GINO BORSOI
Team Director, Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP

All things considered, it was a very good Sprint race for both riders.

It’s a shame about Toprak’s crash, because his pace — like Jack’s — was very competitive. He was able to stay within around one second per lap of the front group, and for his first MotoGP Sprint that’s an exceptional level.

Both riders showed strong determination and maintained solid race pace throughout. If we can replicate this level of performance tomorrow over full race distance, it would complete a very positive weekend for us.

JACK MILLER
Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP Rider

I felt good and the pace was decent throughout the race. I didn’t make any mistakes — I just focused on logging laps, gathering data and doing the best we could. I had Diogo in front of me and I was pushing hard to stay with him. It’s frustrating when we hit the long straights because that’s where we’re still lacking the most in terms of top speed.

Still, I feel we’ve made a step forward compared to the long runs we did here last week. It’s only the first race weekend for a brand-new bike, so we knew this wouldn’t be our ideal track, but I believe in myself and in the Yamaha engineers. We’re moving in the right direction.

TOPRAK RAZGATLIOGLU
Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP rider

I tried to follow Jack and I could see there were areas where I was able to close the gap and others where he was clearly faster, so it was good to understand where I need to improve. Overall we did a good job, even though the crash was a shame because it could have been an even better result.

Tomorrow will be a long and demanding race, probably even more difficult than today, but my focus will be to stay relaxed and ride to the best of my ability. I want to keep improving my feeling with the bike and concentrate on the positives. Starting from a difficult qualifying position, our pace was similar to the group around us, and the fact that we still have so much room for improvement makes me optimistic.