Bradley Smith will start Sunday's Spanish MotoGP from tenth on the grid, the Englishman predicating a damage limitation race at a circuit that favours a front-end riding style. “This track seems to be really favouring guys that have the bike set-up more front nose heavy,” the Monster Yamaha tech 3 rider explained. “It hasn't favoured them in the first few races but the nature of this track you kind of ride the bike more with the front wheel, which is always a struggle for me. “I like to ride more from the rear end of the bike, which doesn't work around here. I'm losing 0.2 on every entry to a fast corner. So you stick that around the race track and there is the 1.6s we are behind....
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