The sixth round of the Moto 3 World Championship took place in Italy last weekend and began in a positive way for John McPhee who finished 6th in FP1. Despite a difficult qualifying session, John made an impressive catch-up during the race, scoring four more points in the Championship.
In the free practises, John quickly found very promising sensations on the bike and made good timings on Friday. After a complicated session on Saturday morning, he classifled in 14th position in the cumulative free practises. He finished the race in 12th place.
John said: ‘We had a difficult weekend: we were regularly in the top 10 during practises and warm up and we have the speed to flght with the front riders. However, the qualifying remains the sticking point. I will focus on this aspect for the next races to be able to start in the first rows in the Catalunya GP and flght it out in the head group.’