Analysis – Quartararo had “the best time” of his life fighting with Marquez! – Used YAMAHA

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Quartararo had "the best time" of his life fighting with Marquez !

Analysis - Quartararo has lived

At only 20 years old, Fabio Quartararo won his fourth MotoGP podium yesterday at the San Marino GP in Misano: on his Yamaha satellite, the French rider kept in his wake the official Honda of the reigning world champion Marc Marquez for 24 laps… MNC Statements and Analysis.

Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha-SRT Petronas (3rd in qualifying and 2nd in race) : "I can only be happy with the result! We led the race until the end, but I knew Marc would try something on the last lap because he was fast all weekend".

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"I managed to respond to his attack once, but I started a little wide when he passed me a second time. I was faster than him at Turn 11 and fought until the end. , but we had to settle for second place. At the end of the day he had better grip on the left side of the tire and I on the right side. ".

"J‘learn little by little to manage the pneumatic deal, which we can be proud of. I gave it my all, but Marc has more experience in last round battles and today he was able to use it. This is the first time that I have been able to fight with him, a seven-time world champion: it was the best moment of my career, and even of my life! "

Site analysis : The tastiest compliment Fabio Quartararo received comes from Marc Marquez, who did not hesitate to recognize his superiority in terms of pure speed. "Fabio was perhaps the best today," even reckons the defending champion.

The Honda official knows that his victory at the San Marino MotoGP 2019 GP is as much the fruit of his talent as of his experience, he who already has seven world titles in Grand Prix including five in MotoGP! The mechanical advantage enjoyed by its RC213V developed by hand since 2013 also plays a significant role..

Mark "we can double him, he’s a human like us!"

Leader from the third to the 26th lap on his private Yamaha, rookie Fabio Quartararo made no mistakes despite the pressure. "My mechanic was showing" +0.2 Marquez "every turn, but my team had to tell him to stop putting" Marquez "because then it was just the numbers and I stopped looking!", Laughs French.

Analysis - Quartararo has lived

The young man from Nice did not tremble until the start of the last lap, when Marc Marquez went on the offensive in the straight line: "I doubled it and that gives me great confidence: it’s a seven-time world champion but we can overtake him, he’s a human like us! "

Far from being discouraged, Fabio carefully prepared a final attack from the inside in turn 14 … but he found the door closed: Marquez, scalded by his two successive defeats on the last lap against Dovizioso and Rins, had blocked access !

The maneuver of the Yamaha rider, however, testifies to a remarkable ability to keep his cool: he was not disconcerted by the stakes or the status of his rival, which promises great things for the future. !

Quartararo closer and closer to Marquez

This second place in San Marino is already his second MotoGP race finished behind Marquez after the GP of Catalonia, and the threat is becoming clearer for the defending champion: Fabio had finished 2,660 sec from his Honda in Montmelo, while he was following him. just 0.903 sec in Misano! "Fabio will be among the contenders next year", Marquez analysis. 

Analysis - Quartararo has had

It should also be noted that this fourth podium – with those obtained in Catalonia, the Netherlands and Austria – allows Fabio Quartararo to overtake the hunting table of his compatriot Johann Zarco, who had signed three podiums per season on the Yamaha Tech3 in 2017. then in 2018. 

And the six races remaining to be contested this season will give Fabio Quartararo the opportunity to once again climb on "the cash register" … perhaps even on his highest step! Can’t wait for 2020 that he has a motorcycle equivalent to the official ones, as his team says he is ready to offer him.

"Fabio Quartararo came very close to his first victory after leading the race with authority until the last lap," said Eric de Seynes, Yamaha’s big boss in Europe. !

Morbidelli in on for a great weekend for Yamaha-SRT

The SRT-Petronas satellite team is in any case having an extraordinary first season among the elite, at a level much higher than its original ambitions. This success is reflected in the rise of Franco Morbidelli, admittedly still dominated by his young teammate but in progress..

 Analysis - Quartararo has lived

The Italian-Brazilian finishes his national race in fifth position, between the official motorcycles of Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso. "Franky" – qualified 4th – consolidates his 10th provisionally, three places behind Fabio.

"I am very happy with this result", assures the n ° 21. "We were very fast all weekend and we had a good feeling with the bike. Unfortunately the temperature of the track made the grip a little worse in the race than during practice: I had to slow down a bit to secure the arrival".

“All Yamaha’s have been quick in Misano whereas that was not the case last year, so it looks like we have improved and we hope we can keep pushing it forward next weekend in Aragon. of the top five in front of this crowd was something very special, especially on the occasion of my 100th Grand Prix ". 

"I still remember my first race in Misano as a wildcard in 2013: it’s like it was hie! I never thought at that time to be here today on such a good bike, in the within such a good team, fighting for the Top 5 in MotoGP ".

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