“Extreme set-up change” sees Alex Rins go directly into Q2

“It was something completely new and we did an extreme change” - Alex Rins benefits from huge change to secure automatic Q2๊ spot.

Alex Rins Catalunya
Alex Rins Catalunya

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Rins was the only rider aboard Japanese machinery to claim a top ten spot during second practice for the Catalunya MotoGP.

Rins already flashed such potential at the beginning of the time attack runs in this afternoon’s all-important Practice session, however, the bigger surprise was that Rins backed it up when every rider was out on circuit꧑.

Rins managed to finish nint🗹h fastest before crediting a huge set-up change for his improved performance.

Rins began by saying: “Was a good day. It’s also important to go directly through to Q2. This helps to start in ܫthe middle of the gr🍸oup.

“This morning we were struggling a lot with the rear grip. It looks like this track is dif🗹ferent from my usual f🅷eeling. What do I mean by that?

“Usually when the track has no grip I feel quite confident, we find the traction, the grip, b⛎ut this morning it was not like this. I was struggling a lot.

“We changed the bike completely with the set-�♋�up and I was feeling much better. We were working a lot on the sprint race and trying to control the tyre.

“It was a good day because we were able to improve a lot🍒 from the morning to the afternoon.”

Asked in further detail about the change Y𝄹amaha made to his M1, Rins said: “It was something comple﷽tely new and we did an extreme change.

“U🌳sually we are doing small steps on the forkﷺs, the rake but today it was a big step.”

But despite the improved performance, Rins said it was no🌠t directly linked to the new aero package introduced by Yama🔜ha at the recent Mugello test.

“In this track I don't think it helps a lot,” said Rins. “With the🍬 lack of grip the problem is more on the rear than on the front or corner speed.

“It helps with this fairing and I felt like I could do a⛎ little bit more corner speed. 

“The bike holds the line better but we have more problems on the re🐼ar than the front.

“It was much better in Mugello. Maybe 0.2s faster. In the end, a▨s a rider you always want more than 0.2s. But 0.2s every lap is a lot.”

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