We had aimed for places higher up the order for tomorrow‘s race. However, they were not able to improve on their second runs and the yellow flags didn't help. Fabio and Franco were right in the mix on their first stint. Fabio and Franky both had good pace and speed in FP3 and FP4, but the qualifying didn‘t go as we predicted. "We didn‘t expect to have the difficulties we encountered in qualifying today. I need to move a little bit more on the bike, but my physical state doesn't allow me to do that yet. In every practice we felt really good, and we were up there. It‘s a pity because I think that our potential was better in FP4. I had a yellow flag when Bagnaia crashed, and then on my second lap there were some people cruising on track because they thought it was already after the chequered flag. I thought I would have adapted to it by the second run, but then that didn‘t happen. I tried something different in the second run of FP4, and it didn‘t feel too bad, but then I brought it to qualifying, and with the soft tyres I had to adapt to it. "I‘m a bit disappointed, actually, because I think that our potential was more than this. The main thing now is to improve the setting and accordingly the feeling with the front, and then we can also improve on braking." I will be pushing on the first laps to make up some places. It will be tricky to recover some positions, but our race pace looks not too bad. We need to find a solution to improve this. "In FP4, we made a step because we put on the hard tyre, and that was much better, but I feel like the front tyre is too soft for me, and there‘s no turning. His lap 3/8 saw him end Q2 in 11th place, 0.845s from first. While there were yellow flags out in various sectors, he was unable to better his time. He was tenth as he commenced his next hot lap but found himself in the same situation as his teammate. The Italian started his second run with five minutes left on the clock.
However, the times dropped, and he was in eighth place again when he headed back to the pits. But he was just getting started and moved up to second on his next attempt with a 1‘30.781s. His banker lap put him in eighth after all riders had set their first flyer. Morbidelli was the first rider to head out in Q2. He finished the session in eighth place, 0.684s from the top, thanks to his 1‘30.620s time set on lap 3/8. He came within 0.001s of his own best time but was ultimately unable to improve his ranking. He manoeuvred his way around two consecutive yellow-flag situations and pushed hard for three laps. With five and a half minutes remaining, the Frenchman was keen to have another go at securing a front-row start. He pushed to set a 1‘30.620s for sixth before entering pit lane for a quick swap of tyres. With the whole field on a fierce level, El Diablo had to step up his game. He wasted no time moving up to second, but was later pushed down a place by his teammate. Quartararo was the last rider to start the 15-minute shoot-out. They completed the final qualifying session of the 2021 season in eighth and eleventh place respectively.
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP‘s Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli were setting competitive laps on their first stints in today‘s Q2 session at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo but weren‘t able to make a further step on their second stints. Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli will be starting the Gran Premio de la Comunitat Valenciana from 8th and 11th on the grid respectively.
The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team completed the final qualifying session of the 2021 MotoGP season. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP to Start Season Finale From 3rd and 4th Row : The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team completed the final qualifying session of the 2021 MotoGP season.
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