Yamaha Factory racers, Lorenzo and Spies hope to perform well at the French GP - MotoGP News
Qualifiers of the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France was a hard session for Yamaha Factory Racing riders, Jorge Lorenzo and team-mate Bens Spies, as they were seated at fifth and eighth place on the starting grid, respectively. With their efforts, the Yamaha
factory boys hope to perform better on the race day.
Reigning world champion, Jorge Lorenzo made a step-up with his M1 settings, after shredding off a second from his last free practice session. The Spaniard ran on the track to seek grip from his factory Yamaha bike. The Jerez winner was looking for a first
row start in the French GP, but RCV riders conquered the top four places.
Yamaha Factory Racing rider, Jorge Lorenzo said, “We start on the second row for tomorrow and we will try to keep our pace of 1’34.0 or 1’34.1s. If we can do this then maybe we can fight for the podium.”
Lorenzo feels if other riders are hindered by some mistakes, then his chance to get a fight for podium is in sight. The team’s goal is to avail any opportunity given by the riders who are not fast or drop put from the race.
The young American was also showing improvement from the final free practice session. He gave his best lap at the closing moments of the qualifying session, when a fellow-rider came in the way to obstruct his performance and dropped him to eighth place on
the Sunday’s grid start.
Yamaha Factory Racing rider, Ben Spies was talking about the qualifying session and said, “It was an ok session for us, we got held up a bit on our quick lap but in all actuality, I’ve been building up more confidence through the weekend and feeling better
with the bike.”
Spies’ team is going to make some changes in the race settings to improve their lap timings. The M1 is given a good speed for the race and Spies is confident to score some points after his double DNFs.
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