        Una giornata sulle montagne russe. Pu&ograve; essere questo il titolo del venerd&igrave; di Pecco Bagnaia, che da un lato pu&ograve; esultare per il secondo posto nella classifica combinata, mentre dall&rsquo;altro deve dispiacersi della penalit&agrave; ricevuta e della scivolata nel corso della FP2. &nbsp;Con quale stato d&rsquo;animo concludi la giornata?&nbsp;&ldquo;Sono sereno in questo momento, dato che so perch&eacute; sono caduto e sono veloce. La penalit&agrave; &egrave; giusta, quindi non posso dire nulla: ho pensato che la sessione fosse finita ma non lo era, quindi devo chiedere scusa. Ho chiesto anche perch&eacute; le 3 caselle in griglia e non il long lap, e loro mi hanno detto che se lo fai per la prima volta questa &egrave; la punizione. Questo &egrave; l&rsquo;atteggiamento giusto per far s&igrave; che tutti stiano pi&ugrave; attenti. La penalit&agrave; in griglia &egrave; meno importante del long lap? Qui s&igrave;, in altre piste come Silverstone no, ma &egrave; impossibile che il long lap sia uguale ovunque&rdquo;. &nbsp;Quartararo ha ironizzato sulla tua penalit&agrave;, dicendo che se fosse stato al tuo posto sarebbe stato condannato a tre anni di galera. Che ne pensi?&nbsp;&ldquo;Sono ragazzi (ride ndr). L&rsquo;entit&agrave; della mia faccenda rispetto alla sua &egrave; diversa: lui l&rsquo;anno scorso ha girato con la tuta del tutto aperta, mentre ad Assen quest&rsquo;anno &egrave; caduto e ha rovinato la gara ad un altro pilota, quindi non credo che il mio rallentare in FP1 sia paragonabile a queste cose&rdquo;. &nbsp;Cambia il fine settimana dopo la penalit&agrave;?&nbsp;&ldquo;Sicuramente cambia, dato che dovr&ograve; spingere molto in qualifica per ottenere la prima fila: fare la pole e partire quindi 4&deg; sarebbe perfetto. In termini di gara la penalit&agrave; potrebbe essere un problema solo se non partissi bene, ma vedremo. Sto lavorando tanto sulle partenze in tal senso: nei test di Barcellona ho fatto tante prove, le quali mi hanno permesso di capire tante cose. La frizione &egrave; sempre la stessa ma abbiamo cambiato dei valori. Ora sono pi&ugrave; costante&rdquo;.&nbsp;Cosa &egrave; successo nella caduta?&nbsp;&ldquo;Avevo Marini davanti ed arrivavo pi&ugrave; forte di lui, cos&igrave; ho cercato di stare interno per passare, ma non ho fatto tanti chilometri qui cos&igrave; non sapevo che non si deve passare sulla linea bianca (ride ndr). Di conseguenza sono caduto, ma una caduta non mi limita quando so il perch&eacute;: oggi &egrave; il caso, infatti appena tornato in pista ero ad un decimo dal mio miglior tempo fino a quel momento&rdquo;. &nbsp;Negli ultimi minuti vi siete aiutati tu ed Enea. E&rsquo; stato un caso o un antipasto del 2023?&nbsp;&ldquo;Oggi mi sono trovato spesso delle Ducati dietro, ma in questo momento mi sento in dovere di fare in modo che ci siano pi&ugrave; Ducati davanti possibile. Gli altri ducatisti non hanno bisogno del mio aiuto perch&eacute; sono veloci, ma sono contento di aver aiutato Enea, Bezzecchi, Marini e Martin&rdquo;. &nbsp;Hai ripensato alla seconda gara di Misano dell&rsquo;anno scorso passando oggi alla Misano 1?&nbsp;&ldquo;No non ci ho pensato, &egrave; stato meglio cos&igrave;. E&rsquo; una curva difficile, dove &egrave; facile fare un errore, ma non ci ho voluto pensare: in tal senso tra l&rsquo;altro sono bastati tutti i video girati sui social in questa settimana&rdquo;. &nbsp;Preferiresti una gara asciutta o bagnata?&nbsp;&ldquo;Assolutamente asciutta, dato che il bagnato &egrave; sempre una incognita. Posso essere veloce con la pioggia, ma appunto &egrave; facile commettere errori, e mi sento pi&ugrave; veloce sull&rsquo;asciutto&rdquo;. Cosa ne pensi della presenza di Marquez ai test?&nbsp; &ldquo;Penso che correr&agrave; ad Aragon, e penso che ai test cercher&agrave; di stare davanti a tutti. Se dopo il primo giorno si sentir&agrave; pronto sar&agrave; parte della griglia: &egrave; bello averlo di nuovo con noi&rdquo;. MotoGP, Marc Marquez sorprende tutti: sar&agrave; a Misano per i test!       

