Cortese Aprilia 2:06.218 + 0.976
14. Steve Bonsey Aprilia 2:06.329 + 1.087
15. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 2:06.347 + 1.105
16. Pablo Nieto KTM 2:06.380 + 1.138
17. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 2:06.388 + 1.146
18. Pol Espargaro Derbi 2:06.402 + 1.160
19. Efren Vazquez Aprilia 2:06.477 + 1.235
20. D.Agerter Derbi 2:06.585 + 1.343
21. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 2:06.702 + 1.460
22. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 2:06.787 + 1.545
23. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 2:07.016 + 1.774
24. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 2:07.338 + 2.096
25. R.Krummenacher KTM 2:07.603 + 2.361
26. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 2:07.605 + 2.363
27. Robin Lasser Aprilia 2:08.000 + 2.758
29. H.van den Berg Aprilia 2:08.502 + 3.260
31. Robert Muresan Aprilia 2:09.257 + 4.015
32. Dino Lombardi Aprilia 2:09.632 + 4.390
33. R.Lacalendola Aprilia 2:09.827 + 4.585
34. Louis Rossi Honda 2:10.153 + 4.911

Qatar GP - Free Practice 2

1 Bradley Smith Aprilia 2'06.176
2 Scott Redding Aprilia 2'06.538 0.362
3 Raffaele De Rosa KTM 2'06.629 0.453
4 Nicolas Terol Aprilia 2'06.671 0.495
5 Stefan Bradl Aprilia 2'06.691 0.515
6 Simone Corsi Aprilia 2'06.790 0.614
7 Mike Di Meglio Derbi 2'06.829 0.653
8 Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 2'06.902 0.726
9 Daniel Webb Aprilia 2'07.057 0.881
10 Pol Espargaró Derbi 2'07.079 0.903
11 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 2'07.208 1.032
12 Efrén Vazquez Aprilia 2'07.239 1.063
13 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 2'07.281 1.105
14 Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 2'07.608 1.432
15 Joan Olive Derbi 2'07.666 1.490
16 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 2'07.857 1.681
17 Michael Ranseder Aprilia 2'07.926 1.750
18 D.Ägerter Derbi 2'07.929 1.753
19 Esteve Rabat KTM 2'07.986 1.810
20 Stefano Bianco Aprilia 2'08.053 1.877
21 Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 2'08.375 2.199
22 Pablo Nieto KTM 2'08.486 2.310
23 Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 2'08.591 2.415
24 R.Krummenacher KTM 2'08.591 2.415
25 Steve Bonsey Aprilia 2'08.725 2.549
26 Robin Lässer Aprilia 2'09.394 3.218
28 Robert Muresan Aprilia 2'10.238 4.062
29 H.van den Berg Aprilia 2'10.252 4.076
31 R.Lacalendola Aprilia 2'10.964 4.788
32 Louis Rossi Honda 2'11.005 4.829
33 Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 2'11.418 5.242
34 Dino Lombardi Aprilia 2'11.590 5.414

Photos From Practice and QP1

125cc Test - Qatar - Day 2

DAY TWO - 125cc

1. Bradley Smith (Aprilia) – 2.05.306
2. Scott Redding (Aprilia) – 2.05.719
3. Mike Di Meglio (Derbi) – 2.06.063
4. Stefan Bradl (Aprilia) - 2.06.232
5. Gabor Talmacsi (Aprilia) – 2.06.347
6. Danny Webb (Aprilia) – 2.06.538
7. Nicolas Terol (Aprilia) – 2.06.703
8. Sandro Cortese (Aprilia) – 2.06.723
9. Sergio Gadea (Aprilia) – 2.06.759
10. Pablo Nieto (KTM) – 2.06.922
11. Joan Olive (Aprilia) – 2.06.967
12. Raffaele De Rosa (KTM) – 2.07.113
13. Stefano Bianco (Aprilia) – 2.07.164
14. Pol Espargarò (Derbi) – 2.07.227
15. Simone Corsi (Aprilia) – 2.07.284
16. Andrea Iannone (Aprilia) – 2.07.550
17. Steve Bonsey (Aprilia) – 2.07.659
18. Efren Vazquez (Aprilia) – 2.07.682
19. Dominique Aegerter (Derbi) – 2.07.835
20. Esteve Rabat (KTM) – 2.07.896
21. Tomoyoshi Koyama (KTM) – 2.08.105
22. Michael Ranseder (Aprilia) – 2.08.165
23. Randy Krummenacher (KTM) – 2.08.268
24. Takaaki Nakagami (Aprilia) – 2.08.273
25. Robert Muresan (Aprilia) – 2.08.566
26. Pere Tutusaus (Aprilia) – 2.08.933
27. Alexis Masbou (Loncin) – 2.09.297
28. Lorenzo Zanetti (KTM) – 2.09.396
29. Hugo Van den Berg (Aprilia) – 2.09.523
30. Roberto Lacalendola (Aprilia) – 2.09.756
31. Robin Lasser (Aprilia) – 2.09.944
32. Louis Rossi (Honda) – 2.11.116
33. Jules Cluzel (Loncin) – 2.21.349
34. Marc Marquez (KTM) – s. t.

First Pictures From Qatar Night Test