There was an oddity in the motorbike used by Rossi during the race at San Marino, so he appeared very bad.
San Marino MotoGP results can be a disappointing race for the Movistar Yamaha team duo, Maverick Vinales and Valentino Rossi.
His fans were not satisfied with the appearance of Maverick Vinales and Valentino Rossi who were unable to reach the podium position.
Maverick Vinales was in five position and Valentino Rossi finished seventh in the race which was held at the Misano Circuit on Sunday (09/09/2018).
Responding to the results achieved by the two riders, Yamaha team director Massimo Meregalli turned out to have his own analysis.
According to him, the two Yamaha factory rider teams had problems with the tires they used during the MotoGPSan Marino race session.
"When the warm-up session (heating) Yamaha M1 motorbike starts acting differently and one thing that is different from the previous session is the temperature (track)," said Meregalli quoted by BolaSport.com from the official Movistar Yamaha team website.
"This race has the exact same conditions (weather) as the previous session, but both of our riders have difficulty due to lack of grip," he added.
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Meregalli also provides an overview of the impact of the problems experienced by the rider.
"They cannot stop (brake) the bike and get good speed on corners during the race," Meregalli said.
Meregalli will also take further action on the problem that caused the two Yamaha factory rider teams to fail to reach the podium position.
"We have to understand what causes this problem that has happened several times before," Meregalli said.
"So we can develop and compete again in the front row which is the place that we should be," said again.
Because only able to finish in seventh position, one of the Movistar Yamaha riders, Valentino Rossi had to give up his second rank in the coup by Andrea Dovizioso.
Now Valentino Rossi is in third place in the 2018 MotoGP standings.