While Maverick Vinales occupies first place in the combined two free practice sessions that took place today on the Bugatti circuit in Le Mans, his teammate Valentino Rossi only appears in 14th position: mass is said at the end of a day to be forgotten for the Doctor.
Suffice to say that if the rain disrupts the qualifying sessions tomorrow, it will not do the business of the Italian driver who for sure will have to go through Q1 and come out first or second to enter Q2 in which the twelve best are distributed positions on the grid. A situation that the person concerned also already experienced in Jerez.
« It didn't go well, we expected it » sighed the Yamaha rider, who lost 0,892 seconds to the best time of his teammate Viñales. “ Already in the morning FP1, I don't have a good feeling with my Yamaha M1. I particularly suffered from accelerating and exiting corners and losing time. So we are not in a good situation. Again we need to find more traction... In the morning we had problems with the chain who jumped from the gable. This is how I wasted time » commented the Yamaha official, disappointed.
A French Free Practice Friday to forget for @ValeYellow46
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He continues by commenting on this day: “ In the afternoon we tried another configuration. At first it worked pretty well. But then we made a change which was not satisfactory. In the end, I only did one lap with the soft rear tire, so I'm ranked out of the top 10. Now we have to hope that it stays dry in FP3 to be able to improve the lap time and optimize the set-up. the motorbike " Rossi said. “Because we need to improve before the race. Today we didn't do a good job »concluded the Tavulia pilot.
Le Mans, MotoGP, ranking after the combined two free practice sessions:
1. Vinales, Yamaha, 1:31,428 min
2. Marquez, Honda, + 0,190 sec
3. Quartararo, Yamaha, +0,285
4. Lorenzo, Honda, +0,288
5. Dovizioso, Ducati, + 0,308
6. Petrucci, Ducati, +0,471
7. Pol Espargaro, KTM, +0,495
8. Aleix Espargaró, Aprilia, + 0,704
9. Nakagami, Honda, +0,775
10. Miller, Ducati, +0,810
11. Morbidelli, Yamaha, +0,811
12. Crutchlow, Honda, +0,842
13. Bagnaia, Ducati, + 0,857
14. Rossi, Yamaha, +0,892
15. Mir, Suzuki, +0,894
16. Rins, Suzuki, + 0,957
17. Zarco, KTM, +1,146
18. Abraham, Ducati, +1,571
19. Iannone, Aprilia, +1,713
20. Oliveira, KTM, +1,973
21. Rabat, Ducati, + 2,003
22. Syahrin, KTM, +2,475
