We had hoped to be in a more competitive position when we arrived here, but yesterday's Sprint already showed that we have more work to do. While we were 6s faster in yesterday's Sprint than we were last November, it's not enough yet. Yamaha has been taking the riders' feedback on board and will be working on updates. But realistically this was not something that could be solved within 24 hours. So, for today's Race we made some set-up changes and discussed with the riders how to best manage the tyres. You could see that Fabio managed the tyres in such a way that he still had something left at the end to push. Álex was riding well in his first Race with us. He tried to manage the tyres as much as possible as well but, unfortunately, he suffered a front tyre drop in the final six laps, which prohibited him from pushing. This cost him dearly. It's a shame that we didn't have a more positive season opener. But we now know where we stand, and we will use this GP as a benchmark as we continue to develop our package.
We had hoped to be in a more competitive position when we arrived here, but yesterday's Sprint already showed that we have more work to do. While we were 6s faster in yesterday's Sprint than we were last November, it's not enough yet. Yamaha has been taking the riders' feedback on board and will be working on updates. But realistically this was not something that could be solved within 24 hours. So, for today's Race we made some set-up changes and discussed with the riders how to best manage the tyres. You could see that Fabio managed the tyres in such a way that he still had something left at the end to push. Álex was riding well in his first Race with us. He tried to manage the tyres as much as possible as well but, unfortunately, he suffered a front tyre drop in the final six laps, which prohibited him from pushing. This cost him dearly. It's a shame that we didn't have a more positive season opener. But we now know where we stand, and we will use this GP as a benchmark as we continue to develop our package.