There first day of the test session pre-season of the MotoGP, held on the Malaysian circuit of Sepang, ended with the reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo in 6th place in the general classification; the French from Monster Enery Yamaha thus inaugurated his 2022 with the best personal time set in 1’59.002, achieved on a total of 57 laps completed. A decidedly more positive result than that established by your teammate Franco Morbidelli, only 21 ° in the standings. The Roman driver, who is gradually regaining his ideal physical condition after having undergone knee surgery last season, nevertheless appreciated some features of the new M1.
In any case, under the scorching sun of Malaysia, Quartaro paid a delay of 6 tenths from the leader of the ranking, expressing the strengths and weaknesses highlighted during the opening day of the tests: “Tomorrow I want to work some more on the bike – he has declared – so far they are happy with the rhythm, but not the time attack. Shortly before the latter, I was doing laps with a medium tire that had 26 laps. To take the step from that rubber to a new soft one, I didn’t fully exploit the advantages of the soft. Tomorrow we will have another chance to do a time attack and, in general, I need to improve my driving, because after three months I didn’t have enough cornering speed and this is the strong point of our bike “.
The words of the transalpine were followed by those of Morbidelli, who commented on his return to the saddle for the 2022 season: “It’s nice to be back in MotoGP – has explained – but Malaysia is tough. The first day here is always difficult, especially for the sultry conditions. However, we have them get over quite well. The performance was very positive in some parts of the day, and less so in others. We will try to repeat the aspects that have satisfied us the most tomorrow “.
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