Franco Morbidelli knows how to be satisfied with little on the handlebars of his Yamaha, and this is the impression he gives by showing himself happy with a performance at the Thai Grand Prix which nevertheless only brought him an eleventh place. But if we follow his analysis carefully, we see that there are indeed positive things that we can be satisfied with by leaving the Buriram route ...
Franco Morbidelli closed the Thailand Grand Prix, seventeenth stage of MotoGP 2023, in 11th position. Although he finished the race outside the top 10, the teammate of a fabio quartararo fifth under the same checkered flag expressed great satisfaction with the performance of his bike.
Franco Morbidelli: “ I was the fastest on the track and it was nice to see »
And for good reason: he was the fastest driver on the track, which he did not fail to emphasize. However, Morbidely admitted that he did not have the ideal starting position and that he made a mistake during the race. Despite these obstacles, the pilot Yamaha described the race as “positive” overall.
« It was a good race, the bike worked very well. We were very fast, especially at the end » comments Franco Morbidelli, supporting evidence : " I was the fastest on the track and it was nice to see. Unfortunately, the starting position was not ideal and I was not able to recover as I would have liked. I also made a mistake: I went wide at turn 3 and lost a lot of time. It was a shame, but we were fast ". And he concludes: “ so overall it was a positive race ».
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