Doha –
Valentino Rossi grabbed the sob results in MotoGP Doha. Rider Petronas Yamaha SRT back to suffer, because again, rear tire problems.
MotoGP Doha make Rossi go through the early series MotoGP 2021 with no fun. How not, the Italian rider appeared sluggish since qualifying.
In the qualifying session on Saturday (3/4), Rossi got poor results at the Losail Circuit. The Doctor ranks 21st, only better than Lorenzo Savadori, who started from 22nd.
In the race session on Sunday (4/4/2021), the results were not satisfactory. Rossi only finished in 16th place, failing to win points in the second series of MotoGP 2021.
After the race, Rossi explained that the tire problem affected him. The rear tire of the bike lost grip, which made it lose speed on the track.
“Actually in the training session, even with the hard tires, I also can’t be fast. As I said, after the changes in the warm-up, the toughest situation with Michelin has improved,” said Rossi. AS.
“The problem is here, we all use soft tires and those tires that make me slip and have no acceleration at the back of the bike. We hope to get a better feeling on the track when using the hard tires,” he said.
Rossi explained that the problem was not new. The rider, who is also the 9 times world champion in motorbike racing, explained that he has often experienced similar problems since 2019.
“It was from Barcelona 2019, in the test. When Yamaha made some changes, and from there I started having a lot of problems with the tires,” he explained.
Rossi’s race results in the Doha MotoGP were worse than the Qatar MotoGP, where he could finish 12th in the inaugural series. Now, Rossi is still stuck in 14th place in the MotoGP standings by only collecting 4 points.
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