Michael Rinaldi: “I accept the weight limit rule but it’s not fair for Alvaro Bautista, it’s a rule against him”
Michael Rinaldi expresses his views on the new WorldSBK minimum weight limit rule, saying it is unfair foౠ💖r his former team-mate.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Rinaldi lined up alongside 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista for two seasons and in that time watched the Spaniard dominate WorldSBK.
Rinaldi, who also has a slim frame, did not need to make the same adjustments as Bautista, who required an extra 𒆙six kilos of ballast to be added by Ducati to make the new limit.
But Rinaldi accepts thꦰe rule without being in favour of it as ✃he sees it as an anti-Bautista rule.
Speaking after the Portimao test, Rinaldi said: “I accept the rule but I think it is not that fair, especially for Alvaro ဣbecause ♊I think it’s a rule against him.
“I have to work at it but it’s not a big dಌeal for me. But for a rider like Alvaro who has a physical condition - referring to him being smaller - it is impossible to put the weight that they want.
“It’s not fair but I could put on some kilos in the gym. Maybe th♑is will change the cards in the championship.”
In terms of his own performance at the test, technical is⭕sues plagued Rinaldi and the Motocorsa team on day two.
That meant a lack of track t🅠ime compared to many others, with the Italian saying: “It was a tough day for us. We faced some difficulties inside the box because of technical issues.
“So I didn’t do many laps and couldn’t improve the feeling with the bike.🍰 Even though🤡 I feel stronger than the times were.
“Testing doesn’t give you any points and our goal was ꦯto work with the first race in mind. It was a tough day but I see the light and ou🏅r potential.
“The bike is the same as last year but the pieces are new. Sometimes it doesn’t work but it doesn’t matter that we♓ are not strong.
“I feel like we are strong 🌊and that we are ready for Australia.”
Petrucci ‘expected more’
Another Italian who expected🙈 more from the Portimao test was fellow Ducati rider Danilo Petrucci.
The former MotoGP rider was quick on𒅌 day two but that didn’t stop Petrucci from w♔anting more pace from his Panigale V4 R machine.
“The test was not bad because in the end we found some solutions,” began Petrucci. “We w🎶ere expecting more with one year experience but I can be quite 🐟satisfied with my pace.
“With the qualifying tyre I tried just one qualifying tyre and it didn't matter so much in the test. But൲ 😼for me, it’s a point I need to work on.
“I’m quite happy and I still have to work with the X tyre because I’m not really fast. Looking at one ye♔ar ago and the race, we have improved.
“To tell you the truth I was expecting a little bit more. I have one year of experience but I think the level this year is even higher t🌞han last year🅰.
“There are some riders, and even riders that changed bikes like Toprak and Johnny who are really fast.ও Bulega is really fast, so there are a lot of🌱 riders and they are faster than last year.”
