Raul Fernandez: “I didn’t feel good with the rear tyre, I don’t know why”

A challenger for the sprint win on Saturday, Raul Fernandez was uꦺnable to fight for the win after suffering from rear tyre degradation in the Catalunya MotoGP.

Raul Fernandez
Raul Fernandez

After chucking away a potential first MotoGP sprint win, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Raul Fernandez bounced back to secure his best re💎sult in the premier class.

Fernandez, who battled fellow Aprilia rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Aleix Espargaro for much of the race, eventually came ac🅠ross the line in sixth.

It did appear as though Fernandez would hold on to a first top ▨five in MotoGP, however, severe tyre degradation allowed Fabio Di Gi𒅌annantonio to close in before making a move.

Speaking after the ra𒐪ce, Fernandez said: “I’m really happy because it was something that we needed. But I’m not happy enough.

“We did a really good j🦩ob but during the race I didn’t feel good with the rear tyre. I don’t know why.

“This morning I tried the medium tyre ꦇagain and honestly, I felt comfortable. But in the race, especially the left side I didn’t feel the grip, but the worse thing is that I didn’t feel the support.

“I had to use the front tyre and the last part of the race𒊎 was quite difficult to manage and I lost a lot of time.

“But we did a really good job and the pace was much faster than I thought at ꧃the start of the race.

“I take everything [from this weekend] if I take the pace from yesterday; we had another great weekend and yesterday I fought for the ♒sprint race. Today I fought for the top five all race with a tyre I couldn’t manage like I wanted.”

A breakthrough in performance was clear for Fernandez this weekend, who admitted the biggest change cꩲame with the electronics.

Fernandez added: “The main change that we di𝓡d this weekend was with the electronics. Aprilia is now helping me with my riding style and being natural.

“When I was there with everybody I saw that I could do it. I am happy because I told them I needed their⭕ help, they helped me and everybody saw that we are on the way.”

Like most of the grid, Fer🎉nandez opted to use the medium rear tyre but it wasn’t for the same reasons as ꦰother riders.

While the medium r෴ear offered most stability over race distance, the ℱsoft tyre held on well for the likes of Marc Marquez and Pedro Acosta.

But Fernandez wanted to run💃 the medium after his electric speed in 🍷the sprint with the same compound.

“I didn’t feel the soft rear pushing the front,” s𝐆aid Fernandez after some riders had admitted it to be the case.

“I ꦇdecided to do the race with the medium and I felt good. I felt super good and didn’t feel💛 any problem.

“I felt e꧋verything better and I feel the🅠 same grip but a bit more stability on the bike. 

“But maybe because of the temperature Iℱ didn’t feel so good in the race and I had to manage to much. It was quite difficult to manage well.”

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