Rins in Q2
Important Friday for Yamaha in that of Barcelona, which on the occasion of Tests of the Catalan Grand Prix traveled several kilometers with the new aerodynamic package already tested in the private tests at Mugello. A work that has borne fruit for the Japanese manufacturer especially with Alex Rins, that thanks to 9th place he got a direct pass to Q2 in qualifying at his home round.
14th Quartararo
His teammate, however, was more unlucky Fabio Quartararo. ‘El Diablo’, victim of one fall without consequences occurred during the afternoon session, he was unable to go beyond 14th position, with all recovery attempts in the final phase hindered both by the display of a yellow flag and by a modification on his bike. The Frenchman did not hide his general disappointment, but at the same time he also seemed satisfied with the feedback on the innovations brought by Yamaha: “I feel a little better: the aerodynamics are doing what we expected and are helping me. It’s a shame I got the time attack wrong. We took too long to change one thing on the bike and we wasted time. I only did one lap in the second moto, and it was under yellow flags, so I couldn’t set a time. If you check the pace, it was pretty good. But losing Q2 for this reason wasn’t the best. Having said that, the overall pace is much better than before.”
More smiles for Rins
Much satisfaction therefore for Rins, who enthusiastically commented on the performances that earned him direct access to Q2: “Has it been a good day – he added – it is always important to enter directly into Q2. This helps a lot: start at least from the central part of the grid. This morning we struggled a lot with rear grip. It seems like this track was different from my usual feeling: I usually feel quite confident in low grip conditions because I can find traction and grip, but this morning that wasn’t the case. We have therefore completely changed my setup for the afternoon and felt much better. We are working a lot for the Sprint race, on how to manage the tyres, and it was a good day. We managed to improve a lot from morning to afternoon.”
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