The three-time MotoGP race winner endured a tough Portuguese Grand Prix weekend regardless of making a step ahead together with his understanding of the GP24.
Qualifying in seventeenth, Morbidelli completed 18th within the grand prix after crashing on the opening lap in an incident that left Honda’s Joan Mir sad.
Morbidelli’s transition from Yamaha to Ducati for 2024 has been massively affected by the concussion he suffered in a coaching crash that pressured him to overlook all of pre-season testing.
As such, Morbidelli says he is not capable of trip the GP24 by intuition for the time being and is pondering an excessive amount of in regards to the course of.
“What I am lacking probably the most now on the bike is information and freedom of doing issues by reflex,” he stated.
“I must assume an excessive amount of about participating the gadgets, on the gear lever, which is completely different to what I am used to.
“I am desirous about issues proper now and never specializing in driving and maximising the driving. However that is what occurs when you do not have kilometres. We’re missing that.”
Franco Morbidelli, Pramac Racing
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Morbidelli declined to supply comparisons between the Yamaha and the Ducati bikes out of respect however did state that he was “impressed” by the actual fact his tempo within the Portuguese GP was ok for the highest eight regardless of his limitations.
“I do not need to make comparisons as a result of it would not be truthful,” he stated when requested to check the M1 and the GP24. “I like to stay gentlemanly on this.
“What I can say is that I really feel good with this bike, excellent. If you happen to try the rhythm additionally on the race, driving with out freedom and desirous about many issues, so driving with margin, the rhythm was nonetheless good, was nonetheless ok to be sixth, seventh.
“That was probably the most spectacular, I used to be impressed by that. I really feel excellent with the package deal and I really feel a number of potential with the package deal.
“It is a matter of getting used as a lot as doable to being on the bike and within the shortest time doable to take out the utmost potential of the bike, which I am nonetheless not doing.”
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