Franco Morbidelli expects his MotoGP French Grand Prix to be a "nightmare" from 11th on the grid as his Yamaha's strong points will be "useless" mired in the pack. The Petronas SRT rider was involved in the pole battle for much of qualifying on Saturday, but "didn't have the same feeling" on his M1 during his second run and couldn't improve on his 1m31.891s. This left him in 11th, matching his worst qualifying result of the year from August's Styrian GP. Owing to the Yamaha's power deficit - with the fastest M1 10km/h down on the Ducatis at Le Mans - Maverick Vinales and Le Mans poleman Fabio Quartararo admitted at Misano this made it too difficult to overtake...
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