“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 Q2 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 circuit.

Rins manage꧃d to finish ninth ඣfastest before crediting a huge set-up change for his improved performance.

Rins began by sayi♈ng: “Was a good day. It’s also important to go directly through to Q2. Th꧒is helps to start in the middle of the group.

“This morning we were struggling a lot with the rear grip. It looks like this track is different from my 𓃲usual feeling. What do I mean by that?

“Usually when the track has no grip I feel quite confident, we find the traction, the grip, but this morning it was not like this. I was struggl⭕ing 𝔉a lot.

“We changed the bike completely wiꦫth 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 Yamaha made💃 to his M1, Rins said: “It was something completely new and we did an extreme change.

“Usually we are doing small steps on the forks, the rake but today it was a big🧜 step.”

But despite the improved performance, Rins sai🐟d it was not directly linked to the new aero package introduced by Yamaha at the recent Mugello test.

“In this track I don't think it helps a lot,” said Rins. “Wi♈th 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 p🍬roblems on the rear than the front.

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

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