The women’s category in particular comes to Barcelona this weekend to celebrate its third date and almost halfway through the season – which consists of seven rounds -. The first two free practice sessions will be held on Friday, while two qualifiers and the first race will take place on Saturday, with the second and third tests scheduled for Sunday.
Marta Garcia is the clear favorite. Prema Pilot is the championship leader with 97 points – 26 more than Hamda Al-Qubaisi and 44 more than Neria Martí – in addition, García has more wins than anyone else, having achieved three out of six possible starts. In Austria he showed great pace which took him two wins and in Valencia he was fastest: he got two pole positions but was disqualified for exceeding track limits, despite this, he made two impressive grid returns. End of and won the last test.
The other Spanish rider in the category, Neria Marti, has also shown herself at the start of the season as one of the strongest players, but luck is not on her side. She was disqualified from the first race in Austria, where she finished second due to a technical irregularity, and was unable to take part in the second race in Valencia because of a problem with her electrical control unit. Despite the two zeros, Campos is third in the drivers’ championship and has taken two second-place finishes. Furthermore, it was the fastest of the two days of testing which was held in Valencia after the weekend.
Hamda Al-Qubaisi has also started the season well, with a second-place finish and a win which moves him to second overall. Abby Pulling was one of those called out as a reference in the category, but after taking the first two pole positions of the year in Austria and taking them for breaching technical regulations, the British ‘deflated’ ‘ and only added 41 points which put him seventh in the championship.
This weekend Barcelona will have three new chances to get points, if the momentum in the category continues so far, Marta García will once again be a rival to beat and if the Valencians can match the results achieved so far If it repeats, it could be the championship. Too expensive for him.
