“Honestly, today I tried to keep the good feeling from the test going. This is because we worked in a really good way. For sure it was very difficult because the track was very slippery today. Despite that, somehow I was still able to hit the lap times. So I’m quite happy and enthusiastic for that reason,” says Viñales as quoted from Yamaha Racing.

“Anyway, there’s still a lot of work to do. For sure we, with two or three riders, are a little bit ahead of the competition, but they will come to our level, so we need to keep working and see what we can improve. The track felt difficult today because it’s very slippery, especially on the initial laps on the tyre, but we’ll see. We only tried the medium tyre, never the hard or a long run on the softs. So, tomorrow we will see more properly.”

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team

Valentino Rossi

Photo credits: Yamaha Racing

“Today the Yamaha feels very fast, also with different configurations between us and the Petronas team for example. It looks like our bike is very competitive. We have a good grip and good acceleration, and this is so positive. For me personally we still have a lot of work to do, because I don’t feel fantastic with the balance, with the setting. I need a bit more grip, but it’s a good Friday and to have all the Yamahas in front is great, so we will try to continue like this.”