The Italian exhibited a relative improvement throughout the rehearsal sessions of this Grand Prix of Catalonia. On Saturday he managed to qualify directly for the second qualifying round ( Q2 ), even though in the end he could only place eleventh on the grid.
After a bad start that left him 14th, Rossi was not able to recover the lost ground and was left behind, until he went to the ground at turn 10 , where Marc Márquez had already rolled (lap 8) and Aleix Espargaró (at 11). As he later acknowledged to journalists, the Tavullia runner had been feeling strong vibrations caused by a rear tire “with hardly any grip and probably with some problem.”
Rossi, who is getting closer to announcing his plans for 2022 – in the summer he has to decide whether to retire or extend his time in the World Cup for another year, he felt very comfortable on the M1 since he went out on Friday a track in which he has accumulated seven wins in the premier class.
“This was a very negative race because we expected much more. I did not feel good with the rear tire, which had no grip. It seems that the rubber had some problem because it gave me a lot of vibrations. In the end I even fell because of that”, summed up Il Dottore .
“Since yesterday morning I haven’t been bad and that’s important. But we lost a good opportunity to have a great race”, added the #46 , who was asked about how he saw the aggressiveness and danger that has recently been seen in Moto3 races.
“The problem is that, in my opinion, Moto3 is too dangerous. You had to watch this race by covering your eyes. There are too many riders and they go too close together”, settled the multi-champion.
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