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Not all press releases are posted and Roadracingworld.com may reject press releases if the content is too heavy on commercial promotion with little or no news value or if the press release contains obvious errors. PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team had an excellent Saturday at the Italian GP, with Fabio Quartararo setting the second fastest time in Q2, for a front-row start tomorrow, whilst team-mate Franco Morbidelli claimed fourth for his first home Grand Prix for the team. Is he underperforming what the car is capable of doing or Max overperforming what the car is capable of doing? The local hero let the majority of the riders go out ahead of him and also held back on his first flyer, so he had plenty of clear space on track to put in a hot lap on his second attempt, moving up from 11th to 7th. I wanted to do better in the afternoon but if there is a small change then we pay for it quite hard. When I set a 1:45, I thought it was a very fast lap, but then I was able to repeat it. Also this track has been in use for motocycle racing for a long time and rarely do riders cross that threshhold of tarmac runoff. “I don’t lie, I don’t have anything to hide” – Lewis Hamilton has his say…, Our site uses cookies. Well, not if their best chassis can fight for top 4! Rubens Barrichello currently holds the lap record in an F1 car at Mugello, setting a 1:18.704 in the Ferrari F2004 with a V10 engine, but already the two-year old Ferrari which was used in the private test this year was troubling that time. The Gran Premio D’Italia Oakley is scheduled for 14:00 local time on Sunday, June 01. On his final flying lap it was all or nothing for the 2017 Mugello winner, but he made it count to top wildcard and teammate Michele Pirro by just thousandths – knocking out Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar), who therefore starts 13th. Marquez’s 1’45.519 is a new lap record at the Mugello Circuit, Marquez one of only four riders ever to complete a 1’45 lap. I certainly can’t be satisfied with the final position, but I did a good lap in a time that nobody has ever done with this bike, so I feel like I did as much as possible.In terms of top speed, we do not have big problems, but we are struggling too much in acceleration. The current lap record for the 5.25-kilometre track is held by Rubens Barrichello. 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Tuscan Grand Prix: An onboard lap of Mugello from the Safety Car. GechiChan (@gechichan) 11th September 2020, 13:05. it’s something weird with Albon this season, as he’s starting to be actually slower than KVY, which is a feat in itself. He gritted his teeth and set three personal best sectors but again couldn‘t better his time, taking seventh on the grid for tomorrow’s race, 0.662s from first. “I think that getting below the 1’47 mark is a good result for the level we are at today. Team-mate Johann Zarco also approached the top ten, split by fractions of the second as he took 12th. We made some small steps in the morning. Morbidelli took ninth thanks to his 1min 46.518secs lap, allowing him to bypass Q1. Example, Vettel’s got the better strategy to win in Singapore. “The two drivers were very happy because of the circuit, because of the type of circuit, so they enjoyed their day in Mugello. I wanted to be a bit quicker, and down into the 1’45s because that would have been there. Red Bull KTM Tech3 pairing Hafizh Syahrin and Miguel Oliveira will occupy 21st and 22nd positions respectively. After this, I was waiting for a tow and when I finally got it I crossed the finish line one second down and got the flag. Valentino Rossi, Italy (Yamaha), 1:47.184, 21. “I feel good actually and definitely a lot better than I did yesterday. We’re half a second behind Marquez in qualifying, but with the tow he got he probably picked up four-tenths, so we’re right there.”, “I’m quite pleased with my qualifying lap because I did it all alone and it felt good. Tyre choice will be critical tomorrow. The local hero recorded a … Andrea Iannone had to settle for a time of 1’48.303 which stopped him on the eighth row. Jorge Lorenzo, Spain (Honda), 1:47.135, 18. The Portuguese misjudged the remaing time in Q1 to further improve his ranking. Bullfrog (@bullfrog) 11th September 2020, 12:52. After some laps I feel fatigued, but our pace seems competitive and the support of all the ducatisti in the grandstands will surely give me extra energy. Required fields are marked *. The Frenchman topped FP4 but couldn’t quite eke out those final two tenths, and he didn’t get a tow to the line…. I think I have a bit better race pace than I had at Le Mans, but it will be a very difficult race, with the heat and on a very difficult track.”, “We are continuing to try a lot of different configurations and that does not help when you’re trying to find the best performance, especially in qualifiers that are this close right from the start. Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha SRT) heads an all-Independent Team Row 2 ahead of Jack Miller (Pramac Racing) and Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol), with Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) in P7 and Friday’s fastest, rookie Francesco Bagnaia (Pramac Racing), having a solid qualifying in P8 – just ahead of Dovizioso, who enjoyed a less solid day at the office.