Continuing his brilliant pre-season form, Rinaldi proved to be the main challenger to 2021 WorldSBK champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Toprak Razgatlioglu after setting a time of 1:30.773, whi🎀ch was +0.099s down on the Yamaha rider. 

But while Rinaldi was quick come the end of play, the Italian was not feeling totally🎃 comfortable aboard his new Panigale V💫4 R during the morning’s FP1 session. 

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"It’s been a strange day because in the morning, I didn’t feel very good with the bike, but the team did a good job," added Rinaldi. "At the end, 🌄I pushed like everyone else, and the time was good. 

"I think we need to work a little bit harder, as for the race, Alvaro is the strongest and also with the used tyre, he’s🦄 the strongest. 

"We do꧑n’t need that much but it’s the last tenths that are the difficult ones. We’re close to ꦰthe top and I’m pretty happy about the work we’ve done today."

Rinaldi eyes WorldSBK title charge

While Rinaldi was winless compared to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alvaro Bautista’s 16 victories in 2022, the 27-year-old has looked 🌃like a different rider so far in testing.

Quickesꦰt on day one in Portimao, Rinaldi has consistently shown enough raw pace to challenge the top three from last season, which is why a title charge is now his aim. 

Rinaldi said: "I don’t think too much, I think race-by-race, practice-by-practice. For sure, myꦕ goa𓆉l is to try and aim for the title but as I said before, I need to stay in the present. 

"Everyone is pushing hard, and it ♊won’t be easy if you let your thoughts take your mind. 💖You need to be very strict with your gameplan."

Fast over one lap in particular, Rinaldi still feels as though race pac꧙e is where he n✨eeds to close the gap to become a race winner in 2023.

"Here at Phillip Island, we use a different tyre choice to the other tracks in Europe as this is a very demandin🦹g track for the tyres," started Rinaldi. "We used a harder compound. The work done was to get the feeling from Jerez and Portimao with a different tyre, but it wasn’t easy. 

"The team worked really well and at the e💎nd, I felt pretty comfortable. We missed some tenths, but the gap isn’t too much to close."