ARGENTINA AWAITS SAMA QATAR ÁNGEL NIETO TEAM

Xavi Cardelús and Jake Dixon both ready to give 100% at an unknown track for both After the opening night of the MotoGP World Championship in Qatar, the season continues to  heat up this weekend with the second round of the season and the first of two on American soil.   The Autódromo de Termas de Río Hondo circuit in Argentina is the venue for an event that last  year saw Mattia Pasini take victory in Moto2, with his compatriot Lorenzo Baldasarri  narrowly missing out on the podium. Baldasarri – the new championship leader following  his victory at Losail –  will this time target victory as he defends his points advantage under  threat from the likes of Thomas Luthi, Marcel Schrotter and Remy Gardner. The Gran Premio de la República Argentina is the next challenge for the renewed Sama Qatar  Ángel Nieto Team on their return to the intermediate category. The team contested the first  ever Moto2 race at Autódromo de Termas de Río Hondo with Nico Terol and Jordi Torres  return in 2019 with Andorra’s Xavi Cardelús and British rider Jake Dixon preparing to ride at  this track for the very first time. The opening free practice sessions on Friday will be crucial for  the pair to learn the layout as quickly as possible and to get maximum performance out of their  KTM machines. Xavi Cardelús: “The Autódromo de Termas de Río Hondo is a circuit I am really looking forward  to going to because I have not raced there before. From what I have been able to tell from past  races there and the video game it seems like a relatively easy track to learn although there are two or three sections where it is easy to lose a lot of time. We will have to give 100% from the first  moment and I have been training hard to make sure I am where I need to be. I am excited to get  back on the bike again and giving full gas.” Jake Dixon: “We travel to Argentina with the sole aim of continuing to improve and with our heads  high after  the first race. I don’t think it will be a hard circuit to learn, I have watched videos and  done a lot of laps on the games console. I know that when we find the right set-up for the bike I  will be fast, but right now I can’t show my full potential. We are still adapting to the bike and  how it behaves but I have a great team behind me and together we will get there.”