Best time in the morning and second in the afternoon behind Fabio Quartararo's M1 Petronas, Yamaha official Maverick Viñales was happy with his start to the Japanese Grand Prix. He already knows he is fast and he is delighted with the outcome, promising good performance in the forecast rain... And which Quartararo does not yet have the experience of. Enough to have emotions which will also be analyzed… Explanations.
« I am very happy. » These were the first words of a Maverick Vinales best known for his chronic dissatisfaction. But to Motegi, everything smiles on him: « I am very positive. We tried a lot of things on the bike, which is great because we don't know what the weather will be like on Saturday. I felt really good with the bike during FP1 and FP2” said the 24-year-old pilot. “ Now we need to go a little further, we need to understand how we can improve. We must take another step, but more mechanical. »
Rain is expected on Saturday at Motegi and it will not bother the factory driver Yamaha : " we will try to be fast in the wet. Normally this is one of our strengths and we are usually in first place” he declared with confidence. “ Our main objective will therefore be to be on the front line, even in the rain. »
Furthermore, the crew member of a Valentino Rossi fifth tests a new device… It is a counter determining the heart rate of the MotoGP rider, which is then displayed in the form of a graph. “ Sometimes I feel my heart beating faster, especially on the brakes, where I have the most problems. If you do ten, eleven turns, then this is already noticeable” revealed the fourth in the championship who dreams of recovering his four points behind on Alex Rins (Suzuki) and third place in the general classification.
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