It was already clear in the last few months that this was not going to be Gabriel Rodrigo\u2019s year. The unlucky streak of the Argentine continued in Japan, this time courtesy of Jakub Kornfeil who took him out on the gravel trap at turn four few seconds after the start of the #JapaneseGP.<\/p>\n
There is not much more to add to this \u201cnon-race\u201d for the #19, apart from the fact that the words by Kornfeil straight after they race were at least out of place (\u201cGabriel collided with me and we crash\u201d he stated). We will see if the race direction will take any disciplinary action as the incident is currently \u201cunder investigation\u201d.<\/p>\n
It was another race day to forget for Team K\u00f6mmerling Gresini Moto3 <\/strong>as Riccardo Rossi did not shine in his first encounter in the land of the rising sun. The Italian did not manage to stay in Arbolino\u2019s tail (the fellow Italian was starting behind him) and despite a good race pace, he did not manage to finish higher than 21st<\/sup>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The team will try to turn the page on the disappointing Japanese chapter and focus on the Australian Grand Prix, which will get underway in less than five days at the iconic Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.<\/p>\n DNF \u2013 GABRI RODRIGO #19<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s not much to say, really: we started the race he right way and after few metres we already gained several positions, but then at turn four Kornfeil literally took me out of contention\u2026 We are not managing to get any consistency and in times like this it doesn\u2019t really depend on me. We will stay strong and think about Australia.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n 21st<\/sup>– RICCARDO ROSSI #54<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt was a pity because we didn\u2019t get a bad start, but then I must admit that in the first two-three laps I struggled to find my rhythm, I got passed by three KTM riders and they slowed me down. When Masaki and I got up to a decent pace, the big group ahead was already way too far. We must improve in qualifying and in the first laps, but the feeling with the bike was good once again. We will try again in Phillip Island.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was already clear in the last few months that this was not going to be Gabriel Rodrigo\u2019s year. The unlucky streak of the Argentine continued in Japan, this time…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-moto3-en","category-race-report-moto3-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n