De Raquel Jiménez Rodriguez /Motosan.es
Valentino Rossi managed to finish in seventh position on the starting grid for the race. The Italian feels stronger to fight for victory.
Valentino Rossi, who was on the verge of a podium finish last week, wants to finish the job by securing what would be his first victory in a long time. The Italian showed problems throughout the weekend, however, he always managed to save the furniture. Finally, the “46” managed to finish seventh on the grid , a position from which he will start to fight for victory. In this way, the man from Tavullia would add a 200th podium that stands up to him to this day.
Good feeling for the race
« Qualifying was very exciting and I I'm quite happy because I'm 0,312 thousandths from the pole, but unfortunately, I could only be seventh. I also made mistakes on the timed lap because I gave the best of myself on my bike to be able to do better. Starting from the third row starts to be difficult in MotoGP, and so you have to do everything from the start, especially in the first corner. The first round will therefore be important. So we will have to be aggressive. I'm happy because we improved compared to last week, we worked a lot on the bike, so today I was able to improve my pace. It's true that everyone is very fast but we have a better pace than last week. »
For the first time in a long time, at least seven drivers have the pace to fight for victory. Without a doubt, tomorrow we could find ourselves in one of the tightest races in recent times and the result of which could completely change the standings of the world championship. “ The race will surely be eventful as there can be several factors. I feel pretty good, we took a good step, but there are at least seven drivers who took a step forward. But we hope to have a good performance. »
A mention from the VR46 Academy
In recent weeks, rumors have circulated that the Sky VR46 will move to the premier category, in place of Avintia, following its success in the smaller categories. Additionally, the latest discussions with Ducati's satellite team further fuel the appeal. « We are speaking for Luca (Marini) and we hope he makes the jump to MotoGP in 2021 with Avintia and Ducati. About us, in 2021 not yet, but in 2022 MotoGP will change a lot so we hope to be there. We are very happy with Moto3 and Moto2 because our dimension is like this, for MotoGP we will have to take a step further. »
An overflow on the green part meant that Bagnaia, who stole the podium from his mentor last week, did not obtain pole position. “Pecco (Bagnaia) rides very well because he is able to ride the Ducati in the best way, fix the problems that the Ducati has, and do the best with it. The Ducati does have some advantages, however, such as engineering and acceleration. The Ducati is not easy to ride, but Pecco rides it very well. Unfortunately, due to a speed problem he couldn't take pole, but I think tomorrow he will be very strong because he has very good pace. »
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