Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins supply Yamaha joy in Portimao practice
Yamaha double-entry into Q2 after Frida𝓀y Practice at the Portuguese MotoGP in Por🐻timao
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 i💙nto the team on Friday.
Quartararo went ninth-fastest and Rins ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ10th-fastest during Practice at P𝓀ortimao, 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 persona🃏l note, after hღis 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 ad🎶apt to it quicker.
“In Practice, I was quite competitive and 𒈔eꩲntered 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 improve, and similar issues to Q�🥀�atar.
“We are improving the things that we have.”
Rins had gone seventh𒆙-fastest in Friday’s morning session, an early indicator of his potential for the day.
“This afternoon we struggled to find the front,” he saidღ.
“We u💞sed the medium 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 wi🧔th the rear tyre which forced us to use a neꦐw rear medium.
“But no big changes.♈ Just suspension and tyre compounds.”
Rins said about how Qatar differs to Portimao: “The difference is the fast cꦦorners.
“This track, you don’t have 🍌so many fast corners. Maybe th💧e last corner.
“Compared to Qatar, this is more stop-and-go. Maybe we can take a small advanꦯtage fro𝐆m our bike.
“I felt quite good turning on Corner 9 and 12.”
While qualifying and the sprint race on Saturday may yet bring the Yamaha duo back down to earth, the 𓄧first day at Portimao was a welcome and much-needed boost.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything 🎶from American sports, to football, ꦅto F1.
