Red Bull Rookies Cup
I kept pushing but couldn’t get back onto the group and came home with P10 which was also my best race result
Hey everyone, how are you going?
Coming into the last round at Le Mans I was feeling good after the previous races and excited as I had never ridden at Le Mann’s before. After the track walk on Thursday, I could wait to get out on track the circuit looked amazing and atmosphere with the crowd that was already there was cool.
Friday Practice 1 went well, I felt good on track very comfortable with the layout of the Le Mans circuit and ended the session happy and feeling good. The bike felt like it was handling petty good, but we decided with Iator the suspension engineer to make a small change for Practice 2.
Practice 2 also went quite well; I was learning more and more about the track getting a few more braking markers on track the bike and the suspension felt really good, so we kept the bike the same for Qualifying.
In Qualifying I felt very comfortable and was able to put some very fast lap times in with and without some slipstreams, but I had a small crash in the final few minutes and couldn’t get back out. I ended up P5 which was my best Qualifying, so I was still happy.
In Race 1 I got off to a good start I was running with the front group of riders but made a few mistakes and ran wide at turn 8 and lost the front group. I kept pushing but couldn’t get back onto the group and came home with P10 which was also my best race result.
In Race 2 I had a crash and got a DNF. This was disappointing because I was really enjoying the track and felt I could improve on my Race 1 result but overall, the weekend was still very positive.
Over the weekend I improved a lot and I’m feeling more comfortable with the KTM RC250R. I can’t wait to get to Mugello for the next round which is also a new track for me and I’m looking forward to riding the track.
See you in Mugello!
Carter Thompson #50
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