However, Yonny Hernandez did well to further adapt his riding style to the Yamaha YZR-M1 and gradually finds his way back to the highly-competitive MotoGP field. The 29-year-old lowered his lap time from day one by about half a second.
Johann Zarco
Position: 6th - Time: 1’59.702 - Laps:
48
“What we saw from the first day, the bike is able to be very consistent, but
yesterday I felt it was not fast enough. On my last lap today though, I have
been very quick and was able to clock a really good time. Obviously, the other
riders increased their pace in the last 30 minutes. Anyway, we can be happy, as
we reached our goal to be under the 2 minutes bracket. There are many positives
to take away from today, although it has not been easy to find solutions in some
areas we wanted to improve. It’s the first winter test of this year, therefore
it’s truly important to work on the bike rather than just try to set a fast lap
time. For now, I have to rest a bit and sleep well and tomorrow we want to try
some different things to be able to give even more feedback.”
Yonny Hernandez
Position: 25th - Time: 2’01.554 - Laps:
49
“On day two we found a small improvement and I’m happy about that. Compared
to yesterday, we also lowered our lap time by half a second, which is another
positive point. Clearly, this is not the position we want to be in, but today we
understood more and more aspects about the bike. I just focused on riding the
Yamaha, plus I also did some good work with used tyres, which is very important.
I learned to ride the bike on it, used the traction control a lot and trying to
figure out how the medium and the soft tyres perform. I’m pleased that we are
improving day by day, exit by exit, just doing as many kilometers as possible.
The goal for tomorrow is the same like today; learning a lot and trying to
reduce the gap to the top.”
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