Remy Gardner returned to MotoGP this weekend, replacing the injured Álex Rins and had some very specific difficulties for someone who is not so used to the category. Still, it is his belief that he could have provided some useful information to Yamaha.
The Australian was 20th, finished 50.115s behind the winner – Pecco Bagnaia – and felt during Sunday morning that he could be at a good level, and even had some interesting battles on the track, as he explained:
– We made a setting change to improve my feeling with the bike. I felt a difference in Warm Up, and I thought we could have a pretty good Race. The pace until lap 10 was really good. I was fighting with Zarco and Bradl, trying hunt down Mir, and I was in front of Bradl for 8-9 laps, which was good.
Then came the problems, especially in the final third of the race, which he attributed to the lack of experience in the category, at the same time he wished he had provided the Japanese manufacturer with good information for the future: ‘I didn’t know how to manage the tyre drop of the rear tyre over the last 10 laps, but that’s all down to experience. Still, if you compare my pace with the medium rear between yesterday’s Sprint and today’s Race, today’s pace is much better. Hopefully I gave some good feedback and a different point of view, and hopefully Yamaha can take some positives from that’.