Tito Rabat aims for strong season opener in Qatar

Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS riders Tito Rabat and Jack Miller are confident they can race to positive results in tomorrow’s season opening MotoGP round under the Losail International Circuit floodlights in Qatar.

Rabat and Miller encountered turning issues on a frustrating third night of track action in Doha, with both unable to show their full potential in a difficult FP4 and 15-minute Q1 session.

It was a tough evening for Rabat, who was hampered by a lack of front-end feel that prevented him from improving his time of 1.57.108.

The Spaniard makes his MotoGP debut from 19th on the grid, but despite tonight’s difficulties, Miller and Rabat remain optimistic that they can start 2016 with point scoring finishes.

Tito Rabat: 19th – 1’57.108
“I am quite disappointed because we changed a few things on the bike and we kept arriving at the same point. It was difficult to improve the lap time and I didn’t have a good feeling with the bike. All we can do is work hard and try to find a better way. It is so strange and I can’t be happy. The bike doesn’t turn and to be honest I think I was clever not to push any harder because I think it was easy to crash given my feeling with the bike.”

Source – Team Estrella Galicia