At the eighth Grand Prix of the season, held in Portugal on Sunday, March 26, Fabio Quartararo had a difficult comeback. After the race, the Frenchman shared his disappointment with his Yamaha’s performance…
Complicated beginnings. On Sunday, March 26, the first Grand Prix of the motorcycle season in Portugal took place in Portimao, in the Algarve region. A race far from straightforward for Fabio Quartararo, who crossed the finish line in 8H position. A performance that ended a difficult weekend for the Frenchman, who had already finished out of the points the previous day during the sprint. Thus, the 23-year-old driver leaves Portugal with only 8 points and is already behind leader Francesco Bagnaia, who has 37 points in the general classification.
After the race, Fabio Quartaro referred to the performance of his Yamaha, which he considers far from being able to rival the motos of his rivals on a mic. channel + :”My pace wasn’t too bad but given the way the bike rides it can’t be fought now. So we have to find a solution to fight. Our motorcycle is completely different from the others. When they straighten their bike, the grip is very different from what we have. We don’t have a solution at the moment. We’re coming back and getting close but we can’t prepare to overtake. They run away and come back and run and we go back… We can’t stay with them to try and outrun them. For me, this is the main problem.“
“It was really a complicated weekendThe 2021 world champion continues.We are still very far in the way we have speed, but it is impossible to exceed it, so we will have to find a solution to the way we use it. motorcycle. However, Fabio Quartaro seems helpless in the face of his team’s shortcomings:It’s hard to know what to do. I’ve been behind all the manufacturers today and we have the same problem with all of them. We have great potential, we can be fast but we can’t fight and stay with them. Then, of course, some builders are more advanced than us, but there are things that … I don’t have the words to explain what we can do.“
Now, Fabio Quartario has his eyes set on the next Grand Prix, which is scheduled for next weekend in Argentina. The Frenchman, who is not used to finding himself far from the first places, hopes to win again quickly:We have to keep calm because the championship is very long, but it is very frustrating to know that we are going fast but can’t fight for the front positions. It’s not in our position to finish eighth, even if it was a bad start, even if, frankly, I think we expected much better. Eighth, this is not the situation we need to be in, and we have to quickly find a solution to get out of this kind of results. It’s just getting started, there are still 20 races left, up to 40 even with sprint races, so we’ll have to keep calm and think of nothing but the next race.“
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