Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins supply Yamaha joy in Portimao practice
Yamaha double-entry into💎 Q2 after Friday Pr🅘actice at the Portuguese MotoGP in Portimao
Yamaha entered the Portuguese MotoGP playing down hope of a swift improvement but 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Rins and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo✱ injected some positivity into the team on Friday.
Quartararo went ninth-fastest and Rins 10th♊-fastest during Practice atꦚ Portimao, securing a perhaps unexpected double-entry into Q2.
Rins’ under-the-radar run was a jolt of optimism for his struggling team but also massive on♉ a personal note, after his recovery from a broken leg last year.
Rins explained entering Portimao after 🍷a private test to develop his Yamaha: “The package of the bike is the same as🦩 in Qatar.
“We didn’t have enough time to try new things.
“From FP1, I felt confident on the bike.
“This track is different to Qatar but I was ෴able to adapt to ๊it quicker.
“In Pr🌺actice, I was quite competitive and entered Q2. It was a great achievement for me, it’s been a long time since I was in Q2, especially due to my leg issue.
“We have room to im💃prove, and similar issues to Qatar.
“We are improving the things that we have.”
Rins had gone seventh-fastest in Frid𒆙ay’s morning🔯 session, an early indicator of his potential for the day.
“This afternoon we struggled to find the front,” he sai🐟d.
“We used the medౠium front tyre.♏ In the morning we used the soft front.
“I didn’t feel good with the medium tyre. 🔯It felt hard, I couldn’t attack the apex of the corners.
“We had an issue with the rear tyre which forced us to use a new rear me🍒di📖um.
“But no big changes. Jꦺust suspension and tyre compounds.🅘”
Rins said about how Qatar differs to Portimao: “The difference is the fa𝔉st corners.
“This track, you don’t have so ꧃many fast corners. Maybe the last corner.
“Compared to Qatar, this is more stop-and-go. Maybe we can take 𝄹a small advantage from ou📖r bike.
“I felt quite good turning on Corner 9 and 12.”
While q𒅌ualifying and the sprint race on Saturday may yet🌃 bring the Yamaha duo back down to earth, the first day at Portimao was a welcome and much-needed boost.
James was a sports journal🐽ist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Am༺erican sports, to football, to F1.
