jackmilleraus - P16 💬
#JapaneseGP - SPRINT 🇯🇵
After qualifying I was reasonably happy with the bike because I felt I had a fair bit more in the tank. Unfortunately, I made a couple of mistakes on my last lap and didn‘t put everything together. I still managed a 1:43.6 despite a yellow flag, and the next lap was looking even better, but I made another mistake in the final sector and lost some time. So I felt there was definitely more potential there.
In the race, I was missing some confidence in the front end and I wasn‘t able to brake as hard as I would have liked. I started to feel a little more comfortable towards the end as the bike became lighter, but just as things were starting to improve, I had a big moment and lost a few positions. I managed to save it, but there was a pretty big hole in my leathers afterwards. I had been running the medium rear because I preferred the stability, and the difference in grip compared with the soft wasn‘t particularly big for us. The tyre was...