It was a tough Race for our riders. The conditions were already extreme, but besides that, both Fabio and Álex found it difficult to defend their position in the early stages of the race because we struggled to get heat into the rear tyre. Their pace did gradually improve once the rear tyre started to perform well, but it took a lot of laps to get the most out of it. We did finish 7th and 11th*, which is not so bad for a weekend where we struggled. But we can't overlook that we were not as competitive as we had aimed to be. So, we will take a good look at today's data to see what we can take away from this as we prepare for Yamaha's home GP next week in Japan.
It was a tough Race for our riders. The conditions were already extreme, but besides that, both Fabio and Álex found it difficult to defend their position in the early stages of the race because we struggled to get heat into the rear tyre. Their pace did gradually improve once the rear tyre started to perform well, but it took a lot of laps to get the most out of it. We did finish 7th and 11th*, which is not so bad for a weekend where we struggled. But we can't overlook that we were not as competitive as we had aimed to be. So, we will take a good look at today's data to see what we can take away from this as we prepare for Yamaha's home GP next week in Japan.
*After a post-Race penalty for Nakagami