In his press release, Maverick Vinales states that he felt comfortable on his Yamaha M1 this morning. This wasn't really visible on the screen (big gestures in all directions) but his time, 0,6 seconds behind that of Johann Zarco, seems to confirm it.
On the other hand, the young Spanish driver easily admits that his afternoon was difficult. His bike doesn't react as it should and, worse, no one seems to be able to understand why.
It should be noted that, unlike Valentino Rossi which uses two new identical chassis, Maverick Vinales has chosen to keep two different models, which does not seem to indicate a clear direction to follow…
In the end, it's almost a rant that the Yamaha rider pushes in his press release. So we can imagine what it must be like, in real life…
Maverick Viñales, 11th: “the session was good this morning. I'm pretty good in the wet, and although there are still a few things to improve, honestly I've been pretty comfortable on the bike. This afternoon was very difficult, I've never felt like that on a Yamaha before. So we need to understand which element is the problem. We need to resolve these concerns and try to work even harder. We really don't know what area is a problem, but if we knew we could improve it. This bike is not performing at 100% and we need to find out why. »
FP2 ranking:
01- Andrea Dovizioso – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP – 1'56.332
02- Jonas Folger – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.398
03- Danilo Petrucci – OCTO Pramac Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP – + 0.419
04- Johann Zarco – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.530
05- Hector Barbera – Reale Avintia Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP – + 0.532
06- Scott Redding – OCTO Pramac Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP – + 0.573
07- Dani Pedrosa - Repsol Honda Team - Honda RC213V - + 0.601
08- Cal Crutchlow – LCR Honda – Honda RC213V – + 0.629
09- Aleix Espargaro – Aprilia Racing Team Gresini – Aprilia RS-GP – + 0.687
10- Marc Marquez – Repsol Honda Team – Honda RC213V – + 0.877
11- Maverick Vinales – Movistar Yamaha MotoGP – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 0.957
12- Alvaro Bautista – Pull&Bear Aspar Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP – + 0.982
13- Pol Espargaro – Red Bull KTM Factory Racing – KTM RC16 – + 1.046
14- Valentino Rossi – Movistar Yamaha MotoGP – Yamaha YZR M1 – + 1.064
15- Jorge Lorenzo – Ducati Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP – + 1.305
16- Karel Abraham – Pull&Bear Aspar Team – Ducati Desmosedici GP – + 1.537
17- Loris Baz – Reale Avintia Racing – Ducati Desmosedici GP – + 1.660
18- Alex Rins – Team Suzuki Ecstar – Suzuki GSX-RR – + 1.710
19- Jack Miller – EG 0,0 Marc VDS – Honda RC213V – + 1.847
20- Andrea Iannone – Team Suzuki Ecstar – Suzuki GSX-RR – + 1.862
21- Tito Rabat – EG 0,0 Marc VDS – Honda RC213V – + 2.105
22- Sam Lowes – Aprilia Racing Team Gresini – Aprilia RS-GP – + 2.306
23- Bradley Smith – Red Bull KTM Factory Racing – KTM RC16 – + 3.050
