Lorenzo finishes difficult first practice in third position

 In MotoGP, News

Just a few days after the energy-sapping race in Indianapolis, the Fiat Yamaha Team riders were back in action at the team’s ‘home’ track of Misano today in slightly more comfortable temperatures around the mid-twenties. Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo finished third in the standings whilst local hero Valentino Rossi was just under a tenth of a second behind him in fourth.
Despite making it into the top three Lorenzo was less than satisfied with his day’s work, unable as he was to find a comfortable balance for his M1 and lacking grip with his Bridgestone tyres, especially in the rear. The 23-year-old and his crew have some ideas to improve the situation however and will be working hard this evening to ensure they are in better shape for tomorrow’s qualifying session.

Jorge Lorenzo Position:3rd Time:1’35.444
“Today was quite difficult for us, more so than we expected. It’s not my physical condition, I feel completely recovered from the hard weekend in Indianapolis, but we really struggled today and I didn’t have enough confidence in my bike or in the tyres. We have some small problems in braking, corner speed and acceleration so I don’t feel like I can ride how I want to at the moment. We are still third so it’s not too bad but we have some time to make up if we are to match Pedrosa. I have great confidence that my team will find the right way to improve and I hope we will be in better shape tomorrow.”

Wilco Zeelenberg – Team Manager Jorge Lorenzo
“This first practice hasn’t been so positive for us. We couldn’t find a good feeling or the right balance and we didn’t have enough grip. There was a small problem at most corners, either the front was too deep or we didn’t have enough rear grip, so we need to make a big improvement tomorrow. We’ve got some good ideas to find the right solutions but of course we need to take care at the same time not to create problems in other areas by making too many changes. Anyway, it’s only the first day and we will work hard now to give Jorge the right package tomorrow.”

Source: Yamaha Racing

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