No, this 2017 MotoGP season will ultimately not be a smooth ride for the 22-year-old prodigy Maverick Vinales. There will be obstacles and there will start to be waves. We saw it today on the Jerez track, the champion of the off-season and the winner of the first two Grands Prix showed his first signs of annoyance on a Yamaha which cannot respond to the Honda that we didn't expect at such a party. Which is even more annoying...
When returning to the stand after the FP4, the Yamaha official angrily tore off the “tear-off” from his visor before rushing into his box where everyone seemed to want to make themselves small. A first situation of tension, certainly temporary, but very real: “ This session did not go well » explained the man who is second in the championship behind his teammate Valentino Rossi. " We used a worn medium tire and not a new one. So it was not possible to get a good result. But we found some interesting things in view of the coursee ”.
A Spanish Grand Prix which promises to be complicated for Yamaha who have won the last two editions of this event in Jerez. An ease which has disappeared in favor of Hondas. And this discovery seems brutal for Iwata's men. Especially for a driver on pole at Losail and in Argentina while being second in Austin. This time, we will have to be content with fourth place.
« This qualification was difficult » continues Maverick. “ There is no grip on the left side of the tire. We are therefore in difficulty in certain corners. On the right side, it's good, and that's why I'm good in the second and fourth sectors. We need to progress on the left side ».
« It's hard to find grip this weekend. Honda has a lot of grip on the left side, but we don't and we don't understand why. We still have the warm-up to find the solution and take the step that would allow us to try to win the race ».
As it stands, this victory does not seem possible. Valentino Rossi, for his part is also experiencing problems and is in seventh place. But with more calm in the face of this adversity of circumstances that he is more used to being around...
#SpanishGP J.2: MotoGP Chronos
1. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V)
1m 38.249s [Lap 6/7] 291km/h (Top Speed)
2. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 38.298s +0.049s [8/8] 291km/h
3. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 38.453s +0.204s [6/7] 291km/h
4.
Maverick Vinales ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1)
1m 38.677s +0.428s [3/7] 292km/h
5. Andrea Iannone ITA Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)
1m 38.744s +0.495s [3/8] 291km/h
6. Johann zarco ENG Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)*
1m 38.861s +0.612s [6/8] 291km/h
7. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 38.908s +0.659s [6/7] 290km/h
8. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17)
1m 38.910s +0.661s [6/8] 293km/h
9. Jonas Folger GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)*
1m 39.108s +0.859s [8/8] 291km/h
10. Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 39.125s +0.876s [3/8] 290km/h
11. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 39.152s +0.903s [5/8] 292km/h
12. Alex Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 39.400s +1.151s [2/5] 288km/h
13. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP17) 1m 39.090s 290km/h
14. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 1m 39.255s 294km/h
15. Espargaro Pol ESP Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 1m 39.282s 294km/h
16. Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 1m 39.321s 291km/h
17. Alvaro Bautista ESP Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 39.462s 291km/h
18. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 39.564s 292km/h
19. Karel Abraham CZE Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 39.678s 294km/h
20. Loris Baz FRA Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 39.824s 287km/h
21. Hector Barbera ESP Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 39.906s 293km/h
22. Sam Lowes GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)*
1m 40.213s 287km/h
23. Takuya Tsuda JPN Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)
1m 40.386s 287km/h
