It’s a Valentino Rossi disappointed who has finished with his first evening of test in Qatar. Seventh in the end, he did not fail to point out that he had never been able to play the leading roles while he must first stay away from the Tech3 drivers before thinking of looking for his team Viñales. In question, a lack of sensations with the front of his M1.
Dominated by more than four tenths by Maverick Vinales on the other official Yamaha, beaten by a Jonas Folger who takes a liking to the outposts with his satellite M1 and under the threat of Johann zarco on the other Tech3 machine, it is true that the Doctor had nothing to be happy about his first night in Losail.
A feeling fully assumed by the nine-time title: “ At the moment I'm not able to get the best possible sensations with the Yamaha, especially when entering corners. Certainly, it's not as bad as in Australia, but I can't be satisfied. I'm not 100% at one with the bike as I have to push it everywhere. But hey, it's still not catastrophic and we even tried some interesting thingss ”.
There remains this pitfall: “ once again, we have a problem with the front tire. For me, he is too soft. So we will work on the distribution of masses. The track conditions were special and the first day here is never the best. This will change a lot over the next two days. We will try to be better tomorrownot ".
Chronos Losail J1:
1. Andrea Dovizioso, Ducati, 1:54,818
2. Maverick Vinales, Yamaha, 1:55,179
3. Cal Crutchlow, Honda, 1:55,420
4. Karel Abraham, Ducati, 1:55,613
5. Jorge Lorenzo, Ducati, 1:55,617
6. Jonas Folger, Yamaha, 1:55,641
7. Valentino Rossi, Yamaha, 1:55,679
8. Dani Pedrosa, Honda, 1:55,691
9. Johann Zarco, Yamaha, 1:55,704
10. Andrea Iannone, Suzuki, 1:55,751
11. Danilo Petrucci, Ducati, 1:55,829
12. Marc Marquez, Honda, 1:55,900
13. Aleix Espargaró, Aprilia, 1:55,915
14. Jack Miller, Honda, 1:56,015
15. Scott Redding, Ducati, 1:56,084
16. Alvaro Bautista, Ducati, 1:56,116
17. Loris Baz, Ducati, 1:56,193
18. Alex Rins, Suzuki, 1:56,941
19. Pol Espargaro, KTM, 1:56,666
20. Sam Lowes, Aprilia, 1:57,091
21. Tito Rabat, Honda, 1:57,456
22. Mika Kallio, KTM, 1:58,039
23. Bradley Smith, KTM, 1:58,754
