It’s a Casa Particular in Viñales with once again the head upside down which left the Mugello track. Her Great of Italy turned into a new waking nightmare whereas, until the race, it was a dream. Tests marked by progression taking him from Q.1 to the first row of the starting grid. Then a race where he had to settle for eighth place aboard a Yamaha, inviting him to fall at every turn. Logically, the teammate of a Red on the Tuscan podium does not understand. And worse, no one seems to understand anything in their cubicle.
Between Casa Particular in Viñales, his team and Yamaha, each day is enough. And the one on Sunday is rarely good. The pilot explains: “ Honestly, it's really hard for me. I'm lost, completely lost because I'm working in the right direction during testing, I think I'm competitive, and, I don't know why, between FP4 and the race, we lose a second per lap. And even more. Last year, in the penultimate lap, I was in 1'47.8 and there I did a 1'49.5. I can't believe it's just from the bike. I can't attack, it's like I can only ride at 50% of my potential. I can just endure the motorcycle ».
« During this whole race in Italy I almost lost the front at every turn. I was sliding forward a lot. I then reduced the pace, I changed my riding style to slide the rear more. It's horrible. At the end of the warm-up, I had the feeling that I could go for victory and from the start I felt that I had another bike. Everything went wrong. Even though it was the same bike! We just changed the tires. I had no grip ».
« I was still able to bring home an eighth place. But Yamaha promised me a machine capable of winning, not for that and simply to fight against the Ducati satellites. I hope Yamaha will get the message. It's strange because at Suzuki, I always progressed in the race compared to the tests. Here, it's the opposite. And that no one talks to me about trust, that has nothing to do with that ».
He finishes : " I'm only 28 points behind Marquez, the championship remains open and Yamaha has two riders capable of winning the title ". Precisely, regarding the podium of Red... " I don't know to be honest. Our two bikes are quite close. The level of grip was different between Valentino and me. Our styles are pretty much similar. But the problem comes from this front tire ».
In two weeks, it's Catalonia where Casa Particular in Viñales proved to be fast during testing. A result that the Spaniard refuses to take into consideration when making plans for the comet. And we understand why !
Italian Grand Prix Mugello MotoGP J.3: Ranking
| 1 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati | 41'43.230 |
| 2 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | +6.370 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | +6.629 |
| 4 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | +7.885 |
| 5 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | +7.907 |
| 6 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | +9.120 |
| 7 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | +10.898 |
| 8 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | +11.060 |
| 9 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Ducati | +11.154 |
| 10 | 5 | johann zarco | Yamaha | +17.644 |
| 11 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | +20.256 |
| 12 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | Yamaha | +22.435 |
| 13 | 53 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | +22.464 |
| 14 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | KTM | +22.495 |
| 15 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Honda | +26.644 |
| 16 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | +39.311 |
| 17 | 10 | Xavier SIMEON | Ducati | + 1'01.211 |
| 18 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | 5 lapses |
| Not Classified | ||||
| 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 4 lapses | |
| 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 22 lapses | |
| 12 | Thomas LUTHI | Honda | 22 lapses | |
| Not Finished 1st Lap | ||||
| 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 0 laps | |
| 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 0 laps | |
| 45 | Scott REDDING | Aprilia | 0 laps |
