Franco Morbidelli, who hasn’t made it into the top ten since the Indian GP, is facing the MotoGP Malaysian GP this weekend. The Monster Energy Yamaha rider is currently in 13th place in the championship with three rounds remaining.
The Italian rider admitted that his weak point has been qualifying and acknowledged that this is an area that needs improvement, focusing on it again in Sepang: ‘The one-week break was a good opportunity to catch our breath for the final push of the 2023 season. We saw in Thailand that our speed and pace is up there, but the difficulties lie in our qualifying position, so we aim to work on that again this weekend’.
According to Morbidelli, the round in Malaysia demands the riders and teams to be ready for any weather conditions: ‘The Malaysian GP always comes with its own unique challenges: it can be sunny and very hot, which is physically demanding, or we can get one of the typical rainstorms and very wet conditions, which is mentally demanding, so we need to be ready for anything. We will do our best!’.