After the misery of starting just 16th and 20th in Qatar, Monster Yamaha riders 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Rins both made it directly through to Saturday’s Qualifying 2 for the Portimao MotoGP.

The pair finis𝐆hed Friday afternoon’s session in ninth and tenth places, ꩵjust 0.008s apart and half-a-second from the leading Ducati of Enea Bastianini.

That was despite the M1 often struggling in Friday’s dusty, low grip conditions and being particularly weak when it 𓆏come💙s to extracting maximum grip from a fresh tyre during a time attack.

“Having both our riders inside the top 10 and lined up for Q2 is a job well done,” said team boss Massimo Meregalli. “Of course, this is always our ai♒m, but we know that, realistically, that's not so easy to achieve at the moment.

“The t🐭rack was a bit dirty today, and usually we stru🎃ggle in those circumstances, but today we were ok.”

🐼Quartararo, who began the season with eleventh place and +17 seconds from victory in Qat💎ar, said:

“I feel quite good. We are in Q2 and this is quite positive. We have many things to change for tomorrow, other manufacturers also, but I think we have a bit of margin 🦂ourselves from today.

"In Qatar we learnt a lot and the riding style we were doing was completely different to the riding style of last year…and it is sti🎃ll different! It is not easy for me. It is not a completely new bike but the style is differ𒅌ent and I still need a bit of time to improve."

Quartararo also revealed: “We are adjusting a lot the electronics, which is something that is a problem are and where we have to make a massive st🦹ep.

“Of course we will not massively c🃏hange the bike [tomorrow] but on the electronics we 🦹have a lot to work and improve.”

Having Rins evenly matched not only☂ in lap time but riding styleꩲ also helps.

“Frankie was also fast but up and downs. Alex has more of a riding style like me but he is a bit different on the electronics so it is kind of cri𓃲tical,” Quartararo said. “He is one of the only riders to ride like that.

“In terms of speed he is really fast and on a track like here we have the memory of b⛄oth fighting for the victory. He is fast a꧂nd that is helpful for me.”

Rins: 'A great achievement for me'

Team-mate Rins emphasised that he was using the same bike spec as Qa🦋tar, with new parts not due until Monday’sඣ private test.

“The bike is the same as it was in Qatar. We didn't have time to try new things, but from FP1 on, I f💝elt confident on the bike,” Rins said.

“This track is quite different from Lusail, and 🌄I was able to adapt much quicker. In Practice, I was quite competitive, and I was able to enter Q2. It's a greaﷺt achievement for me.

“For a long time, I couldn't be 💛in Q2, also due to the leg issue. It's been many GPs since I was last in Q2, and we have room to improve.

“We have similar poin🦂ts of improvement as we had in Qatar, so we are gatheriཧng information and improving the things we have and try to benefit from this as much as possible.”