Weekend to forget for Valentino Rossi in Jerez. The pilot of the Yamaha he was forced to retire due to a technical failure of his bike, when he was in ninth place in a Grand Prix of pure suffering.
The problem for the Doctor is the usual one, tire wear: “It was a difficult weekend, in the afternoon we suffered with high temperatures. The rear tire we can’t make it work well, I’m in trouble. In competition I didn’t have the pace to stay with the podium group. In the end we had a technical problem on the straight, the bike has turned off going into protection and I had to retire. “
“The problem is that, for some reasons, we can’t get the tires to work as they should. On the rear we all had the soft and therefore if I had mounted the medium or the hard I would have immediately left with a big disadvantage, because they have less grip. On the front I don’t want to say I made a bet, but we tried both the hard and the soft several times and the difference was very small. Maverick and I therefore tried the soft and maybe we could have been a bit faster with the hard one, but in the end my problem was with the rear. For next week we have to try something different, because we have had this problem for a long time and we have not yet been able to solve it “.
The injury of Marquez: “He made a bad fall, in a bad place. We have to see how badly he got hurt, how long it takes to recover. It’s difficult for the championship, there are few races “.
“Certainly Quartararo, Vinales and Dovizioso have a great opportunity. All three arrived on the podium, but above all the first two are going really fast, so they can play it. But I would not forget Dovizioso, because in this year’s calendar there are several circuits suitable for Ducati “.
The boss of the Yamaha Lin Jarvis expressed himself this way about Valentino’s race: “At the beginning of the race Valentino lacked grip, he had braking problems in the first laps, then losing grip even in the tire behind him complicated everything. Towards the end he had a problem with the M1, his Yamaha stopped and we have to find out what happened ”.
OMNISPORT | 20-07-2020 08:19
