Portimao MotoGP Test: Yamaha’s warning to Franco Morbidelli: ‘Important to be fast’

At great risk of bei💛ng replaced at Yamaha should he fail to improve on last year, Morbidelli is fꦿacing high pressure heading into the 2023 MotoGP season.
Morbidelli stꦫruggled throughout last season and looked like a shell of t🌊he rider that finished runner-up to Joan Mir in 2020.
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While teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo found a major breakthrough on the final day of the Portimao test, Mo✤rbidelli again found it ꦛdifficult as he ended pre-season testing with a disappointing P19 result.
But with that said, Morbidelli feels as though the smallest improvement could 🐈see him leap up the order.
"These were busy days of testing," said Morbidelli: "We tried many things, did a lot of stuff, and did a lot of testing – that‘s what testing is ꦚfor, so I‘m happy about that.
"It will be important to analyse well the data we‘ve gathered and make♔ the right choices for the race weekend.
"Looking at the standings, our re♏sult may seem bad, but in reality the gap is not so big, and the slightest improvement could move us up the order."

With 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin jus🔯t two names that have been rumoured as potential replacements for the Italian beyond 2023, bringing himself closer to Quartararo will be the f🐷irst objective to remaining in blue.
After that, being a regular top ten finisher is the expectation despite ꧑Ducati and Aprilia seemingly having an edge over the rest of the grid.
Portimao has been a good track for both Morbidel♏li and Quartararo in particular, so a stron🧸g start to the year is a real possibility, even if testing at the same circuit highlighted Yamaha’s shortcomings at times.
Speaking about what the Japanese manufacturer wants to see from Morbidelli, 🎉Meregalli added: "It will be fundamental and important for [Morbidelli] to prove to be fast. Because we all know what he is capable of.
"Last year he showed us in Sepang a really good performance. This is what we expect this season. I saw💜 he was more aggressive. I hope to see him in the position that he needs☂ to be."