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The extreme\u00a0heat of Aragon welcomed\u00a0the WorldSBK riders from the first session; a slippery track, low grip, and asphalt temperatures above 50 degrees Celsius through the day.\u00a0Balda and Team Go Eleven restarted with Most’s setup, planning a change to the front end midway through the session. The first outing had been stopped\u00a0by a red flag midway through the session, but the number 34 rider then put in four consecutive laps in 49.6\/49.8, getting a temporary top six. He proved a strong final sector, second in that split by a thousandth of a second behind Bulega. In the final minutes, the engineers tested the aforementioned change, but unfortunately, a sensor issue on the front forced Baldassarri to stop along the track, without a chance to evaluate the new solution. The test was postponed until the afternoon, with a seventh-place finish.<\/p>\n
Free Practice 1: For FP2, temperatures heat up further, causing a significant decrease in track grip. Times rise by about half a second for all riders; Balda, at first, seems to struggle with the change in conditions, then tests the new modification to the front forks, gains confidence, and begins to improve\u00a0his times. Lap after lap, tenth after tenth, he closes in on the main group; on the final lap, with now 18 laps of tyre,\u00a0he improves significantly in the first three sectors, only to lose ground in the last, remaining “too conservative under braking,” by his own admission.<\/p>\n
\nP 1\u00a0 \u00a0N. Bulega\u00a0 \u00a01.48.916
\nP 2\u00a0 \u00a0I. Lecuona\u00a0 \u00a0+ 0.022
\nP 3\u00a0 \u00a0A. Lowes\u00a0 \u00a0 + 0.526
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\nP 7\u00a0 \u00a0L. Baldassarri\u00a0 \u00a0+ 0.779<\/strong><\/p>\n