{"id":5243,"date":"2025-07-25T17:47:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grtracingteam.com\/?p=5243"},"modified":"2025-07-26T07:35:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T05:35:47","slug":"r8balatonfriday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grtracingteam.com\/en\/r8balatonfriday\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardner Fifth Quickest on Opening Day at Balaton Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

The GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team kicked off Round 8 of the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship at the brand-new Balaton Park circuit in Hungary with Remy Gardner finishing the opening day in fifth place on the timesheets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free Practice 1 began at 10:20 local time, with both riders focused on quickly learning the unfamiliar layout having not ridden the track before. In the 45-minute session, Gardner and Aegerter steadily improved their feeling with each lap, ending the session in 11th and 15th respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the afternoon's Free Practice 2, the GYTR GRT Yamaha duo continued their work\u2014this time concentrating more on race pace rather than chasing a single fast lap. Despite that, both riders managed to significantly improve their performance. Gardner ended the day fifth fastest with a time of 1\u201940.484, while Aegerter clocked a 1\u201940.746 to finish 13th, still close to the front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remy Gardner \u2013 P5 (1\u201940.484)<\/strong>
\u201dOverall, the final position is encouraging, but we still need to keep working on our race pace to be competitive in Race 1. I\u2019m confident we can achieve that, and it\u2019ll also be important to put in a strong flying lap tomorrow in the Tissot Superpole. Saturday will be key, but I think we\u2019re on the right path. I quite like the layout of the new track, so let\u2019s stay focused and build a strong weekend.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dominique Aegerter \u2013 P13 (1\u201940.746)<\/strong>
\u201cLa posizione non \u00e8 il massimo, ma in realt\u00e0 non siamo lontani dai primi cinque, il che \u00e8 positivo e ci d\u00e0 motivazione. Era fondamentale imparare in fretta il layout sia al mattino che al pomeriggio, per iniziare a lavorare bene sul setup. Abbiamo fatto un bel passo avanti da FP1 a FP2, e adesso dobbiamo continuare a migliorare domani e domenica. Sono fiducioso che possiamo avvicinarci alla testa della corsa\u2014speriamo anche che il meteo rimanga stabile.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n