168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:VR46 Ducati rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Franco Morbidelli believes “first was the maximum” he could have aimed for in the MotoGP Tha𝔍i Grand Prix had itജ not been for a grid penalty.

Morbidelli was slapped with a three-place grid drop for last Sunday’s season-opener at Buriram for impeding 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pecco Bagnaia in Practice.

This dropped Morbidelli to ninth on the grid, though he was able to get back up to fourth after some hard racing🔯 in the early stages.

But Morbidelli got stuck in fourth, saying he used up his tyres too much trying to recover ground from his penalty to challenge for a what he believes could have been a big r♏esult.

Franco Morbidelli analyses Thailand MotoGP

“First was the maximum today, but fourth was🤡 the maximum we could do starting from the position we were starting from after Friday’s mistake,” he said after the Thai GP last weekend.

“We r꧋ecovere🀅d very well [on Saturday]. I was more keen on using the hard front.

“But the team convinced me to use the soft front and actually it was the right choice because at the beginning of the race I could make the passes that I made, which were the only ไpasses we saw through the race, which were very risk withﷺ this kind of temperature and this kind of layout and with the kilometres the riders have on this track.

“It was very difficult to make 𝕴those overtakes. And as so🐼on as I got to Pecco, I made a mistake because I needed to use too much the front tyre to pass the other guys.

“Then I needed to breathe again because it was very hot, step back and bring thꦏe bike to P4.”

An area of weakness for Morbidelli on the Ducati GP24 last season was his steady starts to races, which is something he tꦓurned around in Thailand.

But he notes that his two best starts - Mandalika last year, and Buriram last weekend - were offset b🦋y his poor grid position.

“Definitely we were explosive,” he added.

“We did a great start. This one, with the start, w𒀰ith last year’s start in Mandalika were the best starts w𓂃e got.

“So, I’m getting there. The important thing, though, is to star▨t more in front because today I was ninth, in Mandalika that time I was 11th.

“I don’t want t♛o do that. I want to start more in front and🌠 have strong first laps.”

Morbidelli’s form in the Thai GP drew high praise from Ducati’s Gigi Dall’Igna, who said: “A big smile for ♑Morbidelli too, gritty and battle-hardened, who despite the grid penalty, finished with an admirable fourth place after an exc☂iting comeback.”

Quotes provided by Crash MotoGP Editor Peter McLaren