Livio Loi on schedule in Argentina

After the great performance in Qatar Livio Loi felt like he had to prove this wasn’t just a fluke. On the first day of the GP of Argentina RW Racing GP’s young Belgian showed he also has the pace on the Autodromo Termas de Rio Hondo, with second in FP1 and sixth in FP2.

Loi completed the first day in Argentina in sixth overall, with his 1.51,468 just 0,331 from the provisional pole position. Like in Qatar two weeks ago the differences in Moto3 are small, with the first fifteen riders within a second.

The first practice was difficult as the track was quite dirty. In the second session it was better and the lap times dropped dramatically. Loi was one and a half second faster.

The goal for the 18 year old Belgian was to concentrate a bit more on slipstreams then to riding his times on his own. “We don’t want to be surprised again like in Qatar, when pole position was snatched out of our hands,” RW Racing GP team manager Jarno Janssen explained.

Livio Loi - 6 (1.51,468)

“The Termas de Rio Hondo circuit is one of my favourites and I had some good results (4th and 12th) here before, so I was looking forward to this GP, especially after the great results in Qatar. The race could have been better and that’s why I started working a bit more on overtaking points, riding in a group and using slipstreams. I think we did quite a good job today. I know I have the pace to be fast on my own, but I can be even faster when I get myself in a good position for a slipstream as well. We are on schedule for hopefully another good result.”