Italian Valentino Rossi (Yamaha YZR M 1), third in the MotoGP Grand Prix of Qatar, acknowledged that “starting the season on the podium is always great, better than last year.”
“Coming from a difficult period, like me after the winter tests, because since I tried the bike in November in Valencia I had never felt well and the situation became quite critical, but something changed between Thursday and Friday, because on Thursday we still had the same problems and it was very frustrating; but Friday was better, “explained Rossi.
“We continued to be slow, but I started to improve and from that moment on I felt more optimistic about being able to finish in the top five, although on Saturday we did nothing and the last free practice sessions were very difficult, I suffered a lot from the high temperature,” said the pilot. Italian.
Regarding the situation experienced at the beginning of the race, Valentino Rossi explained that “the problem here is that the rain varies a lot from one place to another, even in 500 meters and we have reached turn thirteen and it was completely wet, it was scary and many pilots have gone straight.
“I think it was the right decision because it was possible to wait ten minutes and if not, it was very dangerous; I think the organization was very lucky to be able to do all three races, especially the MotoGP race, because after the last lap it started to rain again, ”said Rossi. EFE
“Coming from a difficult period, like me after the winter tests, because since I tried the bike in November in Valencia I had never felt well and the situation became quite critical, but something changed between Thursday and Friday, because on Thursday we still had the same problems and it was very frustrating; but Friday was better, “explained Rossi.
“We continued to be slow, but I started to improve and from that moment on I felt more optimistic about being able to finish in the top five, although on Saturday we did nothing and the last free practice sessions were very difficult, I suffered a lot from the high temperature,” said the pilot. Italian.
Regarding the situation experienced at the beginning of the race, Valentino Rossi explained that “the problem here is that the rain varies a lot from one place to another, even in 500 meters and we have reached turn thirteen and it was completely wet, it was scary and many pilots have gone straight.
“I think it was the right decision because it was possible to wait ten minutes and if not, it was very dangerous; I think the organization was very lucky to be able to do all three races, especially the MotoGP race, because after the last lap it started to rain again, ”said Rossi. EFE