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Almost 18 months after his Petronas SRT Yamaha teammate Fabio Quartararo missed a historic first pole position in the MotoGP World Championship in Jerez, Franco Morbideli has finally secured a pole, one that was appropriately achieved by prevailing over its counterpart.
Although qualifying has not been identified as a particular weakness in Morbidelli’s arsenal, Quartararo has made the most of Yamaha’s one-lap superiority, almost completely outshining the Italian-Brazilian for the entirety of 2019.
However, while Quartararo still has the pair advantage for now, it is clear that Morbidelli can go toe-to-toe with him now, but not just in preparation for the race, following a win at Misano, but now in qualifying. , as he replied twice to Quartararo. efforts to go even faster.
“It has been a wonderful day for us, we just kept working in a good way following the correct paths and we were able to be fast in FP4 and very fast in qualifying, I did a very good lap at the end,” he said. .
Having seen a win from second on the grid in Brno due to tire issues, with the relatively similar Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya also being further challenged by windy conditions, Morbidelli admits that tire choice will be crucial. on Sunday.
“I have not made a decision yet. The soft has good potential, but the medium felt good and the pace was similar so it will be important to choose the right tire, but I don’t know.
“The soft is an option for the race and we have been testing the resistance of the soft tire and we struggle to increase the temperature in the soft tire and it is the one that heats up the fastest. We are almost forced to use the soft front and it is working very well. “
