CZECH GP - Gaviota Aspar Team starts the first triple-header on top

AVIOTA ASPAR TEAM STARTS THE FIRST TRIPLE-HEADER ON TOP     Albert Arenas arrives in the Czech Republic still with an eye on his injured left ankle. His teammate Stefano Nepa sets himself the goal of improving in qualifying practice   Gaviota Aspar Team rider Albert Arenas leads the Moto3 World Championship despite the crash at the Andalucía Grand Prix. The brilliant start to the season, with the victories in Qatar and Jerez, allowed him to have a 14-point advantage that has been almost reduced to zero. Arenas now competes in Brno with just six points more than Tatsuki Suzuki, winner of the last race, and ten over the Scottish John McPhee. Behind, and still within the 25-points difference of a victory, are Ai Ogura, Gabriel Rodrigo or Celestino Vietti. In a championship that will have 15 races, a DNF means more than in a "normal" year, so the key until the end of the season for all of them will be consistency. Albert Arenas has already spent his jolly in Jerez, where he crashed with seven laps to go when he was competing in the leading group. In the crash, he also suffered a sprained left ankle that has led him to spend the week rehabilitating with physiotherapy sessions to get in shape for the Brno race. This season's schedule, with several consecutive races, is a tough challenge in case of injury, but Arenas aspires to be able to fight his rivals on the same level. His teammate Stefano Nepa hopes to improve in the search for a fast lap on the qualifying practices and thus be able to take advantage of the good pace and speed he has during the race. The Italian knows that qualifying in front helps on Sunday by avoiding comebacks that prevent him from fighting for higher goals. In Jerez, for example, he entered Q2 in the Spanish Grand Prix and, in the race, he was able to compete with the second group and finish three seconds behind the winner.   Albert Arenas: “It has been a very intense week, it was not easy to face the recovery with the pain in the ankle, but we had to adapt to it. In Brno I will try to listen to what my body feels. I have strength and I have recovered much of the mobility, and I want to try myself in the FP1, without thinking much about the foot. I arrive in Brno wanting to compete again, in what will be the first of three races in a row. It will be important to be constant in all three and see how the weeks go by and how the injury evolves.” Stefano Nepa: “We are focused on these three weekends ahead of us, but with good memories of the two races at Jerez. There, we only lacked having done a better qualifying practice, so that will be our main objective in these three races. Starting from the front, I think we can fight to get into the top 10 because we have a good pace. I'm happy with how the season is going so far.”