On this first day of the Italian Grand Prix, the new championship leader since Le Mans and defending champion Jorge Lorenzo was both discreet and efficient. Discreet by refusing the fight with the wet morning track in order to avoid any bad blows. Effective because he ends the day second to an authoritarian Iannone. But Por Fuera is calm about the future of events.
Because the Majorcan assures him, he has not tempted the devil or hit his tire capital. On the other hand, he has done some groundwork which could well prove fatal for his adversaries in the last part of the Sunday race: “ it's the Ducati track, they ride there for miles and miles and they know every nook and cranny of it » recalls the one who will join the reds next year. “ The time that Iannone achieved was done with new rubber. So the six tenths that he has ahead are to be found in the grip offered by his new tires ».
Having said that, Iannone will be a customer: “ our times are very close. Even if I do more small 48s. Márquez is also in the same rhythm. I think we are currently the three fastest ". Certainly, but there is another problem: the top speed of the Ducati, 10 km/h higher than that of the Yamaha: “ obviously, I would like to be able to go that fast, but the Yamaha also has its strong points on this track which must be taken advantage of while losing a minimum on the less advantageous aspects. Our bike is consistent over the distance of a race ».
« If we don't manage to distance ourselves from the Ducatis in the last sector, it is likely that we will find ourselves third behind the two Andreas at the end of the straight. But the race is very long and we have good pace when the tires start to weaken. I think we will have a chance of being happy this Sunday afternoon » ends a Por Fuera who is not far from telling us the fable of the hare and the tortoise.
