Things are just not going well for Marcel Schrötter.
Again and again mistakes prevent a front placement and leave the Vilgertshofener in doubt.
Barcelona
- They keep popping up for Marcel Schrötter after racing weekends: big question marks that make him ponder.
Even after Sunday's Grand Prix in Barcelona, the Moto2 rider from Vilgertshofen was very thoughtful.
Because again it didn't go smoothly.
With the 27-year-old, the search for the “why” always begins eagerly.
Because Schrötter dreams of advancing to the premier class, the Moto GP.
For this he has to and wants to deliver more than tenth place, which jumped out on Sunday.
In the second training session on Friday he was the fastest, and in the warm-up on Sunday he was fifth fastest.
But of all things in qualifying on Saturday, when the starting positions for the race are determined, he did not achieve decent times.
"I felt really good until qualifying and then nothing worked at all in the most important session of the weekend," said Schrötter.
He has already experienced this several times.
"You try hard, give everything and feel really good, but suddenly the good feeling has disappeared without a trace," said the Kalex driver, who now wants to have the quality of the tires checked during the analysis.
"I doubt that it's just me or the motorcycle."
Two brakes in the same place
However, Schrötter also knows that the result on Sunday was not only due to 15th place on the grid.
Right at the beginning he overtook three competitors, but then made a braking mistake and fell back to 16th place. "I think without this mistake I would have been able to swim with the crowd and have made it easy." first follow behind, fight your way forward lap after lap.
Shortly before the end, Schrötter was ninth - and braked in the same place as before.
"That annoys me tremendously because such a stupid mistake simply mustn't happen," said Schrötter.
"I feel like a beginner."
In the overall standings Schrötter is now eleventh with 54 points.
The World Cup is led by the Italian Luca Marini, who also won in Barcelona, with 150 points.
New teammate for the next season
The Swiss Tom Lüthi, Schrötter's team mate at “Liqui Moly Intact GP”, ranks ninth with 57 points.
He leaves the team after the season, changes to SAG, where he will succeed Remy Gardner (Australia).
A 20-year-old talent who is currently doing his laps in Moto3 will take his place at “Intact GP”: the Italian Tony Arbolino.
It is not yet known whether Schrötter will stay with his racing team.
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