MotoGP | Sachsenring GP Qualifying: Valentino Rossi, “Important second row, decisive first laps”

MotoGP GP Germany Yamaha Movistar QP – Valentino Rossi will start from the second row in the German Grand Prix, ninth stage of the 2018 MotoGP, which will take place tomorrow on the Sachsenring circuit.

The Yamaha rider, after a difficult Day 1, especially in the afternoon, went strong in FP3, gaining direct access to Q2,

In qualifying he did not go beyond sixth place with a time of 1:20.532, just 0.262s from Marc Marquez's pole position. Here's what the Pesaro native said at the end of the session.

QUALIFICATION REPORT

“Today went better than yesterday, we significantly improved the setup. Today I was more competitive, already from FP3. My pace isn't the best, but not bad either. The second row is very important, because the first laps will be decisive.”

TIRES CHAPTER

“The choice of tires is completely open, we have to check all the data to try to understand what the best solution is for the rear.”

RACE KEY

“I think the tire choice will determine a lot and we will understand this in the second part of the race. We have to choose between a soft tire and a medium one on the rear, while the hard one is to be discarded, because despite having a longer life, it is drastically worse in terms of performance."