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Losail is certainly not the Friday I was expecting. Yes because Valentino Rossi does not have direct access to Q2 in view of Saturday’s qualifying.. Two difficult free sessions for 46, who continued to suffer from various rear grip problems as he admitted.
The direction that the Doctor was looking for did not arrive, therefore, unlike Franco Morbidelli, who managed to secure a place in the top ten, despite the smoke remedied by his motorcycle during FP1. In this sense, the nine-time world champion did not escape a joke.
“I already have a lot of problems without thinking about Morbidelli – joked on the 46th – I honestly don’t know what happened to him, since I haven’t spoken to Franco. I only saw smoke coming out of his M1, but I don’t think it was a big dealas his team didn’t seem overly concerned. Other than that, I don’t even know what happened to him last Sunday, since I didn’t understand it. ”
In fact, Valentino focuses on his problems at the end of a Friday that sees him 14th almost a second from the top.
“It was a difficult day for me – He admitted – We try to work on tire wear, looking for something better, as my pace is more constant. The fact is that I continue to suffer, especially at the rear, on the dry lap. In fact, I couldn’t replicate the 1’53 ”8 from last week and right now I’m out of Q2. Tomorrow, therefore, we will have to find a solution behind to be faster, because being out of Q2 is a problem ”.
Valentino then enters the merits of his performance.
“I made a good first sector, managing to be fast in the next sector as well. The problem is the third sector, because in the left corner I have a bad rear grip. Tomorrow it will be difficult to improve in FP3 and go straight into Q2. As I said, I will focus on the pace, for the moment it is constant, but not fast enough ”.
Rossi also does not hide an iota of concern in light of the race weekend.
“Yes, I am worried, because my pace is not very good. Therefore, I will have to work on the bike, trying to improve my pace and understand how to take a step forward. Regarding the ranking, however, I am far from the top ten and the first two useful positions to guarantee access to the second quarter ”.
Therefore, Valentino’s face shows a certain regret, also because seven days ago the symphony was different.
“Last week in FP2 I was faster, although after a few laps I had to slow down. Today, however, I did a long race with fewer problems, but I was slower. Therefore, we will see what to do and how to behave ”.
Finally, Valentino returns to Morbidelli and his inclusion in the Academy.
“Franco’s father moved from Rome to Babbucce, because there were several tracks for the boys. At the time when his father spoke with my father Graziano, and Franco started training with me at Cava since 2009, I remember that there was still SIC. Then in 2013, he joined the Academy when the project started. We focus on Franco because he was a good boy, young, strong and after what happened with Sic we wanted to help him. He was running in the SSP, but we are still betting on him. I considered it too strong for SBK ”.
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