"Qualifying definitely didn’t go well again — we struggled quite a bit to put together a fast, clean lap. I ended up doing my time attack with the medium rear, because the soft was just sliding all over the place, so I chose to go with the medium instead. The problem is that we didn’t find the same grip level we had during the test, so after spending two full days here, it feels like the test was almost pointless. We had a meeting with the team and decided to make a significant change to the bike’s geometry for the Sprint Race, following the setup that Jack and Fabio are currently using — things like weight distribution, wheelbase, and more. I wasn’t totally comfortable with it, since the bike feels very different to ride, but at least it was a valuable session in preparation for tomorrow’s race. Which is going to be a long one."
"Qualifying definitely didn’t go well again — we struggled quite a bit to put together a fast, clean lap. I ended up doing my time attack with the medium rear, because the soft was just sliding all over the place, so I chose to go with the medium instead. The problem is that we didn’t find the same grip level we had during the test, so after spending two full days here, it feels like the test was almost pointless. We had a meeting with the team and decided to make a significant change to the bike’s geometry for the Sprint Race, following the setup that Jack and Fabio are currently using — things like weight distribution, wheelbase, and more. I wasn’t totally comfortable with it, since the bike feels very different to ride, but at least it was a valuable session in preparation for tomorrow’s race. Which is going to be a long one."