Fourth in the qualifying session on Saturday morning, Fabio Quartararo thought it had a nice card to play throughout the weekend during the Italian Grand Prix in Mugello. But the Frenchman did not take the slightest point. On Saturday afternoon, the Yamaha pilot finished tenth in the Sprint race after having been a third time, then fell from turn to turn, the fault of a motorcycle much less efficient than the others. And this Sunday, rebelote.
Fabio Quartararo (which had undergone a subluxation of the left shoulder on Friday during the tests) finished 14th in the Grand Prix, 26 seconds from the winner Marc Marquez, and did not hide his frustration after the race at the microphone of Canal +. “We didn’t really understand what happened. From half the race, physically I was tired, I was destroyed. We dropped in position (lost places). The behavior of the motorcycle in difficult conditions is really incomprehensible. We don’t know why. We left for soft tires, it was planned, but anyway, whether in soft or medium tires, we are in difficulty anyway. We saw that everyone made this choice, so we made the same thing, but it was 50-50 for us. »»
Quartararo wants to react to Assen
But Fabio Quartararo and Yamaha do not have time to lament on their fate. Next week, the MotoGP season stops in the Netherlands, on the Assen circuit where the Niçois triumphed in 2021, the year of his title of world champion, and where he had finished third in 2019, during his first season in the Reine category. He hopes to find good waves there.
“I hope it will allow us to see the potential we have on this circuit. It is a circuit that I really like, like here but we saw that the potential was not today, and all weekend. I hope we can do better. “Following this ninth race weekend, Fabio Quartararo is 10th in the championship ranking, 209 points from leader Marc Marquez.
