Raul Fernandez: “I didn’t feel good with the rear tyre, I don’t know why”

A challenger for the sprint win on Saturday, Raul Fernand𒁏ez was unable to fight for the 🌌win after suffering from rear tyre degradation in the Catalunya MotoGP.

Raul Fernandez
Raul Fernandez

After chucking away a potential first MotoGP sprint win, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Raul Fernandez bounced back to secure his best resu🃏lt in the premierಌ class.

Fernandez, who battled fellow Aprilia rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro༒ for much of the race, eventually came across the line in sixth.

It did appear as though Fernand꧒ez would hold on to a first top five in MotoGP, however, severe tyre degradation allowed Fabio Di Giannantonio to close in before making a move.

Speaking after the r✨ace, Fernandez said: “I’m really happy because it w🎉as something that we needed. But I’m not happy enough.

“We did ཧa reall༒y good job but during the race I didn’t feel good with the rear tyre. I don’t know why.

“This morning I tried the medium tyre again and honﷺestly, I felt comfortab🎉le. But in the race, especially the left side I didn’t feel the grip, but the worse thing is that I didn’t feel the support.

“I had to use the front tyre and the last part of the race was quite diffic🌸ult to manage and I lost a lot of time.

“But we did a reall🎀y good job 💟and the pace was much faster than I thought at the start of the race.

“I take everything [from th▨is weekend] if I take the pace from yesterday; we had another great weekend and yesterday I fought for the sprint race. Today I fought for the top fiജve all race with a tyre I couldn’t manage like I wanted.”

A b♋reakthrough in perf♕ormance was clear for Fernandez this weekend, who admitted the biggest change came with the electronics.

Fernandez added: “The main change that we did this weekend was with the ❀electronics. Aprilia is now helping me with my riding style and being natuꩲral.

“When I was there with everybo🃏dy I saw that I could do it. I am happy because I told them I needed their help, they helped me and everybody saw that we are on the way.”

Like🐈 most of the grid, Fernandez opted to use the medium rear tyre but it wasn’t for the same reasons as other riders.

While the medium rear offered most stability over race distance, the softಞ tyre held on well for the li✅kes of Marc Marquez and Pedro Acosta.

But Fernand🥀ez wanted to run the medium after his electric speed in the sprint with the same coඣmpound.

“I didn’t 🎶feel the soft rear pushing the front,” said Fernandez after some riders had admitted it to be the case.

“I deciಌded to do the race🎶 with the medium and I felt good. I felt super good and didn’t feel any problem.

“I felt everything be𝓰tter and I feel the same grip but a bit ⛄more stability on the bike. 

“But maybe because of the temperature I didn’t feel so good in the race and I had to manage to much. It was quite difficult to maღnage well.”

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