Bradley Smith is taking heart from his performance in FP1 in Qatar prior to his turn 13 spill, although he admits his opening day tumble wasn't the confidence boost he was looking for. The Monster Tech 3 Yamaha rider, under scrutiny this week at the opening round of the MotoGP World Championship after suggesting he was unlikely to be retained by the team in 2017, came off with two minutes remaining but fortunately escaped unscathed. He lapped in 1m 56.524s to finish 11th on the times, almost half-a-second behind team-mate Pol Espargaro in sixth. “In turn 13, literally as I touched throttle, I tucked the front and it's been somewhere that I was struggling in the test because I was losing...
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