It was a disappointing end to the Argentina Grand Prix for the American Racing Team as Sean Dylan Kelly and Rory Skinner both retired prematurely from the race due to a technical issue.
The damp weather in FP1 shortened the Friday morning session, limiting Rory’s running of a brand-new circuit but the Scot gave it his all to end 27th. Continuing to improve every session, Rory ended qualifying in 25th place, only 0.4s off Q2 and a second quicker than he managed on day one. Making a steady start to the wet 14-lap race, Rory maintained 25th position before moving into 24th place on lap four. Unfortunately, a technical issue on lap seven brought his race to an early end as he retired the bike. The team is investigating to cause of the problem as they look forward to their home round in Austin.
Rory said: “It was a good weekend apart from the retirement in the race which wasn’t great but it’s just one of those things that happens. I’m really happy with how Saturday went, to be 0.4 off of Q2, that was a good improvement for me in the dry and P10 in FP3 was nice – it was good in the mixed conditions to be there or thereabouts.”