It was a Maverick Viñales with a closed face who left the route of Buriram in Thailand. A new circuit on which everything remains to be guessed and resolved, but for the Spaniard nothing changes: the Yamaha does not work. And he makes it known: “ we need to work in a different direction because it hasn't worked for a year and a half now. Now is the time to find solutions, otherwise it will be very complicated for us ».
A review of the first day that looks like a sentence. The signs of affection shown to the fans towards the Yamaha family expressed 24 hours previously did not survive this first of three days of testing in Buriram. Eleventh on the timesheet, almost half a second behind Cal Crutchlow parading with a new Honda which on the contrary seems in great shape, the teammate of a Valentino Rossi, who is celebrating his 39th birthday, plague…
« I feel really bad on the bike and I didn't expect that. We will have to make progress during these tests otherwise the first races will be very difficult for us. We don't have the electronics under control and we don't have good settings to work on the electronics. We need to find out what's wrong because, at the moment, we don't know. ».
The concern about speed when entering a curve experienced in 2017 continues. Casa Particular in Viñales ends by making everyone face their responsibilities: “ Everything is in the hands of the technicians. I can only say how I feel on the bike ". It will be recalled that Casa Particular in Viñales has already signed a new two-year lease with Yamaha…
#ThaiTest MotoGP Buriram J.1: Chronos
1. Cal Crutchlow, Honda, 1:30,797 min
2. Alex Rins, Suzuki, +0,012
3. Marc Marquez, Honda, 0,115
4. Andrea Dovizioso, Ducati, +0,148
5. Dani Pedrosa, Honda, +0,163
6. Danilo Petrucci, Ducati, +0,206
7. Jack Miller, Ducati, +0,247
8. Valentino Rossi, Yamaha, +0,392
9. Andrea Iannone, Suzuki, +0,438
10. Jorge Lorenzo, Ducati, +0,449
11. Maverick Vinales, Yamaha, +0,497
12. Johann Zarco, Yamaha, +0,508
13. Tito Rabat, Ducati, +0,726
14. Álvaro Bautista, Ducati, +0,728
15. Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia, +0,865
16. Scott Redding, Aprilia, +0,888
17. Takaaki Nakagami, Honda, +0,895
18. Karel Abraham, Ducati, +0,901
19. Franco Morbidelli, Honda, +0,932
20. Bradley Smith, KTM, +0,944
21. Tom Lüthi, Honda, +1,919
22. Xavier Siméon, Ducati, +1,923
23. Mika Kallio, KTM, +1,952
24. Hafizh Syahrin, Yamaha, +2,368
