Analysis – Rossi hails Quartararo’s superiority over Yamaha in Austria –

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Rossi hails Quartararo’s superiority over Yamaha in Austria

Analysis - Rossi hails Quartararo's superiority over Yamaha in Austria -

Third podium in eleven races for Fabio Quartararo, author of an exceptional third place at the Austrian GP in view of the difficulties traditionally encountered by sluggish Yamaha on the Red Bull Ring. Rossi, beaten by the French debutant, takes his hat off to the current best private driver in the championship !

Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha-SRT Petronas (2nd in qualifying and 3rd in race) : "It was far from obvious because I had chosen to start with a soft tire at the rear. I also believe that I was the only one to have opted for such a combination among Yamaha riders. . But I didn’t make any mistakes and I handled it pretty well. ".

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"I didn’t lose that much when the tires started to deteriorate. In fact at the end, as the bike is lighter, you can afford to brake later. I learned a lot how to do it. this subject this Sunday. In the end, I finished on the podium as the first Yamaha representative. A result that I am delighted with, which is moreover on a track like this, considered unfavorable to our bike ".

Site analysis : "It is the most difficult track for us", noted Fabio Quartararo after the first practice sessions of the Austrian GP, ​​painfully aware of the deficit of acceleration and speed of the Yamaha on the Red Bull Ring.

 Analysis - Rossi hails Quartararo's superiority over Yamaha in Austria -

The difference is particularly important with his M1 "private" (of 500 rpm!) On which he released this weekend the fork with carbon fork "Factory" above. Restrained, the French M1 "Specs B" is quite simply the slowest motorcycle of the race with 302.5 km / h against … 316.7 km / h for the Ducati rocket by Dovizioso (+ 14.2 km / h) !

Rossi’s factory Yamaha went 4.3 km / h faster (306.8 km / h), while Viñales hit 308.5 km / h (+6 km / h). The fastest Yamaha during this Austrian Grand Prix was Morbidelli (309.4 km / h), Fabio’s teammate who has a "Specs A" version of the M1 (identical to the official ones).

But the Italian-Brazilian did not particularly benefit from this mechanical advantage since he signed 10th place more than 14 seconds behind his box neighbor, at the end of a rather dull race … Morbidelli, 12th in the provisional , is clearly dominated by his young French teammate !

 Analysis - Rossi hails Quartararo's superiority over Yamaha in Austria -

Fabio first transcended to snatch second place in qualifying behind the untouchable Marquez, admitting to having taken all the risks during his last lap. Is his motorbike going slower? He brakes later! The Yamaha accelerates less strongly? It keeps more speed in curves. It’s simple though, no ?!

This lack of complexes and this ability to make the most of the equipment at his disposal was fully expressed in the first lap, when Fabio recovered first place following the sidelines of Marquez and Dovizioso. The audacity of the French prodigy then allows him to get ahead of the second group when the Spanish and the Italian have come back to prepare their . 

One more podium than Rossi !

Result: Fabio signs his third podium after those of the GP of Catalonia and the GP of the Netherlands, that is to say as much as Viñales and one more than Rossi! “El Diablo” in the process equalizes the number of annual appearances on Johann Zarco’s “box” with the Yamaha Tech3 (three podiums in 2017, three in 2018). And there are still eight races to go…

Quartararo’s performance is all the more remarkable as he obtains it in front of the factory Yamaha of Rossi and Viñales, relegated to 4th and 5th at 1.602 and 2.557 seconds respectively … Deprived of means, of course, but no success !

The experienced Valentino Rossi, a handsome player, recognizes the superiority of the 20-year-old from Nice, his junior and explains it by his ability to use the soft tire at the rear. The Doctor and Viñales had made the choice of a medium eraser, just like Marc Marquez…

Analysis - Rossi hails Quartararo's superiority over Yamaha in Austria -

However, the cooler weather conditions than the day before made it possible to use the "Soft" rubber without risking overheating, an aspect which had escaped the officials of the two brands! Marquez admits that he was wrong and that the tender shoes by Dovizioso had partly conditioned his !

"Quartararo has done a sensational job"

Rossi – qualified 10th – prefers to continue to think that the medium tire was the best choice because "I was having difficulty with the soft during practice". But wasn’t the deal different in the race, as Fabio’s winning bet suggests? ? 

Analysis - Rossi hails Quartararo's superiority over Yamaha in Austria -

"Quartararo did a sensational job and he was faster: bravo to him", admits the Doctor: "when you ride with the medium, you have a little less grip"…

A recurring error of appreciation since Zarco already regularly opted for softer tires than Rossi and Viñales when the Cannes driver was driving on the private M1 Tech3. And already at the time, Italian and Spanish assured that they could not imitate him! The key to their recurring motor problem lies in this inability to benefit from soft tires, for lack of adequate settings ?

Things are moving at Yamaha according to Rossi

"In the end, fourth place is not so bad," consoles Rossi, who equaled his best result at the Red Bull Ring (4th in 2016). "Of course it would have been better to be on the podium, but it was a good race considering that we are in Austria".

 Analysis - Rossi hails Quartararo's superiority over Yamaha in Austria -

The fastest forty-something in the world is especially delighted to have seen significant progress on this grueling track for Yamaha, especially in terms of acceleration and electronic management (one of the weak points of the M1 since the switch to the unique software ). 

"Things seem to be moving at Yamaha and they are starting to work hard and better: when we arrived here on Friday, we understood that we had made progress", analyzes the n ° 46 while everyone remembers the apologies presented here even last year to official pilots with the Iwata crest due to the slowness of the M1 !

As for Maverick Viñales, who qualified 4th, his Austrian race was disrupted by a bad choice of settings which prematurely destroyed his medium rear tire. The n ° 12, a time able to catch up on his teammate, finally finished 8.674 sec behind the winner with Alex Rins on his heels.

Viñales lost in his settings

“We used a completely different setup than other races, trying to reduce wheelies, but it worked differently than we thought because the track had changed from yesterday,” he explains..

 Analysis - Rossi hails Quartararo's superiority over Yamaha in Austria -

“The tire wear was very high, so I destroyed it very quickly. Anyway, I’m happy to be fifth, because we have improved a lot from last year. We will continue. to work to go faster ", assures" Mack "who cedes to Rossi 5th place in the provisional.

The Italian is once again the first Yamaha rider in the MotoGP standings, with 103 points against 102 for the Spanish. The two factory pilots are followed a short distance away by Fabio Quartararo who jumps two places: the French climbs back to 7th position with 92 points !

Quartararo again first private pilot in the provisional !

This important progression is the result of his podium on the one hand, but also of the fall of two rivals who preceded him from the Czech Republic: Jack Miller and Cal Crutchlow, who fell in Austria..

Fabio Quartararo thus recovers the place of first independent driver of the classification, while cementing his domination over the other "Rookies": Joan Mir is 13th with 39 points on his Suzuki, Miguel Oliveira 15th with 26 points on his KTM and Franco Bagnaia 16th with 24 points on his Ducati !

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