Fabio di Giannantonio says he could notice a comp🦂lete transformation in his performance after bolting on slick tyres in main practice for the Americ♏as Grand Prix on Friday.

VR46 rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Di Giannantonio struggled to 16th place in a wet opening practice at the Circuit of the Americas, lapping 2.3s slower than his teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Franco Morbidelli who topped the session.

But as the track began to dry out on Friday afternoon, th⭕e Italian was able to switch to slick tyres and finish second-fastest in the session, behind only factory Ducati rider Marc Marquez.

Di Giannantonio was puzzled by his lack of speed in wet conditions but was delig🔯ht💮ed to secure an automatic spot into Q2 for the second round in succession.

“It has been 🅺difficult. The conditions were improving,” he told MotoGP’s official website.

“At that range, we have to work a little bit on it because I have always been a rider to be fast in wet conditions and today it was very difficult for me to get int♏o the 🤪rhythm. So for sure, we have to understand what happened and what we can improve from these conditions.

“When it was coming dry and dry, I was getting back the f🥃eeling lap by lap. And in the end, I was a💝ble to do a very good lap time. I'm happy.

“For sure always the goal for Friday𒈔 is to build the performance for Sunday, but most of all be inside Q2. So we achieved it. just happy.”

No further rain is expected over the remainder of the weekend, meaning any da🌳ta that teams accumulated on Friday would count for very little in the sprint and the grand prix on Sunday.

However, di Giannantonio believes thᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚis could play into VR46’s hands, as the changing conditions have prevented fac𒈔tory teams from getting an early advantage over their rivals.

“But it is good li✃ke this,” he said. “Like this everybody is a little bit in a bad situation. so everybody is in the same [boat]. We just have to be better than others.”

Morbidelli also makes it through to Q2

Di Giannantonio’s teammate Morbidelli climbed to third place in practice with a last-gasp attempt on his Ducati GP24, ensuring both VR46 riders made it through to Q2.

Morbidelli was pinning all his hopes on his final flying lap, as his previous effort was not enough to secure an automatic entry into t💜he second part of qualifying.

“It was a pretty eventful day. That lap w🌳as really important, was crucial, and was our only chance to🍰 go to Q2 because some things happened.

“No yellow flags, no mista🥃kes and it was clean enough to go directly to Q2, which is crucial nowadays.

“I’m really happy andꦫ pleased about the job we have done. We worked with the medium front as well. We decided to jump on the tyre but maybe it was too soon but it was important to get some information about it.”

Morbidelli scored his first po🍃dium since 2021 with an impressive ride to third place in Argeꦇntina.

The result also marked VR46’s first rostrum in almost 12 months, with last year’s Spanish GP marking the last time a rider from V🍎alentino Rossi’s team finished inside the top three.

Morbidelli admitted that his performance in the Argentina GP has acted as moti🐠vation for the entire team to push for better results.

“For sure, we started with a good mojo. Th🦹e Argentina result gave us a great, great confidence injection,” he ⛎said.

“We have to keep on working in this way, exactly like we did today. We did all the right things and we tried everything we needed to try. We ticked everything꧅ we needed to explore. ♕Finally was another really positive day.”