Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Show Competitive Speed on Friday at COTA

"I think today it was very important to work on the basic set-up, because in Argentina we misunderstood some things. I think we worked quite well here today. I tried to be very competitive, especially on the first laps, but we still have to improve. We have ...

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi made the most of the sunny riding conditions and signed off the first day of the Grand Prix of The Americas in first and third place in the combined timesheets.Viñales was quick to show a strong pace in FP1, securing second place, and raised the level even higher in FP2. Despite feeling some pain in his knee during the rapid direction changes at the Circuit of The Americas (COTA) as a result of his fall in Argentina, he was pushing hard to get the bike’s settings ready for Sunday's race. He put in an impressive run in the final stages and ...

"Today wasn't so bad, especially the third position is very good. I did a good lap, and this is very important in order to stay in the top-10. We have some problems with the pace, I'm not fantastic on the race tyre. We have to work on the balance of the bike, ...

"Today was a really positive first day in COTA with both riders, in FP1 as well as FP2. We started where we ended things in Argentina, set-up wise, and we saw that the riders were quite comfortable, and this gave us the opportunity to calmly work and make ...