First and Fourth Row Start for Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP in Germany

“I’m really happy because we achieved today’s objective. It’s true that we could have done better, but we are improving the bike quite a lot. I didn’t expect to be that close in qualifying, because the gap was bigger in FP3. We need to keep working ...

Bright sunshine set the scene at the start of today’s qualifying sessions at the Sachsenring. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Maverick Viñales showed great speed in Q2. Despite not being able to set the perfect hot lap, he took third place, on the front row of the grid. Valentino Rossi had to go through the Q1 session, which he dominated, and took the eleventh starting position for tomorrow’s Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland.Viñales left the box as soon as the pit lane lights turned green at the start of the Q2 session. He opted for a hard-hard tyre combination on his first of three runs in total, using a ...

"My team did a great job! They were able to recover the bike in just ten minutes between Q1 and Q2, because that was the bike I felt better on. In Q2 I was able to finish at the top, but unfortunately after that I had a small crash, and I lost the feeling a ...

“Maverick has shown good speed all day, not just on one lap, but also his race pace is strong. The aim for him was to get a front row start and he delivered. It’s a very positive result because this third-place start could be very important for his ...