168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Locatelli was the unfortunate bystander when 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Rinaldi and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Axel Bassani made contact for the second year in succession at the Catalunya WorldSBK round.

Last year the two Italians came to blows on the exit of turn ten whiꦑch r🦩esulted in Rinaldi crashing out. 

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Fast-forward to 2024 and the pair made contact again which led to both riders not finishing Race 2, whileꦓ it also dropped Locatelli to the back of the field as the Yamaha rider was unable to avoid the incident.

Locatelli said: “We finished today with an unlucky race – just be✱cause in the beginning a couple of riders wanted to go a bit crazy and didn’t h༺ave a mind to manage the race. 

“I was close to crash when Rinaldi and Bassani w🧸ent down in front of me, but I was really lucky not to. In the end, I enjoyed the races, I tried to push on the maximum and get the best feeling with the bike.

“For Race🐟 2, I think we were more competitive than yesterday: we improved the grip and the life of the tyre, so this is something good for us and the team to understand the direction as well a♏s to give us a lot of data.

“I can’t say that I’m really happy with the results but we are always pushing, every session, to try to do the maxim🙈um and 🐬we know that here in Barcelona it is not the best track for us.

“This is all we can say – I am ha💃ppy about my level, happy about the guys because we never make a mistake and the R1 is working well, so let’s look forward in a positive way and see what we can do in Assen.”

Locatelli was not close to claiming victory like in Phillip Island, which was not a great surprise as Catalunya h🅺as been a difficul🐼t venue for Yamaha in recent seasons.

With Jonathan Rea also struggling, Yamaha had to rely on Remy Gardnerไ securing their besওt result in Race 2.

Debriefing the weekend, Yamaha ꦬMotor Europe’s Motorsport R&D and Road Racing Manager, Andrea Dosoli said: “In Superbike, this is a challenging track for us as the grip is very low and riders need to work 💫hard to conserve the tyre.

“This means we cannot always maximise the stre🌜ngths of our bike as the rider has to be more careful when they are using the side of t🍬he tyre – which is where the R1 is strong.

“Con💟sidering this, Locatelli has been quick all weekend and had a strong first race and made a st🙈ep compared to 2023 which is a good sign we have made the right steps with the development.

“For sure, it is not enough to fight for the podium but we knew this track would be challenging for u🉐s.

“Unfortunately in race t♑wo, he could not express his talent as he had to go straight on in lap one to avoid the bikes on the track after the Rinaldi/Bassani incident.

“But he put his head down and made up a lot of positions with a good pace considering the circumstances, to finish 13th wh🃏en at the end of the first lap he was last with a ten second gap to the rider in front shows his commitment and motivation.

“Keeping the focus on the official team, it has♌ not been the start to the sea🔴son any of us wanted for Jonathan.

“After the disappointment on the grid of race one and then diffi꧅culty backshifting in the Superpole Race, we saw a positive reaction for the second race which saw Jonathan take his first points of the season and collect some ꧋important data in the race so he could better understand the characteristics of the bike over a full distance race.

“I am sure in Assen the situation will be different and🍷 he will be back where he deserves to be and the team is working hard to make this happen.”

Fifth in Race 1, Locatelli’s results over the weekend got worse which led to him slipping back to sꦍeventh in the standings.

Scoring his first points of the year in Race 2, Rea is currently 17th in the champion🍌ship on eight points.

Speaking after Sunday’s double-header, team principal Paul Denning added: “Catalunya has never been our “best friend” in the past, in fact it has been one of o💝ur most chal𓂃lenging circuits, and unfortunately today it wasn’t kind to us again.

“That said, from a performance po𒆙int of view, the team, Yamaha and the riders gave their best and it was a relief after such a tough start to the season to see Jonathan get his first points on the board with a very consistent ride in Race 2.

“The 🍸race was definitely made more difficult by missing the 20ꩲ laps of experience and data from yesterday, but he was less than two seconds from fifth place at the flag so we’ll take that as a confidence builder on JR’s side as we head towards Assen – one of his favourite circuits.

“Loka has ridden fantastic all weekend, just as well as he did in Australia when he was oඣn the podium, but he got extremely unlucky as he was forced to run off the track to avoid the crash of Rinaldi a🍸nd Bassani on Lap 1.

“He kept his concentration levels to claw his way back into the points, and had the pace to fight for fourth pos🌺ition – so, like Australia, Loka’s best performing package was in Race 2 but bad luck interಞvened.

“Wh🧸ilst it’s been a challenging weekend, there are positives to💟 take – as a group, we will continue to work hard and make sure Yamaha and the team is back where it belongs in Assen.”