‘Franco has proved everything’ in MotoGP - Luca Marini comes to Franco Morbidelli’s defence
While reigning MotoGP champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo leads t🔥he way aft🦩er 12 races, team-mate Morbidelli cur♋rently sits in 19th position with j🌺ust a race win worth of points to his name (25).
Morbidelli’s only top ten result so far this season came duriღng race two in Mandalika, which was a wet race dominated by Miguel Oliveira.
Traditionally a better wet-weather rider than🐼 Quartararo, even Mandalika proved not to be the case as Quartararo claimed an impressive P2 in what were very treacherous conditions.
Throughout th🐎e season Morbidelli꧑ has looked nothing like the rider that finished second to Joan Mir in 2020. The Italian has struggled for pace at every round compared to Quartararo and in some cases he’s finished over half a minute down on the Frenchman, on equal machinery.
Back to 𝔍full fitness after a significant leg injury last season, Morbidelli was expected to reach the heights previously shown in 2020 and 21. But while that’s been far from the case, fellow Italian and VR46 Academy rider Luca Marini has come to the defence of Morbidelli.
Marini, who is enjoying 🦩his best run in MotoGP at this time, believes the injury has affected Morbidelli more than anyone could have expected.
: "Franco [Morbidelli] had a pretty major injury, he missed a lot of ♑time and a lot of races. The rehabilitation was not easy and then the bike cha🌸nged from the one he had in 2020.
"In my opinion Franco was very badly affected by the injury, but I am sure he will be back to the top. A guy who wins races in MotoGP and finishes second in the 𓂃world championship has alreadꦗy proved everything in my opinion."
Usually knocked out of qualifying in Q1, Morbidelli has found it difficult ♋to make progress during race conditions due to Yamaha's lack of top speed.
However, Quartararo has shown that overtaking with the M1 isꩵ more than possible - extracting the bike’s full performance on a new soft tyre has instead been a main issue for Morbidelli.
“Yamaha followed Quartararo”, says the 2021 MotoGP rookie
Given the results and level of consistent performances Quartararo has been achieving of late, it's no surprise that Yamaha has been favouring the world champion when it c🎉omes to development.
While this was largely based on Quartararo being in the factory team before Morbidelli arrived, the former Moto2 world champion’s injury did not help matters towards the end 🌸of 2021.
"Yamaha followed Fabio throꦬughout the development because they had him as a rider and he was winning races," added Marini.
"Maybe they do not have the same riding style and so one struggles to𒉰 adapt. You can try to adapt, to improve, but you can't become like another rider and I think that's the key."
Confirmed at Yamaha for at 𓂃least another seas🌱on, the three-time MotoGP race winner will be under intense pressure to not only remain at Yamaha, but in MotoGP if results don’t begin to turn around swiftly.
