Analysis – Catalunya MotoGP GP – Rossi (3rd): “Marquez and the two Ducatis were faster” –

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Catalan GP MotoGP – Rossi (3rd): "Marquez and the two Ducatis were faster"

Analysis - Catalunya MotoGP GP - Rossi (3rd): & quot; Marquez and the two Ducatis were faster & quot; -

Third consecutive Top 3 for Valentino Rossi, who climbs in Catalonia on the last step of the podium as in France and Italy. The Doctor, the first beneficiary of Dovizioso’s fall, limits his delay to championship leader Marc Marquez to 27 points. MNC Statements and Analysis.

Valentino Rossi, Yamaha-Movistar (7th in qualifying and 3rd in race) : "After qualifying, I was aware that Marquez and the two Ducatis were faster than me. I was more in the second group. But this morning we were able to improve the settings and I felt a lot better. comfortable in bends ".

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"I was not that far, but it was not enough. Andrea (Dovizioso, Editor’s note) then made a mistake, which allows me to finish on the podium. In the end, I’m quite happy knowing that we had had a lot of trouble on this track last season, it was a disaster "(Rossi had finished, Editor’s note).

"But this time, I was able to keep a good pace until the end and then the Soft tires worked quite well. These are important points in the championship because I am now eleven ahead of the third" (Rossi is 2nd in the provisional with 88 points, against 115 for the leader Marquez and 77 for the third Viñales, Editor’s note).

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Site analysis: After finishing the GP of Catalonia 2017 in, Valentino Rossi was pushing hard when he arrived at Montmelo this year … But the dreaded traction problems did not recur this weekend, which allowed him to get his third consecutive podium.

Analysis - Catalunya MotoGP GP - Rossi (3rd): & quot; Marquez and the two Ducatis were faster & quot; -

However, the Doctor does not leave Barcelona with peace of mind since 6.098 sec still separate him from the winner, his former teammate Jorge Lorenzo who found the accelerator access to the limits of the Ducati! In addition, the Yamaha rider benefits directly from the fall of Andrea Dovizioso, without which he finished fourth.

Author of an excellent start which immediately placed him in the leading group, Valentino Rossi then proved incapable of worrying the leaders, as evidenced by his best time of 1’40.371, three tenths behind Jorge’s clocks. Lorenzo (1’40.021) and Marc Marquez (1’40.029)…

Analysis - Catalunya MotoGP GP - Rossi (3rd): & quot; Marquez and the two Ducatis were faster & quot; -

"I’m happy to be on the podium, but we need to improve our pace because at the moment third place is each time the maximum we can reach", regrets the n ° 46 who remained at Montmelo this Monday with several other drivers for a new official practice session.

Rossi attributes these tenths which are lacking on the one hand to the perfectible electronics of his Yamaha and on the other hand to the allocation of tires which he considers unsuitable. The Italian regrets that Michelin did not follow his recommendations during the test carried out three weeks before the race, in order to help the Bibendum to adapt to the recently resurfaced asphalt.

Michelin does not put the rubber on Rossi

"I had already said at the time that the Soft front tire was too soft and that the Medium was too hard, but they did not listen to me", laments the n ° 46. "There was, however, another medium, softer tire that we tested before the race, but they did not bring it".

Analysis - Catalunya MotoGP GP - Rossi (3rd): & quot; Marquez and the two Ducatis were faster & quot; -

Michelin did not fail to remind the nine-time world champion that the choice of the front tires had been decided unanimously on the spot after the test, with thirteen drivers in favor of the mixtures used on Sunday against six who did not appreciate them..

Finally, this story "with rubber" ends well since the transalpine recognizes after its Catalan race that the "Soft tires worked rather well", which amounts to saying that the Clermont offer was adapted to the selective Spanish track !

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But before accusing the n ° 46 of "whining" for lack of being able to play the victory, let us remember that the dean of the field is still the first Yamaha rider to arrive, as in the two previous races in and in. Rossi, the latest M1 winner, finished far ahead of Viñales (6th at 10.798 sec) and Zarco (7th at 13.432 sec). 

The next step for the Italian star is to try to regain success in the next race scheduled for the Netherlands on July 1, on the land of his a year ago. Sixteen races already in which Honda and Ducati share the victories, with the nose and beard of the Iwata crest !

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