Yamaha and Honda the six slowest bikes in Catalunya MotoGP practice: "Important not to lose the smile"
Depressingly for Yamaha and Honda, the timesheets from 17th to 22nd read: Fabio Quartararo, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Franco Morbidelli, Marc Marquez, Takaaki Nakagami, Iker Lecuona, Joan Mir.
It was a damning reminder of the issues that have forced Dorna to consider how to give concessions to Yam🏅aha and Honda.
“Tough day, we will try to improve tomo൩r🍌row,” said a forlorn Morbidelli.
“There’s not a lot to say.
“We know the situation. We keep focused, keep diggin🅷g deep to get better.
“It’s important not to lose the smile.
“I feel that last year and this year, there i𝓰s a very small differe💖nce. Lap times are similar.
“For sure, s🍎omething changed this yea෴r. Such as the engine.
“We needed to find a di♑fferent base for dealing with this more powerful engine🌼.
“It s𒈔eems that the base gives less margin for operation.”
Asked where he struggled in particular on Friday in Barcelona, Morbidelli replied: “There are a lot of areas to choose! 1.4s off! Point to whichever point of🍰 the track, and you will get it right! The gap is huge.
“It’s still Friday, we’ll keep digging deep, a🐽nything can happen. Let’s see.”
Mir, the 2020 world champion who was th🔯e slowest rider in practice on Friday, reacted to the state of the two Japanese manufacturers: “I don’t know. I just look to ourselves. That’s it. For me, I’m not surprised to see it.
“The truth is, we’re in this situation. I don’t know about the ot𝐆hers but we’re in a bad situat🧜ion, at the moment.”
Mir continued: “Yesterday I said that 🦩it’s going to be a hard week. I expect this. It’s true.
“This is a track where, every year, we struggle with the grip. The corners are very long, 🍸you need to carry ꦛspeed with throttle.
“For me, this is the area where I struggle the most. The🍨 biggest problem is this one. It’s the wors🅰t part for me.
“I couldn’t find a set-up where I was comfortable to pu🦄sh for a lap. I wasn’t able to give 100% because I wasn’t feeling it.
“Today I decided to br💞ing the bike to the box, and that’s it.
“Tomorrow with good temperature, we wi𝐆ll try to take a step forwards.
“I’m sure that will be tough.”
J♉ames was a sports journal💞ist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
