Michael Rinaldi: “I accept the weight limit rule but it’s not fair for Alvaro Bautista, it’s a rule against him”
Michael Rinal🃏di expresses his views on the new WorldSBK♏ minimum weight limit rule, saying it is unfair for his former team-mate.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Rinaldi lined up alongside 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista for two seasons and in that time watched the Spaniard dominate WorldSBK.
Rinaldi, who also has a slim frame, did not need to make the same adjust⛄ments as Bautista, who required an extra six kilos of ballast to be added by Ducati to make the new limit.&nb🐲sp;
But Rinaldi accepts the rule without being in favour of it as he sees ౠit as an anti-Bautista rule.
Speaking after the Portimao test, Rinaldi said: “I accept the rule♚ but I think it is not that fair, especially f𝕴or Alvaro because I think it’s a rule against him.
“ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚI have to work at it but it’s not a big deal for me. But for a rider like Alvaro who has a physical condition - referring to him being smaller - it is impossible to put the w♚eight that they want.
“It’s not ꧟fair but I could put on some kilos in the gym. Maybe this will change the cards in the championship.”
In terms of his own performance at the test, technical issues🎐 plagued Rinaldi and the Motocorsa team on day two.
That meant a lack of tra🐭ck time compared to many others, with the Italian saying: “It was a tough day for us. We faced some difficu𓃲lties inside the box because of technical issues.
“So I didn’t do many laps and couldn’t improve the feeling with the bike. Even though I feel stronger thღan the times were.
“Testing doesn’t give you any points an❀d our goal was to work with the first race in mind. It was a tough da🗹y but I see the light and our potential.
“The bike is the same as last year but the piec🌳es are new. Sometimes it doesn’t work but it doesn’t matter that we are not strong.
“I feel like we are strong and that we are 💧ready for Australia.๊”
Petrucci ‘expected more’
Another Italian who expected more from the Pꦓortimao test was fellow Ducati rider Daꦍnilo Petrucci.
The former MotoGP rider was quick on day 💮two buꦅt that didn’t stop Petrucci from wanting more pace from his Panigale V4 R machine.
“The test was not bad because in 💖the end we found some solutions,” began Petrucci. “We were expecting more with one year experience but I can be quite satisfied with my pace.
“With the qualifying tyre I tried just one qualifying tyre and it didn't matter so much in the test. But for me, it’s a point ꧒I need to work on.
“I’m quite happy and ওI still hav𒅌e to work with the X tyre because I’m not really fast. Looking at one year ago and the race, we have improved.
“To tell you the truth I was expecting a little bit more. I have one year of experience but I think the level this year is eve𒅌n higher than last year.
“There are some riders, and even riders that changed bikes like Toprak and Johnny who are really fas🎃t. Bulega is real💮ly fast, so there are a lot of riders and they are faster than last year.”
