It was a rather tight lipped Jorge Lorenzo at the end of Friday’s two free practices at Brno, despite leading the morning session and being barely edged out by Stefan Bradl in the second.
The Yamaha rider was not completely satisfied with the performance of his M1 (electronics basically). especially when he was unable to continue to lower his lap times after setting his best lap on his fourth lap out, something unusual for the Spaniard, who like Rossi should have at least benefited somewhat from their recent private test, but now need the seamless transmission and maybe a new chassis.
“I started in a very good way in the morning and also in the beginning of the second practice,” said Lorenzo, “Then we started to try some things on the bike that weren’t as good as we expected. We spent all the practice trying things so I wasn’t very fast at the end of the session. Anyway, the positive thing is tomorrow we have a clear direction, so we can go more quickly to a better lap time. We can improve on braking, and the smoothness of the bike at the beginning of the corner.”
Would you believe that Valentino Rossi won his first ever GP race at Brno 17 years ago?
Whether it’s the track layout or the fact that he was immediately fast on the Czech circuit, but this is another Rossi compared to the one at Indianapolis just a week ago, now that he has modifed the ride height and weight distribution.
“I think that we are equal at this track because Dani won last year with the Honda after the battle with Jorge on the last lap. For sure the Yamaha is more competitive here in Brno and also I am more competitive because I like the track and I ride in a better way than in Indianapolis. Today it was a positive day for me, especially this afternoon, we modified the bike and I improved a lot. I was fast with the soft tyre and the hard tyre and I have quite a good pace. We are all very close; we are five or six riders within a few tenths. We hope for tomorrow and Sunday we have good weather because the forecast says it’s not so positive,”
from TWOWHEELSBLOG