Pecco 2&deg; a fine giornata: "So il perch&egrave; della caduta, quindi tutto a posto. Lo zero dell'anno scorso? Non ci ho voluto pensare"

MotoGP Misano, Bagnaia: “Penalità giusta. Marquez? Vuole correre ad Aragon”

        The Misano weekend has not got off to the best start for Pecco Bagnaia. The Stewards Panel has come down hard on the Italian, accused of having hindered Alex Marquez at the end of FP1 by continuing on his trajectory but at low speed. A more complicated mission  Pecco has in fact been penalised three grid positions for Sunday&rsquo;s race. A decision that makes things a lot tougher for the Ducati rider, who will now need to complete a perfect qualifying session tomorrow. In any case, Bagnaia can count on the speed he and his Ducati have already shown today, which should make the penalty slightly less incapacitating. Translated by Heather Watson MotoGP, Marc Marquez surprises everyone: he&rsquo;ll be at Misano to test!       

The Italian has been penalised for his conduct in FP1 and now he&rsquo;ll need an impeccable qualifying session

San Marino MotoGP: grid penalty for Bagnaia

        Andrea Dovizioso has been getting to grips with the Petronas Yamaha during what was a strange first day, track conditions wet apart from during the first part of the morning. The new Petronas rider also faced various &lsquo;problems&rsquo; relating to his riding position. &nbsp;Andrea&rsquo;s initial analysis: &ldquo;Need to find my position&rdquo;  &ldquo;For now I&rsquo;m battling to find my riding position &ndash; said Andrea during the press conference &ndash; otherwise, if I was already thinking about corner entry or braking, I&rsquo;d be much further forward. When you&rsquo;re still working on the position and don&rsquo;t feel comfortable, you can&rsquo;t put together the braking point, corners or corner exit. This morning, on dry asphalt, I was a long way off in terms of riding position but I expected that and it&rsquo;s normal. These are things you usually sort out during winter testing, at the end of the season in fact so that you&rsquo;re already sorted for the first pre-season test. It&rsquo;s normal and I knew we&rsquo;d have these difficulties and that&rsquo;s why I decided to take part in this race. I had the possibility to test after this race but being here already this weekend speeds up the work, and what I see in the race will help me do better during the test. So it's all good. For now I&rsquo;m nowhere near close to providing any feedback about the bike because this will only come when the times start to drop. When you feel what&rsquo;s on the asphalt, the front and rear tyres it&rsquo;s a great sensation&rdquo;. Dovizioso: &ldquo;First my position, then the feedback&rdquo;  So what has Andrea understood so far? &ldquo;What have I learned about the Yamaha? For now, I&rsquo;m 2.5 seconds from the others so I&rsquo;ve only been able to understand the important things, the power, electronics, long turns but you can only understand the engine details when you set certain times, not when you&rsquo;re 2.5 seconds back. What&rsquo;s happening is normal, we&rsquo;re working and there&rsquo;s no point providing feedback when the times aren&rsquo;t there. With Aprilia I already had different sensations compared to the previous eight years, but there are those things that you understand as soon as you head out, and others that you need to be riding to understand. When I left pitlane I said &ldquo;it&rsquo;s wide enough that we might spend days finding the right position&rdquo;. Translated by Heather Watson Morbidelli: &ldquo;They didn't owe me anything, but I deserved the factory Yamaha&rdquo;        

