Michael Rinaldi: “I accept the weight limit rule but it’s not fair for Alvaro Bautista, it’s a rule against him”
Mic🉐hael Rinaldi expresseওs his views on the new WorldSBK minimum weight limit rule, saying it is unfair for his former team-mate.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michael Rinaldi lined up alongside 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alvaro Bautista for two seasons and in that time watched the Spaniard dominate WorldSBK.
Rinaldi, who also has a slim frame,𝔍 did not need to make the same adjustments as Bautista, who required an extra six kilos of ballast to be added by Ducati to make the new limit.
But Rinaldi accepts the rule without be⛦ing in favour of it as he sees it as꧙ an anti-Bautista rule.
Speaking after the Portimao tesဣt, Rinaldi said: “I accept the rule but I think it is not that fair, especially for Alvaro because I think it’s a rule against h🦄im.
“I have to work at it but it’s not a big deal for me. But for a rider like Alvaro who has a physical condition - referring to him being smaller - it is impossible to put the weight that th♔ey want.
“It’s not fair but I could put on some kilos in the gym. Maybe this will c🌳hange the cards in the championship.🎐”
In terms of his own performance at theജ test, technical issues plagued Rinaldi and the Motoc𒅌orsa team on day two.
That meant a lack of track time compared to many others, with the Italian saying: “It was ꦓa tough day for us. We faced some difficulties inside the box because of technical issues.
“So I didn’t do many laps and couldn’t improve the feeling with the bike. 💙Even tho🐓ugh I feel stronger than the times were.
“Testing doesn’t give you any points and our goal was to work with the first r♑ace in mind. It was a tough day but I see the light and our potential.
“The bike is the same as last year but the pieces are new. Sometimes it doesn’t work but it doesn’t matter that we aꦇre not strong.
“I feel like we are strong and that we are ready for Australiaꦺ.”
Petrucci ‘expected more’
Another Italian who expected more from the Portimao t🦄est 🐬was fellow Ducati rider Danilo Petrucci.
The former MotoGP rider🃏 was quick on day two but that didn’t stop Petrucci from wanting more pace from his Panigale V4 R machine.
“The test was not bad because in 🐼the end we found some solutions,” began Petrucci. “We were expecting more with one year experience but I can🔯 be quite satisfied with my pace.
“With the qualifying tyre I tried ju📖st one qualifying tyre and it didn't matter so much in the test. ꦉBut for me, it’s a point I need to work on.
“I’m☂ quite happy and I still have to work with the X tyre bec☂ause I’m not really fast. Looking at one year ago and the race, we have improved.
“To tell y🅠ou the truth I was expecting a little bit more. I have one year of experien﷽ce but I think the level this year is even higher than last year.
“There are some riders, and even riders that changed bikes like Toprak and Johnny who are really fast. Bulega is really fast, so there are a lot of riders and they are faster than 📖last year.”
