After making a powerful debut in Friday’s observe at Misano, Augusto Fernandez and the brand new Yamaha V4 prototype skilled a a lot harder Saturday at San Marino Motog.
Simply 1.198 seconds from day one, Fernandez was 2.045 seconds behind in last observe earlier than skating +1.678S in twenty second place within the first qualifying session of the V4.
Dash races then pose a brand new drawback within the type of a “gigantic” rear chatta. It is a drawback that different Inline Yamahas suffered.
Fernandez introduced the bike to race winner Marco Betzecchi in 27.893 seconds, 18th place, to his first MotoGP end. Fernandez was 11 seconds behind Jack Miller’s prime Yamaha (sixteenth) after Fabio Cartararo crashed from fourth place.
“The numbers are incorrect.”
“It is a skinny line,” replied Fernandez, asking what bike he felt extra snug. “I take advantage of the V4 now and typically I really feel higher and typically I really feel sick.
“We’ve got to search out the steadiness of our bikes as a result of we’re utterly out and we’re[in the present]once we make small adjustments.
“It is an entire new bike and the rooms are very, very open! So, all of the numbers we take into account from the inline – not that they do not work, nevertheless it’s not proper for the bike now.
“So we have to open our minds and search for different numbers as a result of as we speak was a day to throw issues away. At the moment was later than yesterday, so we have to discover one thing!”
Fernandez additionally confirmed that the highest velocity chart reveals all weekend, and that the V4 is much beneath the efficiency of the most important engines now.
The previous Moto2 champion and KTM MotoGP racer set the best dash velocity at 292.6 km/h at Miguel Oliveira’s quickest inline M1 and Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia’s 304.2 km/h.
“The issue is, how do we’ve the engine now, we’re close by, we’re preventing for one thing, we arrive on the identical velocity and have the proper turbulence,” Fernandez stated.
“Since you are arriving at a distinct velocity, and I’m now conscious of that within the race.
“We have to hold working, we will discover one thing tomorrow, as a result of as we speak we had some vibrations, and as we speak we had a tough dash, a protracted dash.
“Additionally, there have been some vibrations on the usual bike, so that is one thing that all of us analyze properly as a result of it isn’t the (V4) chassis, not the engine, however the one all of us have, and all of us face this problem.
“And this race was large and big. And that is the primary time I’ve had this vibration on this bike.”
Soothe these vibrations, and discovering extra frontal really feel, are the principle targets of Fernandez on Sunday.
“We’re out of steadiness. Like I stated, we have modified somewhat and we do not get the standard numbers. So we all know the route and the great things, that is no secret, we battle with the sensation of the entrance,” he stated.
“We’ve got an excellent entrance really feel on the opposite aspect (inline) and the Misano is a vital observe to the entrance, which is why we battle.
“We did not battle that a lot in Barcelona. We did not say that a lot in Brno. In Misano, it is an vital observe for this. If we discover one thing right here, I feel it’s totally optimistic.”
Fernandez and V4 will create two extra MotoGP wildcards this season with Sepang and Valencia. Some race riders may also strive their bikes on the Misano check on Monday.
