02/09/2023

Hector Garzo celebrates podium success at home Grand Prix

Two thrilling MotoE races left Hector Garzo with mixed feelings after he secured third place in race one that he so narrowly lost in race two. DYNAVOLT INTACT GP MotoE teammate Randy Krummenacher recorded a sixth and ninth-place finish in Barcelona, the penultimate round of the 2023 World Championship.

At the end of the Barcelona Grand Prix, local hero Hector Garzo was pleased with a successful race weekend in front of his home crowd. The Spaniard already showed in Race 1 on the 4.66 km track that he has the pace to fight with the best of the best. The first 7-lap sprint ended with a strong third place for Garzo, which also marked his fourth podium of the season. But the 25-year-old wanted more, and that was clearly evident in the second race. Again Garzo made the same good start as before and turned out of the first corner as fourth, only this time he seemed to have even more potential in him, even if he complained about the old familiar front tyreissues afterwards. With a well-aimed maneuver, he moved up to second position after the fastest race lap and finally inherited the lead from the crashed Torres on the penultimate lap. Unfortunately, he was not able to fight off his pursuers until the end and so they pushed him down to fourth place.

On the other hand, the races went less smoothly for Randy Krummenacher, who despite a strong pace could not get beyond sixth and ninth place. The Swiss sees the difficulty in the eleventh starting position because fighting your way to the front within seven laps is no easy task if you lose too much time in the chaos of the start. The 33-year-old will be hard on himself and his crew before the finale in order to lay better foundations for a successful race day already on Friday.

In the World Championship, despite further points, there is no significant change in terms of positions, only the gaps to the top three have shortened for Garzo and so the MotoE duo goes into the final showdown of the season, which will be fought out in Misano Adriatico from the 08th - 09th of September, in fourth and fifth place respectively.

Results

Race 1
1. Andrea MANTOVANI/ ITA
2. Mattia CASADEI/ ITA – (+0.044)
3. Hector GARZO/ SPA – (+0.230)
6. Randy KRUMMENACHER/ SWI – (+2.129)

Race 2
1. Mattia CASADEI/ ITA
2. Andrea MANTOVANI/ ITA – (+0.072)
3. Nicolas SPINELLI/ ITA – (+0.388)
4. Hector GARZO/ SPA – (+0.424)
9. Randy KRUMMENACHER/ SWI – (+2.596)

Wolrd Championship
1. Mattia CASADEI/ ITA – 219
2. Jordi TORRES/ SPA – 198 (-21)
3. Matteo FERRARI/ ITA – 197 (-22)
4. Hector GARZO/ SPA – 175 (-44)
5. Randy KRUMMENACHER/ SWI – 154 (-65)

Randy Krummenacher

Race 1: P6 - (+2.129)
Race 2: P9 - (+2.596)
FIM Enel MotoE World Championship 2023 – P5 - 154 Points

"I once again had a strong pace when I compare it with Hector, for example, because in the end, I was only a tenth slower than him. The first lap was always difficult because starting from eleventh place costs time. The performance of the bike was a little better in the first race, but everyone was fast. I risked everything in the last lap of the second race and lost two positions. Ninth place is certainly not satisfying, because it is not where I can be. I think we clearly have to work better as a team on Friday. The bike always works great in the race, but on Friday, we usually have too many issues to work on. That was also the case in Austria, but there the track was also new for me. In general, we have to work out a better basic set-up faster on Friday. In the first race, sixth place was okay, but even there my pace was better than the winner's, but it didn't pay off coming from that starting position."

Hector Garzo

Race 1: P3 - (+0.230)
Race 2: P4 - (+0.424)
FIM Enel MotoE World Championship 2023 – P4 - 175 Points

"The first race was good. We had a really good setting, started from P7 and the main target was to make up some ground in the first lap and we did well as I overtook four people before Turn 1, placing myself in the podium position. Then I started to fight and tried to push until the end. I am happy about the third place in race one. Coming into race 2 was a bit tougher because already on the out lap, I realized I had the same front tyre problem that I had in Qualifying before. I started to feel bumps again but I still tried to fight as hard as I could but it took me all my possibilities to push. In the last two laps, I was suffering a lot because the tyre movement was crazy. It is what it is. This category is still in development but they need to understand why and what happened with the tyre, but oh well, we gave our 100 %, and now let's see what we can do for the final round. Big thanks to the entire team and sponsors."

Catalunya GP 2023 – Saturday MotoE

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