Petronas Yamaha rider Morbidelli was not bored during this Saturday of the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez. Indeed, he was first deprived of a good time which would have given him control of FP3, then shortly before Q1 began, he learned that he had to participate because his other best time was also canceled for having seen the green stripe too closely. Fortunately, the Italian-Brazilian is remarkably placid and he acted as if almost nothing had happened. Coming out of the repechage like a cannonball, he took pole position against Quartararo equipped with the latest Yamaha. While his is already three years old. What he did not fail to point out loud and clear...
The theme has been known since this offseason, but since the VR46 is assured of a future in MotoGP, it turned into a claim. A concomitance which suggests a cause and effect link. Nevertheless Yamaha et Petronas are faced with their responsibilities. Not only by the vice-world champion, but also by his illustrious teammate Valentino Rossi who supports him in the argument.
During the assessment carried out at the end of the qualifications, the tone of Morbidely went up a notch. He says thus: “ not having an official bike is a sporting injustice, but it is linked to previous contracts, and I continue with what I have ". He even makes fun of the situation: “ we have a more nervous bike than usual, but we are fast and quite consistent. I'm very happy with it. We took a gamble, I know the bike well and I distorted my riding. I really like my motorcycle, we have been together for 3 years it will be difficult to separate ". So there would be separation in the air?
Morbidelli-Senna same fight?
It remains that with its Yamaha outdated, Morbidely only capitulated to Fabio Quartararo by 57 thousandths. To get there, he had to be aggressive on the machine. A style Senna from the days of Formula 1, a comparison that fills him: “ being compared to Senna makes me shudder. I generally like a stable, consistent bike with a clean riding style. This weekend, we were more “animalistic”, it paid off, I tried since FP1 ».
Concretely, it also gives cookie-cutter rescues: “ I entered the limit at turn 13, I did it Marquez style, Moto2 style, I was far away, because I had braked later and I also had the soft front ". In moving images, it looks like this…
On what made him fail in Q1 he reveals: “ immediately before FP4 we heard about the fastest lap being canceled in FP3. We didn't have tires for 4 tests, but the tire strategy done with Ramon Forcada went well ».
MotoGP Spain J2: qualifying
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