MotoGP Emilia Romagna, Yamaha boss reaction when he learned that Rossi would start from the third row

KOMPAS.com – Massimo Meregalli regretted the failure of Valentino Rossi Start from the front row in the 2020 Emilia Romagna MotoGP race.

The session of the Emilia Romagna MotoGP race was held tonight, Sunday (9/20/2020) WIB, at the Misano Circuit.

Yamaha has put its riders back pole positionNamely Maverick Vinales of the Monster Energy manufacturing team.

The Spanish runner recorded the time lap The fastest in 1 minute 31.077 seconds in yesterday’s qualifying, Saturday (9/19/2020).

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Meanwhile, Viñales’ teammate Valentino Rossi will start the race from the seventh, also known as the third row.

Riding the YZR-M1 motorcycle, Rossi can only record his best lap time, 1 minute 31.436 seconds, 0.359 seconds behind Vinales.

Massimo Meregalli, Monster Energy Yamaha team principal, regretted that Rossi did not start from the front row.

Meregalli’s regret is increasingly visible when looking at the time notes. lap Rossi is only 0.047 seconds behind the alias runner of the first season rookie Red Bull KTM, Brad Binder, who is in sixth place.

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“Unfortunately Valentino Rossi missed the opportunity to be in the second row after his time was 0.047 seconds adrift,” said Meregalli, quoted on the official Yamaha website.

Because, Meregalli feels that Rossi has rediscovered his confidence, especially after he was able to record a lap time 0.2 seconds faster than the combined results driving across sectors.

“Especially because of his ideal timing, combining all his best sectors he was almost 0.2 seconds faster, however his confidence on the bike is quite good,” explained Meregalli.

Although Rossi will start the race from seventh place, Meregalli is optimistic that his rider will be able to make a difference as he takes on the 2020 Emilia Romagna MotoGP race.

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“As demonstrated during the third free practice, we know that Valentino can always bring something else on Sundays,” Meregalli said.

“For sure this race will be a difficult race, especially on the two race weekends, but we will fight with 100 percent determination to get a good result,” he added. (Agung Kurniawan).