The Petronas rider is pleased with how the work with the M1 has gone on day one, although he still needs to adapt: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m working on my position, then comes the rest&rdquo;

MotoGP, Dovizioso: “Feedback after day one? Not with such slow times”

        One rider who is pleased after free practice at Misano is Joan Mir. The Suzuki rider places second in the combined standings, despite finishing fourth in the wet in the afternoon, conditions in which the Spaniard felt comfortable. In talking to Sky after FP2, Mir explained what he still has to do to find a consistent race pace. Mir: &ldquo;We normally struggle on Friday&rdquo;  Joan Mir is pleased with how practice has gone at Misano, the Spaniard immediately up front in both the wet and dry conditions. &ldquo;We normally struggle a little on Friday, before doing better on Saturday. To be competitive already on Friday means you have less to do on Saturday. I immediately got on well in the dry, also managing to set a good time on used tyres, which means we&rsquo;re moving in the right direction.&rdquo; He then adds: &ldquo;We need to work a little more to be consistent in terms of race pace, which needs to&nbsp; be around 1&rsquo;32. In the wet I felt comfortable, the feeling is good and although our speed could be better, the feeling is the most important thing. We hope to be able to fight for the win this weekend&rdquo;. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not the strongest rider this year&rdquo;  The Spaniard then explains what&rsquo;s changed between last year and this: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m still an explosive rider and if I need to overtake early on in the race, I will do. I&rsquo;m not one to stand by and watch the others. This has helped me in the title fight, with a package that isn&rsquo;t the same as last year. I&rsquo;m not the strongest rider this year but I am fighting for the title. I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;m lacking anything, I try to do the best I can with what I have, bring the bike back to the garage and score points&rdquo;. Translated by Heather Watson Moto2: Zaccone and Salac to compete for team Gresini in 2022       

&ldquo;Being ready and competitive already on a Friday is a good starting point&rdquo;, says the current champion after finishing FP2 in fourth place

MotoGP Misano, Mir comments on practice: “Good in the wet and dry”

        It&rsquo;s been a long wait, and not only due to the injury and the subsequent knee surgery that has kept Morbidelli far from MotoGP for several months, but also the &ldquo;agony&rdquo; of the early part of the season, when an old bike prevented him from fully expressing himself. This weekend brings a rebirth, as Franco will be back on track, and in Yamaha factory colours no less. Morbidelli: "I can&rsquo;t wait to get on the bike&rdquo;  &ldquo;It&rsquo;s been tough watching the racing from home - he told Sky Sport MotoGP - but I have to say that after a while I kind of got used to it and started to follow the races as a real fan. MotoGP is just great and it&rsquo;s a real pleasure to be back, especially in these colours and with this fantastic team. I wasn&rsquo;t really thinking so much about the announcement coming this year. I&rsquo;m really pleased it did, and I can&rsquo;t wait to get on the bike and see how it goes&rdquo;. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m aiming high&rdquo;  But how is Franco physically? &ldquo;I&rsquo;m doing well physically &ndash; he continues &ndash; I can be fairly relaxed with my knee in everyday life and in the gym. I&rsquo;ve tried getting on the bike twice, the first time I couldn&rsquo;t ride but the second time I could, and that&rsquo;s what convinced me to come here. We&rsquo;ve focused a lot on my recovery, as the injury wasn&rsquo;t serious, but the recovery takes a long time. We were optimistic at first, thinking I&rsquo;d only miss three races, but then as time went on, I realised that I&rsquo;d need longer". So this weekend sees the big factory debut: &ldquo;I hope to score good results because with a team of this level, you need to aim high and so that&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;ll do. I&rsquo;m aware of my physical condition right now, so I won&rsquo;t rush myself, but the goal is to aim high. I believed I deserved the factory Yamaha and spoke openly with everything on the team and in the end, here we are. They didn&rsquo;t owe me anything, but I think I deserved it&rdquo;. On his team-mate  Morbidelli will flank current championship leader Fabio Quartararo: &ldquo;Having Fabio as a team-mate is a problem, because he&rsquo;s very fast, but it&rsquo;s also a challenge and a real opportunity for personal growth because there&rsquo;s a desire to bother him and be quicker than him. This year, I&rsquo;ll be on tip toes because he&rsquo;s fighting for the title, while I&rsquo;m out of the running, so I&rsquo;ll try to do my job calmly and consistently as I&rsquo;m sure he will too. I hope to be quick, not to bother him but to motivate him. We&rsquo;ll see how I am physically, the Yamaha is a friendly bike that&rsquo;s easy to handle so I hope I can be quick as soon as possible&rdquo;. Lastly, on Andrea Dovizioso who will take his place on the Petronas team and Maverick Vi&ntilde;ales&rsquo; departure from the Yamaha factory team: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m pleased that Dovi&rsquo;s with my guys, as they&rsquo;re all fantastic and he&rsquo;s going to have fun and fit in well. A lot went on while I was away. I leave you alone for a minute and all you do is create chaos! I was following what went on, which was interesting, it added a little spice to what normally goes on on track. I&rsquo;m a fan of MotoGP, and in the end I&rsquo;m on a factory bike, what more could I want?&rdquo; Translated by Heather Watson MotoGP, Rossi: &ldquo;I'll try to be competitive for the fans at Misano&rdquo;       

