Maverick Vinales Did he sign a two-year lease with Yamaha or was he sentenced to two years of hard labor in Iwata? Listening to it since the middle of last season, this offseason and again at the end of this first day of a Qatar Grand Prix which opens the 2018 campaign, we would lean towards punishment. The Spaniard actually finished his performance eleventh, more than eight tenths behind leader Dovizioso and last driver of the top trio in M1. Nothing to rejoice about, indeed.
What's more, his analysis is depressingly redundant. Casa Particular in Viñales, in Losail, preaches in the desert: “ it's like during the tests and since the tests were difficult, I didn't expect anything better in truth. We have to continue working on the bike, developing it, because I'm not good on it. It's always the same, we know where we need to improve. We are losing grip at the rear and that doesn't help the work at the front ».
He even claims: “ we're going to have to make some big changes for Saturday. We are going to have to take a new direction. I'm using the 2016 chassis with slight modifications, so I don't think our issues are with the chassis. It's the electronics that are the problem. We have our work cut out for us to manage rear tire wear, especially over the distance of a Grand Prix. ».
MotoGP #QatarGP Losail J.1: Chronos
| 1 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'54.361 | ||
| 2 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | 1'54.367 | 0.006 | 0.006 |
| 3 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 1'54.458 | 0.097 | 0.091 |
| 4 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati | 1'54.831 | 0.470 | 0.373 |
| 5 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | 1'54.841 | 0.480 | 0.010 |
| 6 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 1'54.850 | 0.489 | 0.009 |
| 7 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 1'54.851 | 0.490 | 0.001 |
| 8 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1'54.852 | 0.491 | 0.001 |
| 9 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 1'54.853 | 0.492 | 0.001 |
| 10 | 5 | johann zarco | Yamaha | 1'54.912 | 0.551 | 0.059 |
| 11 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | 1'55.195 | 0.834 | 0.283 |
| 12 | 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 1'55.236 | 0.875 | 0.041 |
| 13 | 53 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | 1'55.308 | 0.947 | 0.072 |
| 14 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 1'55.360 | 0.999 | 0.052 |
| 15 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | 1'55.694 | 1.333 | 0.334 |
| 16 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Aprilia | 1'55.718 | 1.357 | 0.024 |
| 17 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 1'55.919 | 1.558 | 0.201 |
| 18 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Honda | 1'55.965 | 1.604 | 0.046 |
| 19 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | Honda | 1'56.242 | 1.881 | 0.277 |
| 20 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | KTM | 1'56.260 | 1.899 | 0.018 |
| 21 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 1'56.394 | 2.033 | 0.134 |
| 22 | 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | Yamaha | 1'56.454 | 2.093 | 0.060 |
| 23 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Ducati | 1'56.990 | 2.629 | 0.536 |
| 24 | 10 | Xavier SIMEON | Ducati | 1'57.765 | 3.404 | 0.775 |
