How Honda and Yamaha gave podium slip in Indonesian GP

The Indonesian Grand Prix was somewhat to score a motoogp podium for a lost opportunity for Honda and Yamaha, enjoying in the run-up in the race.

While finishing a torrid weekend with the factory Ducati Squad, during which it wrapped the title of teams, the race looked like a golden opportunity for Honda and Yamaha to capitalize on the situation and scored some big points.

Indeed, two Japanese manufacturers showed promising speed in Friday practice, as well as Luka Marini And Zone Mir Honda and Yamaha finished fourth and sixth, with three bikes placed inside the top 10.

While Honda certainly made small profit compared to some of his rivals, Marini still made a solid sixth, while Alex rins Keep your most impressive performance together as Yamaha Rider to grab the fourth on the grid.

In Sunday’s race, both Marini and Rines finished second behind Graceini Ducati Firmin aldeguerBut neither came away with a podium finish at the end of Lap 27.

In an unconventional race that turned into a moto 3-style competition, KTM Pedro Acosta Brilliantly managed motion and defended its position, allowing many riders to join the battle for the runner-up spots.

Running a more durable medium front, as their Tire-Chewing could not run on the Softs, Acosta Marini came under severe pressure, but there was a reaction for Honda every time.

Marini first passed ACOSTA for the second on Lap 10, but Spaniard immediately fought back to regain the position. At Lap 12, Marini made a wand of trick on Turn 12, but ACOSTA again charged the other again on Turn 16 on the lap and to recover the other.

“Pedro completely blocked everyone. They did a wonderful race,” said Marini. “I don’t know (how) but KTM allowed him to break super deep brakes. They also used the medium front, perhaps too for this, and the bike was accelerated in a way that is incredible, much faster than Ducati.

“It’s very difficult, it is very difficult to get ahead, I tried many times but then he defeated me again. I was a little managing my tire pressure because after yesterday’s race (where I was punished for more than the border), I was a little worried.

“But I think I had a good speed to live in P2 easily. I just needed to make a good overtake on Pedro and did not let it pass again.”

Even if Marini lived behind Acosta, Honda must have enjoyed another podium in several weekends after MIR finished third in Japan. However, the way Acosta controlled the speed, he brought many riders to play, including the last remaining remaining of Raul Fernandez, which ended the third day earlier in the Sprint Race.

Fernandez passed Marini at Lap 14 at 16 Turn 16, but Marini retaliated in the last corner and the pair contacted. Both riders fled to broad and lost positions, eventually finished fifth (Marini) and sixth (Fernandez).

Fernandez described Marini’s actions as “not intelligent”, While Marini hit both back to the trackhouse rider for the cost of a podium.

Rin’s podium charge and sudden drop

The rider who benefited the most from his clash was the rhetoric of a resurrection, which in a step hug the inner line to pounce both in a step.

Rins on the opening lap had come from fourth to fifth place, but remained at the striking distance, able to bounce the third on the occasion of grabbing the third.

In fact, Spaniard also later passed the KTM five laps of ACOSTA, showing how much he had at that stage of the race. However, the factory Yamahs had opted for a low durable soft rear tire on Sunday, which was struggling to heat the middle complex with the Stifer body. It finally left Rinins weak and he experienced a sudden decline in performance at Lap 23, eventually tumbling to 10th place.

For a rider who has suffered an injury since switching in Yamaha in 2024, is going on podium positions, a very important morale was promoted. But he simply took out a lot of life from his tires in the race and paid the price for it.

“It was a shame. We knew before the start of the race that we were going to suffer with a soft tire,” he said. “I hope the drop was coming early, but finally it was only the last five laps. I gave my best, tried to control the rear tire, and I was there as long as I was there.”

With rapid fall falling under the order, it was again Fabio Quartaro Which ended as the top Yamaha, crossing the Finnish line in the seventh place.

Quartero said, “I was behind (rins) for 2-3 laps, I could not move beyond that.” “But then I saved the tire a little and he went into some laps.

“I said, I don’t know if he is going to reach the end, but I had to keep my tire a little fresh. Till the end of seven laps, I saw that he was still in the second place. Maybe I was a little successful. But then the problem is normally when the tire is up, it is gone.”

In a weekend where the book of competitive form was torn and Yamaha had the speed of qualifying on the second line, quarter was ideally there with rins – if many tenth fast.

However, Quartaro fought over all weekends in Indonesia, and was forced to go with a hard front tire in the race. Nevertheless, he put a solid show together on Sunday to finish just two seconds behind. Alex marksWhich took the last podium in the third.

Mir “Anger” after DNF

In Japan, Mir should also be in the fight for the second place, while riding a high ride on his podium finish. His weekend was compromised on “issues” in qualifying – including yellow flags – he was left to 12th on the grid, but his fifth place in Sprint showed his allegations that he was in a hurry in the race trim.

On Sunday, Mir was capable of climbing seventh place in the opening lap, which benefited from the accident. Mark marks And Marco BezchiBut his race ended on Lap 2 ahead of time, when he went down on Turn 16.

“As you can imagine, I am angry because we have lost a good opportunity to fight for another podium today, but sometimes things come like this,” Mir accepted. “We have to understand what happened to the medium rear tires because the bike was not cooled.

“In the first two laps, (right) temperature to achieve (tires) was completely impossible. We have to analyze because we have to do something differently because something is missing at this time.

“It’s not that I tried to get ahead of someone and I crashed. I was behind, just trying to heat the rear tire and in every braking point I was widening; I was completely widened, could be able to push, so I am very angry for that reason.

“We have to understand what we did separately or how we can improve because we remember something technically today.”

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