Porto and Smith in the lower part of the grid
Shuhei Aoyama did get a place on the front row after a session in which Jorge Lorenzo set the fastest times. The Japanese rider confirmed the excellent expectations created yesterday but is not happy with the set-up of his bike.
Porto, further in the back, was the negative side of the session and in the 250cc class only Aoyama seems to be able to fight for the podium in Jerez.

Shuhei Aoyama (250cc): "I`m on the front row but I`m not too happy because neither the rider nor the bike are at the highest level. We still have to improve the set-up of the bike and the rider has to push harder to be faster. We have evidently improved compared to yesterday but it`s not enough. We know which tyres we are going to use for the race. A good result for tomorrow would be the victory or a place on the podium."

Sebastián Porto (250cc): "All I can say is that my team and I are working hard to try to solve this situation. We just don`t manage to make the bike work the way I want it to. I`ve tried to adapt to it but I haven`t managed yet. I tried to change my racing lines, enter and exit corners in a different way, change my riding style… but we just don`t move forward. In moments like this is when I wish to thank my team more than ever for the effort they are making to try to find a solution."

Young British rider Bradley Smith, in his logical adaptation process in the 125cc class of the Motorcycling World Championship, also finished in the lower part of the time sheets.

Bradley Smith (125cc): "It`s been better than yesterday, but it hasn`t been perfect. I wasn`t really focussed this morning during the first session.
It was a bit better during the second, although I didn`t make many laps either. I think that I could have clocked a better time, but I made a mistake. The last laps were very slow because I didn`t have enough grip. I was very fast in my last lap on the first two sections, but then, I think it was in corner nine, the rear end of the bike skidded and I almost crashed. The last race I did here last year consisted of sixteen laps, so tomorrow I`ll make seven more. We`ve tested the race tyres and I`ve seen that we can set good times despite the progressive wear, so that doesn`t bother me. Scoring points here would be incredible, but being realistic I think that it would be good to finish among the top twenty."

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