Valentino Rossi felt the benefit of some work on his M1 bike while he set the top time from the first practice session at the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France on Friday afternoon.
The Italian and the Fiat Yamaha crew made some significant improvements for the settings of his machine through the Jerez Test almost 3 weeks ago, plus the effects were evident at Le Mans where his time of 1’34.402 placed him presents itself the timesheet inside opening session of the third round.
Rossi display came despite some lingering pain in his recovering shoulder, which he is hopeful will subside for the reason that weekend plays out.
Rossi team-mate, rival and current Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo overcame some slight electronic issues at first from the practice by changing machines and then lapped in a consistent pace, eventually setting the 3rd best time at just .140s off the Italian’s marker.
