Rossi and Viñales confident for Qatar GP even though "room for improvement"

Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales say they arrive in Qatar with confidence: even if the M1 has "still some progress to make", the podium – or even victory like last year – is within their reach, says the new n ° 12. Explanations.

Unlike the Honda riders who feel upon arriving in Qatar and like the Ducati officials who point out, Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales trumpet that they feel great on their Yamaha four days before the first race of the season.

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"The first GP of the season is finally about to begin!", Impatiently Valentino Rossi who will be racing this year more than ever after his tenth world championship title. "The offseason tests have been very important and we have made progress both in Sepang and in Qatar. We still have a lot of progress to make, but we are on the right track.".

"We will do our best"

"The first race weekend starts on Friday and we can better understand a lot of things," predicts the Doctor. "We will have time to improve the bike during free practice and we will do everything to be ready for the race. I feel good, I have trained well this winter and I am ready to start this new season with my team and the Yamaha staff. We will do our best! "

His team-mate Maverick Viñales is also "looking forward to starting the new season in Qatar" and like the No.46, the new No.12 reckons the offseason tests have been positive: "I felt very fast during the three days tests in Qatar so I’m in a good state of mind for the race. We have a good pace. The first round will be essential to see if all the work we have done this winter will have served us. a lot of assets at the moment and I pushed it to its limits this winter ".

"We have made progress compared to the 2018 season and I think I am riding my M1 very well again," says Viñales. “There is still a lot of work to do, but I feel strong enough to fight for the podium this weekend. You just have to keep working and focusing on improving the bike, fighting for the podium and of course the victory. I don’t forget that I won my first GP with Yamaha here, so I have very good memories of this circuit and it gives me extra motivation ".

To be continued all weekend on: stay connected !

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