Americas GP – Quartararo (7th): "My best result in MotoGP!"
Fabio Quartararo continues his admirable learning of MotoGP by taking 7th position in the 2019 Grand Prix of the Americas! A few days before his 20th birthday, the young Yamaha SRT rider climbs to 10th place in the provisional and takes first place in the beginners’ classification. Debriefing.
Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha-SRT Petronas (9th in qualifying and 7th in race) : "This race was really difficult physically and my arm hurts a bit. With Pol (Espargaro, Editor’s note) and Danilo (Petrucci, Editor’s note), we made the mistake of being too aggressive in the first laps, which made us lose contact with Andrea (Dovizioso, NDLR) and Franco (Morbidelli, NDLR) ".
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"Having said that, I’m happy with my race! My pace was more than correct and this seventh was quite simply my best result in MotoGP. I was also able to learn a lot from following Danilo: his Ducati was extremely stable in line. straight despite all the bumps ".
"This is really where we were losing ground, in this third sector where our bike was moving a lot more. Strangely, those movements had not happened during the tests but overall I’m happy. I can’t wait to get to Jerez, even if we know that all the drivers have done tests there (private testing in the offseason, Editor’s note). It won’t necessarily be an obvious race ".
Site analysis : Another weekend run smoothly by the Nice debutant Fabio Quartararo, who is giving himself a very nice gift for his 20th birthday in five days: 7th place in the GP of the Americas, his best result in MotoGP after his 16th place in Qatar and its 8th in Argentina !
Its performance is all the more remarkable as the Austin track is unanimously considered extremely complex because of its length (20 turns), its technical development, its unevenness and its bumps worthy of a "motocross field. ", according to Aprilia rider Aleix Espargaro !
"El Diablo", uncomfortable in Texas in the lower categories, did perfectly well in the exercise on his private M1: the French beginner remained in the right group during practice before qualifying 9th . A real stroke of brilliance insofar as thunderstorms caused the cancellation of free practice 3, cutting down on taxiing time and leaving several questions unanswered.
This success in QP2 is also to be considered in the light of the tire problem encountered by Fabio on Saturday afternoon: his over-inflated rear tire was the source of a grip that was difficult to define, explains Michelin, acknowledging its share of responsibility in this pressure error.
Fortunately Fabio did not encounter any problems of this type in the race and was once again able to observe very closely "cracks" like Danilo Petrucci on his official Ducati. Constant, the talented and sympathetic Frenchman won two places at the finish thanks to the Crutchlow and Marquez falls. The stolen departure of Viñales and Rins may have also made it easier for him, but it was still necessary not to make mistakes on this delicate circuit. !
He therefore climbs to 10th place in the provisional classification and at the same time recovers the reins of the beginner rider classification ahead of Francesco Bagnaia, Joan Mir and Miguel Oliveira. Next stop: the Spanish GP in Jerez on May 5 !
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