Andrea Locatelli: ‘The feeling was amazing’, crashed when ‘the bike was in neutral’

Andrea Locatelli says he felt ‘amazing’ aboard his Yamaha R1ܫ before crashing out of victory contention in Race 2 of the WorldSBK season-opener.

Andrea Locatelli, race 2, Australian WorldSBK, 25 February
Andrea Locatelli, race 2, Australian WorldSBK, 25 February

Like 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Lowes, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Locatelli was showing more pace than race leader 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista as the final race of the WorldSBK season-opener reached the concluding stages.

Locဣatelli clos🦄ed in on Bautista and Lowes before making a move on the latter at turn four.

However, as he ran wide, Locatelli swiftly applied the gas only to highside over the top of his R🐽1.

A clear opportunity ⭕for his first WorldSBK win missed, Locatelli said: “I’m fine. The feeling was amazing in Race 2. I𒊎 think, during this weekend, we did a really good job and never made mistakes. 

“Unfortunately, we checked the data, and we don’t know w♐h𒆙y, but the bike was in neutral. I was wide and then I tried to put the gas on again, I made a mistake and lost the rear.

“The first problem was the entry to the corner, so this was a big shame because everything was working 𝕴well.

“It was the last lap, and we wereꦫ fighting for the win. Looks like we were living a dream but n🗹ot a good one!”

While Locatelli threw away the chance of winning hꦓis first Superbike race, the Italian dominated෴ new team-mate Jonathan Rea.

The six-time world champion also crashed out of the race when running in tenth🍎 spo𓂃t on lap three.

Potentially Yamaha’s💞 best bet of wiꦫnning races going forward, Locatelli knows how high his ceiling is and is eager to prove he can achieve big results.

Locatelli added: “Sunday would’ve been an unbelievable day if we finished the race! We are stronger, we s🤪howed our potential.

“We we💙re a🐽lways at the front from testing, free practices, and all sessions. This is the best thing for us.

“I’d always like to forget when💧 something happens, like last year at Aragon, and we need to forget Race 2.

“We were able to win t🐟he race, but this happened. We need to be positive, look forward and I can’t wait to get back on track because finishing four days of riding with a crash is not the best.”

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