Continuing his brilliant pre-season form, Rinaldi proved to be the main challenger to 2021 WorldSBK champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu after s꧙etting a time of 1:30.773, which was +0.099🙈s down on the Yamaha rider. 

🌃But while Rinaldi was quick come the end of play, the Italian was not feeling totally comfortable aboard his new Panigale V4 R during the morning’s FP1 session. 

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"It’s been a strange day because in the morning, I didn’t feel very good with the bike, but the team did a good job," added𝓰 Rinaldi. "At the end, I pushed like everyone else, and the time was good. 

"I think wꩵe need to work a little bit harder, as for the race, Alvaro is the strongest and also with the used tyre, he’s the stro𒅌ngest. 

"We don’t need that much but it’s the last tenths𝔉 that are the difficult ones. We’re close to the top and I’m pretty happy about the work we’ve done today."

Rinaldi eyes WorldSBK title charge

While Rinaldi was winless compared to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista’s 16 victories in 2022, the 27-year-old has looked like a differ♋ent rider so far in testing.

Quickest on day one in Portimao, Rinaldi has consistently shown enough raw pace to challenge the top three from last season, which is why a title charge is now his aim.&nꦺbsp;

Rinaldi said: "I don’🥀t think too much, I think race-by-race, practice-by-practice. For sure, my goal is to try and aim for the title but as I said before, I need to stay in the present. 

"Everyone is pushing hard, and it won’t be easy if you let your thought꧂s take your mind. You need to be very strict with your gameplan."

Fast over one lap in particular, Rinaldi still feels as tho💯ugh race pace is where he needs to close the gap to become a race winner in 2023.

"Here at Phillip Island, we use a different tyre choice to the other tracks in Europe as this is a very demanding track for the tyres," started༺ Rinaldi. "We used a harder compound. The work done was to get the feeling from Jerez and Portimao with a different tyre, but it wasn’t easy. 

"The team worked really well and🃏 at the end, I felt pretty comfortable. We missed some tenths, but the gap isn’t too much to close."