While Fabio Quartararo wore Yamaha's colors high by planting them in the leading square, his comrades Franco Morbidelli, also a Yamaha official, and Cal Crutchlow, test rider for the Iwata manufacturer, remained stuck at the bottom of the rankings. And not just a little. Here is their feeling with a more detailed description of the Englishman, as it should be…
Let's start with the one closest to fabio quartararo in the workspace and furthest away when reading the timesheet, i.e. Franco Morbidelli. The Italian-Brazilian, already lacking confidence when all the conditions are good, had little taste of the selective Phillip Island track, wet in places and swept by a strong wind... He ends his Friday 19è. A position taken during FP1 with a delay of 1 second and eight tenths on the summit. And repeated at the end of FP2, but reducing the liability slightly to 1 second and four tenths on the same leader.
« It was hard to be fast today. I didn't have the right confidence with the bike, plus the conditions were very difficult, so I wasn't fast. We have plans for tomorrow to improve. We'll see what happens tomorrow ". A statement to say the least exhaustive. But what else was there to say?
Cal Crutchlow: “ I probably had the worst feeling of my life on Phillip Island on a motorbike »
To find out a little more, you have to go to Cal Crutchlow, and there is not much way to go since the RNF driver is 18è... " I was disappointed with today's result » said the Englishman. “ I probably had the worst feeling of my life on Phillip Island on a motorbike ».
He adds : " the instability is not in our favor and we are also struggling to find a good setting with the bike. We've tried different things, including the hard rear tire, but at the moment it doesn't seem to meet my needs. This evening we will reflect on the framework of the sessions planned for tomorrow. We know where to improve and my ambitions for the race, despite today's days, have not changed. The team works hard ". For the record, the rookie Darryn binder who came from Moto3 and who discovered Phillip Island with a MotoGP in 23rd place.
MotoGP Australian Grand Prix FP2 results at Phillip Island:
Classification credit: MotoGP.com
