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After the difficulties encountered in the first race of the year, Valentino Rossi started the weekend before the Doha GP with a 1: 54.112 that relegates him to 14th place., out of Q2 and away from the other Yamahas on the track.
Valentino tried to fix the rear tire wear problems a week ago without finding a solution.
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More consistency but less speed
“I’m more in trouble than last Friday”says 46. “I am constant, we manage to heat the tire less but I am slower. The rhythm is not that good. We tried some changes in the electronics, but the first ones were stronger. I could not replicate the time obtained last week, it is a shame because it would have guaranteed me access to the second phase of qualifying “.
The time trial attempted in the last of the 18 laps covered in FP2 did not result in the passage among the top 10: the Doctor appeared in difficulty in the second part of the Qatari track, the most guided part and where there is a lot of grip. necessary. “In my fastest lap I did a good first sector, in the second I am always fast because it suits me and Yamaha, but in the third there is a long left corner where traction is needed, that’s where we suffer“, Rossi admits.
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Q2 Mirage
There is still a free practice session to try to escape the cut in Q1, but Valentino doesn’t have much hope. “FP3 will be difficult to improve and try to get into Q2, we must concentrate on our step: Today I was more consistent but slow, we have to focus on this because passing will be difficult. Yes, I am worried. We have to work on the bike “.
The latest joke about Franco Morbidelli, the protagonist of a technical problem during FP1. Valentino doesn’t know what happened to his boxing partner: “I already have a lot of problems, I don’t know Morbidelli’s”explains the Tavullia pilot with a smile. “In any case, I don’t see him worried about smoking in FP1, he was fast anyway”, concludes the nine-time world champion.
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