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After finishing 18th in Valencia on Friday, Valentino Rossi stated his position on the question of whether the current Yamaha M1 is even worse than Morbidelli’s “A-spec”. MotoGP World Championship leader Joan Mir (Suzuki) received a lot of praise.
For Yamaha riders, the lines of concern did not diminish on Friday after finishing 10th for Viñales, 16th for Quartararo and 18th for Rossi. Only Franco Morbidelli (eighth) was satisfied with his pace, the two-time season winner at Petronas SRT, unlike his brand colleagues, only controls a 2019-based A-specification and not a current Factory M1.
“I only spoke with Maverick, we have more or less the same problems: the motorcycle moves too much in the rear and we have very little grip on the rear wheel,” Rossi reported Friday night. «I have not heard from Quartararo, I only spoke briefly with Franco, who was quite satisfied. Franco is very, very fast. I think he has the best pace and has the old bike. We are still discussing it, but I don’t think the performance between these two bikes is very different, ”added the 41-year-old official Yamaha rider.
The 115 GP winner made no secret of his disappointment: “At Yamaha, we had high expectations for the 2020 bike. Because we were told that Yamaha had worked very hard to make the engine speed up and that the bike was a clear improvement overall. Instead, we got to the penultimate race and we still haven’t understood if the new bike is better than the old one. That means they are practically the same. One works best on some routes and the other on the other. The truth is that the performance step that we expected and expected to be competitive did not exist “, said” Vale. “
In view of six victories in twelve races, the experienced Italian also added: “You have to say that Yamaha is competitive on certain tracks this year. You won six races. Franco won in Aragon, but on the tracks where we fight the problems are always the same. And as I said several times: Yamaha has to work hard on the engine because we really have problems with it compared to the others, ”demanded Rossi.
Regarding his 18th place and 0.749 seconds behind the best time on Friday, the “Dottore” said: “I am not that far because everyone is close. But my ranking is pretty bad. Tomorrow we will try something different and try to improve the grip situation on the rear wheel, especially when entering the corners. And we hope that later we will be more competitive. “
For Joan Mir, who is about to win the title, the superstar of the panorama found words of praise: “Nobody bet on him at the beginning of the season, but he made great strides in the last races of 2019. He was also strong in the tests of winter. He is very mature, as if he has more experience considering he is very young, he is only racing in his second year of MotoGP and he only had one Moto2 season before that. I think he has incredible talent. “
“No one would have thought that I could win the World Cup this year. But if that’s the case now, you deserve it 100 percent. Because it was the most constant, which is very important this year. He has only won one race, but we must not forget that he would have also won in Austria if the race had not been interrupted after the big accident. If he wins the title, it will be a surprise to everyone, but he deserves it 100 percent, ”said the nine-time world champion.
MotoGP, Valencia GP, combined schedule according to FP2 (13.11.)
1. Miller, Ducati, 1: 30,622 min
2. Nakagami, Honda, + 0.091 seconds
3. Bagnaia, Ducati, + 0.120
4. Pol Espargaró, KTM, + 0.199
5. Zarco, Ducati, + 0.277
6. Dovizioso, Ducati, + 0.304
7. Crutchlow, Honda, + 0.308
8. Morbidelli, Yamaha, + 0.322
9. Cleared, Suzuki, + 0.325
10. Viñales, Yamaha, + 0.346
11. Aleix Espargaró, Aprilia, + 0.367
12. Mir, Suzuki, + 0.458
13. Bradl, Honda, + 0.484
14. Petrucci, Ducati, + 0.608
15. Folder, KTM, + 0.639
16. Quartararo, Yamaha, + 0.704
17. Oliveira, KTM, + 0.708
18. Rossi, Yamaha, + 0.749
19. Alex Marquez, Honda, + 0.749
20. Rabat, Ducati, + 1,436
21. Savadori, Aprilia, + 1,771
No lap time:
Iker Lecuona, KTM
