168澳洲5最新开奖结果:VR46 Ducati rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Franco Morbidelli believes “first was the maximum” he could have aimed for in the MotoGP Thai Grand Pri🍌x had it not been for a grid penalty.

Morbidelli was slapped with a three-place grid drop for last Sunday’s season-opener at Buriram for impeding 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pecco Bagnaia in Practice.

This dropped Morbidelli to ninth on the grid, though he was able to get back up to fourth🅠 after some hard racing in the early stages.

But Morbidelli got stuck🌊 in fourth, saying he used up his tyres too much trying to recover ground from his penalty to challenge for a what he believes could have been a big result.

Franco Morbidelli analyses Thailand MotoGP

“First was the maximum today, but fourth was the maximum we could do starting from the position we were starting from after Friday’s mistake,” he said after ༒the Thaܫi GP last weekend.

“We recovered very well [on Saturday]. I was more k🐲een on using the hard front.

“But the team convinced me to use the soft front and actually it was the right choice because at the beginning of the race I could make the passes that I made, which were the only passes we saw through the race, which were 💯very risk with this kind of temperature and this kind of layout and with the kilometres the riders have on this track.

“It was very dif❀ficult to make those overtakes. And as soon as I got to Pecco, I made a mistake because I needed to use too much the front tyre to pass the other guys.

“Then I needed to breathe again becau🍨se it✤ was very hot, step back and bring the bike to P4.”

An area of weakness for Morbidelli on the Ducati GP24 last season was his steady starts to races, which is somet♕hing he turned around in Thailand.

But he notes that his two best starts - Mandalika last year, and Buriram last weekend - were offset by his poor grid✱ position.

“Definitely we were explosive,” he added.

“We did a great start. This one, with the start, with last year’s start in Mandalika were the best ℱstarts we got.

“So, I’m getting there. The important thing, though, is to s⛎tart more in front because today I was ninth, in Mandalika that tim🀅e I was 11th.

“I don’t want to do that. I want to sta🌸rt more in front and have strong first laps.”

Morbidelli’s form in the Thai GP drew high praise from Ducati’s Gigi Dall’Igna, who said: “A big smile for Morbidelli too, gritty and battle-hardened, who despite the grid penalty, finished with an admirable four🎉th place after an exciting comeback.”

Quotes provided by Crash MotoGP Editor Peter McLaren