Less than elsewhere, Valentino Rossi does not want to miss this Grand Prix. On his home ground of Misano, he wants to erase the mechanical disillusionment of Mugello and it is very concentrated, but also extremely determined as he started his San Marino Grand Prix. Here he is sixth at the end of the first day with work to do.
A lot of work remains to be done regarding the choice of tires and the settings to optimize everything. In fact, it is with the known and proven standard chassis which will be used during this thirteenth meeting of the season. That's at least what freezes var as far as tires and settings are concerned, there are still quite a few options to study: " the day started well with the best time during FP1. We had fitted the hard tires with which I felt comfortable. I did good times and had a good pace ».
Then the temperatures rose… “ In the afternoon it was 15° warmer and the hard rear tire didn't work. I was too slow. I also had problems with the front tire which is more rigid. After a few laps, he suffers a lot and is difficult to pin down. We rode the softer compound on the rear and I felt more comfortable. Here I am sixth. We need to work on this front tire so that it holds up during the 28 laps of the race, we need to improve our sensations with this front tire ».
« We are not that far away and we will have to see how the track develops. Its grip will improve which should put less stress on the tires and therefore reduce wear. We have three options here, the medium and the soft with a new architecture and the hard which we have known since the start of the season. I didn't use it today. The work that Michelin is doing to increase tire longevity is going in the right direction. Without this work, we would be in more trouble here ". The best time of the day was signed by the Yamaha Tech3 of Pol Espargaro. The Doctor is sixth at 618 thousandths from the M1 satellite and just behind Márquez following Lorenzo.
