Morbidelli was pressured to overlook the whole lot of pre-season testing in February after a severe crash whereas coaching on a manufacturing bike on the Algarve observe left him with a concussion.
On Friday on the Portuguese GP, Morbidelli crashed going into Flip 8 when he braked on the white line, however walked away unscathed from the incident.
Chatting with the media afterwards, he says it was “good” to have a typical MotoGP crash and are available away unhurt after what occurred within the winter as “crashing is a part of our job”.
“I went a bit large into Flip 7 and I went to brake on the white line into Flip 8, and the white line was a bit soiled and often it’s not the place to brake there,” he stated.
“I misplaced the entrance and that was a mistake on my half. It was good to have a standard crash and see that every thing is okay. Crashing is a part of our job.”
Franco Morbidelli, Pramac Racing
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Morbidelli’s crash left him in fifteenth and dealing with Q1 in qualifying on Saturday, however he was simply over three tenths away from entering into the highest 10.
The Italian felt entering into Q2 was achievable, however this was “shocking” given how far off he was in Qatar two weeks in the past.
“Pleased to see the extent that I had at this time with race tyres and race mode,” he added.
“Sadly, I made a mistake in my second time assault, but additionally that could be a lack of expertise.
“It was principally my first actual time assault of the yr with this bike, as a result of in Qatar it was simply placing comfortable tyres on, simply occurring observe with new tyres.
“Immediately I used to be attempting to get into Q2 as a result of I felt it was potential and I used to be up there all day.
“So, an encouraging day and shocking day. I used to be anticipating to be higher than in Qatar, however a lot was shocking and inspiring.
“We now have to maintain going and attempt to enhance the time assault.”
