Given the final result materialized by the layout of the starting grid, one might think that Valentino Rossi had a bad Saturday in Styria. And that he therefore has a head for bad days. But that's not the case. On a timed lap, in fact, he has difficulty. He also had to go through Q1, before playing in the final of Q2. But in racing rhythm, the Doctor is there. There remains one question that he asks himself openly: how, on this engine-demanding circuit, did two Yamahas play for pole position, when we know the manufacturer's situation in this regard?
With two M1s on the first line of the Red Bull Ring, it will be difficult to Yamaha to convince Honda which its engine suffers from a major defect which can only be remedied with an exception granted to the technical rules in force…
But it is like this: Maverick Vinales is in pole position and Fabio Quartararo is third. That said, the improvement has not benefited everyone. So, Valentino Rossi, with a latest version of the Japanese motorcycle, is only twelfth: “ it's a track where the engine counts a lot, so it's strange to see the Yamahas so far ahead ».
Surprised by the Dovizioso case
« I think Maverick and Quartararo were very good in the timed lap, while there are riders like Pol Espargarò, Dovi, the Suzuki who seem to be a little better placed. My pace isn't bad either, but on Sunday anything can happen, even weather-wise » adds the man from Tavullia.
And the proof that everything happens is that at Ducati, we will end it Dovizioso at the end of this season: “ I didn't expect Dovizioso and Ducati to separate, it's a surprise. Now we will see what Dovizioso does next year. I thought at the end there would be a meeting point and in the end they didn't meet. Now various scenarios are opening up about who will take his place and then there will be a cascading series of events, we will see ". We will recall that if Vale is following this file, it is because he has one of his academics who is involved in it: Pecco Bagnaia...
MotoGP Red Bull Ring 1 J2: qualifying