Franco Morbidelli will debut aboard the Yamaha factory M1 at Misano, after months away following knee surgery

Morbidelli: “They didn’t owe me anything, but I deserved the factory Yamaha”

This weekend marks Valentino Rossi&#39;s penultimate race at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli before he hangs up his helmet. After a difficult Arag&oacute;n round, he&rsquo;ll be looking to score a good result in front of his home crowd.  &ldquo;The Misano weekend is always a special one for me&rdquo;, commented the nine-time world champion during the press conference. &ldquo;I can say that I grew up at this track, having raced here for the first time thirty years ago. It&rsquo;ll be important to be strong here, especially considering the many fans who&rsquo;ll come to watch us. Last year I was fast and even fought for the podium, so I hope to be competitive again this time.&rdquo;  Rossi: &ldquo;Dovi&rsquo;s return? Good for the championship&rdquo;   And the weekend also sees the return of Andrea Dovizioso, as Vale&rsquo;s team-mate no less: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m pleased because I have a great relationship with Dovi, even though we&rsquo;ve also been great rivals in the past, ever since 2008 in fact. I think his return is a good thing for the championship, because he&rsquo;s a big name that can spark interest among the fans.&rdquo;  MotoGP, official: Andrea Dovizioso with Petronas Yamaha until 2022  &ldquo;Morbidelli and Bagnaia will fight for the title&rdquo;   Rossi also touches on Bagnaia&rsquo;s win at Arag&oacute;n and Morbidelli&rsquo;s return: &ldquo;Pecco did so well last Sunday and I think that was just the first of many wins for him. I&rsquo;m also pleased that Franco will be back on track, and as a factory Yamaha rider too. I&rsquo;m sure that he and Bagnaia will be frontrunners in next year&rsquo;s title fight&rdquo;.  Translated by Heather Watson  Andrea Dovizioso returns to MotoGP, a stroke of Yamaha genius or a gamble? 

The Italian is ready for his home round: &ldquo;Racing here is always special and last year I fought for the podium. Dovi? He can spark interest, I&rsquo;m happy to have him on the team&quot;

6 risultati per 'San Marino GP'

MotoGP Misano, Bagnaia: “Penalità giusta. Marquez? Vuole correre ad Aragon”

San Marino MotoGP: grid penalty for Bagnaia

MotoGP, Dovizioso: “Feedback after day one? Not with such slow times”

MotoGP Misano, Mir comments on practice: “Good in the wet and dry”

Morbidelli: “They didn’t owe me anything, but I deserved the factory Yamaha”

MotoGP, Rossi: “I’ll try to be competitive for the fans at Misano”