Franco Morbidelli is ultimately not dissatisfied with his Indonesian Grand Prix, where he took home the points for seventh place, even though he started fifteenth after suffering a penalty. The Yamaha official can boast of a result that is all the more honorable as it was won in difficult conditions, namely a soggy Mandalika track which was in tatters in places. The Italian-Brazilian therefore didn't waste any time, and yet, he almost missed his plane, which led to a situation that was comical to say the least...
After failed qualifying which caused him to start in the middle of the pack on a wet track, the chances of Franco Morbidelli to bring back a good resultIndonesia. And yet, he managed the small feat of finishing in seventh place, after coming up from the fifteenth starting point: “ we managed to recover from a catastrophic Saturday between falls and penalties » he comments. “ The race was positive, and I'm happy. I still lack experience on this M1 to be as fast as I would like, although I am on the right track ". He even specifies: “ I could have fought for more interesting positions. I don't know if it would have been the podium or not. In the end, it went well anyway ».
Franco Morbidelli: “ I'm still at the limit, I still can't do like Fabio Quartararo«
« It was a difficult race, I'm very happy and I enjoyed it. There's some work to do in the wet with this new bike, but considering the qualifying, I'm happy. I'm still at the limit, I still can't do like Fabio. I suffer if everything is not at the top, we need to improve this aspect ". And he ends: “ I am sure that we are working well, we will arrive in Argentina with a clean sheet. We weren't discouraged after Qatar and we're not excited now. We will be aggressive. Despite some mistakes, we are still resilient ».
That being said, Franco Morbidelli had to deal with traffic on the island of Lombok invaded by many MotoGP fans which prevented him from reaching the airport in time to catch the flight that would take him to Italy. Fortunately, a police officer came to Franky's rescue and made his motorcycle available to him. Morbidely wasted no time and took orders from who was fortunately a Yamaha . And he caught his flight on time...
MotoGP Indonesia Race: classification
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