Andrea Locatelli: ‘The feeling was amazing’, crashed when ‘the bike was in neutral’

Andrea Locatelli says he felt ‘amazing’ aboard his Yamaha R1 before crashing out of vi❀ctory contention ไin Race 2 of the WorldSBK season-opener.

Andrea Locatelli, race 2, Australian WorldSBK, 25 February
Andrea Locatelli, race 2, Australian WorldSBK, 25 February

Like 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Lowes, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Locatelli was showing more pace than race leader 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista as the final race of the WorldSBK season-opener reached the concluding stages.

Locatelli closed in on Bautista and Lowes bef𝐆ore making a move on the latter at turn four.

Howeve♚r, as he ran wide, Locatelli swif💞tly applied the gas only to highside over the top of his R1.

A clear opportunity for his first WorldSBK win missed, Locatelli said: “I’m fine. The feeling was amazing in Race 2. I think, during this weekend, we d﷽id a really good job and never made mistakes. 

“Unfortunately, we checked the data, and we don’t know why, but the bike was in neutral. I was wide🐼 and then I tried to put the gas on again, I made a mistake and l𒁏ost the rear.

“The first problem was the entry to the corner, so this was a big shame because everything was worki𒅌ng well.

“It was the last lap, and we were fighting for the win. Looks like 💙we were living a dream but not a good one!”

While Locatelli threw away the chance of winning his first Superbike race, the Italian dominated new team-mate Jonathan 🐓Rea.

The six-time world champion🍨 also crashed out of the race when running in tenth spot on lap three.

Potentially Yamaha’s best bet of winning races going forward, Locatelli knows how high his 🃏ceiling is and is eager to prove he can achieve big results.

Locatelli added: “Sunday would’ve been an unbelievable day if we finished the race! We are stronger, we showed our po🌠tential.

“We were⛎ always at the front from testing, free practices, and a🦋ll sessions. This is the best thing for us.

“I’d always like to forget when somethi⛦ng happens, like last year at Aragon, and we need to forget Race 2.

“We were able to win the race, but this happened. We need to be positive, look forward and I can’t wait to get back on track because finishing four days of riding with a crash is not t🉐he best.”

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