MotoGP Qatar 2 J1 Rossi (Yamaha/14): "I'm very consistent but not fast enough"

Valentino Rossi did not have an excellent day this Friday in a Doha Grand Prix which follows that of Qatar. On the same Losail track where he finished twelfth in the race after starting fourth, the Petronas Yamaha rider experienced even more problems with rear grip. In the Malaysian team, the atmosphere is hardly optimistic, what's more, with the repeated problems of the second driver Franco Morbidelli. The six victories of 2020 already seem far away...

Valentino Rossi could not do better than 14th place at the end of a Friday which marked the first day of the Doha Grand Prix. But also and above all the unfolding of a FP2, a real ax session to enter directly into Q2. Not being in the top 10, the Doctor seems to be condemned to Q1. He will meet the reigning World Champion there Joan mir if things stay as they are...

Now, listening to Vale, it seems that the Yamaha are less comfortable than last weekend on the same route… “ I wasn't particularly fast, I suffered from the lack of rear grip even in the attack against the clock » regrets the one who comes out of a controversy with Lucchinelli. « I couldn't repeat the times I set last week and it's a shame because I'm out of the top ten. I was slower today and I'm momentarily out of Q2 and that's the problem ».

Rossi: “I’m not worried about Yamaha”

« On Saturday we will look for more grip at the rear to be faster. I lost a lot in T3 where you need a lot of rear grip, we will have to improve in this sector. It will be difficult to improve in FP3 but we need to be quicker on the pace, because I am very consistent but not fast enough. Last week I was faster initially but then I had a drop. We need to understand the pace of other drivers and try to improve » adds Vale

He ends with the misfortunes of his teammate: “ jI don't know Franco Morbidelli's problems, we already have a lot of them! I don't know exactly what the problem was in the first race, but today I'm not worried about Yamaha, I don't think it was a problem with the engines and I saw them pretty calm, then Franco went quickly ».