It’s a Fabio Quartararo happy and reassured who will fly to Qatar, first for some final tests, before embarking on his first Moto2 season. Major tests since they will be carried out with the stock engines. But the tests carried out in Jerez gave good indications to the 17-year-old Frenchman who asserted himself in the top 10 aboard his Kalex from the Pons HP40 team.
At the end of two half-hearted seasons in Moto3, fabio quartararo hopes to rebuild his career by continuing his career in Moto2. On the Jerez track, he worked hard and hopes that this work will bear fruit for a landmark Qatar Grand Prix, as it counts as his first race at this level. A top 5 would be the icing on the cake, but we can bet that with a top 10, the tricolor would already have the banana.
And the goal is realistic. In Jerez, he finished eighth after three days of testing, half a second behind the leader Alex Marquez author of record time. If there had not been a certain Jorge Navarro, he would point out as the best of beginners: “ these tests were really positive » rejoices Fabio on speedweek. " I did a lot of laps and was able to concentrate on my driving style ».
« On top of that, we were able to try many things and choose between what suited me and what didn't. In the end, we can be happy because my pace was good during the Jerez tests. Now I'm looking forward to the Qatar tests ».
A work that was done with a reference: “ This year everything is new for me, and it's more difficult. But it's the way to climb the ladder. I'm going there step by step. With my engineers, we compare the data with those of Alex Rins, like the trajectories. And it works well. My times have improved each time ».
See you this weekend in Qatar for the last test run.
Combined Jerez Test Chronos :
1. Alex Marquez (Kalex) 1:41,989 min
2. Franco Morbidelli (Kalex) +0,114 sec
3. Miguel Oliveira (KTM) +0,327
4. Dominique Aegerter (Suter) +0,347
5. Jorge Navarro (Kalex) +0,387
6. Mattia Pasini (Kalex) +0,485
7. Takaaki Nakagami (Kalex) +0,507
8. Fabio Quartararo (Kalex) +0,510
9. Axel Pons (Kalex) +0,511
10. Tom Lüthi (Kalex) +0,534
11. Luca Marini (Kalex) +0,703
12. Danny Kent (Suter) +0,771
13. Yonny Hernandez (Kalex) +0,888
14. Hafizh Syahrin (Kalex) +0,906
15. Edgar Pons (Kalex) +0,908
16. Khairul Idham Pawi (Kalex) +0,988
17. Xavi Virgo (Tech3) +1,014
18. Xavier Simeon (Kalex) +1,089
19. Simone Corsi (Speed Up) +1,096
20. Tetsuta Nagashima (Kalex) +1,146
21. Francesco Bagnaia (Kalex) +1,181
22. Andrea Locatelli (Kalex) +1,316
23. Sandro Cortese (Suter) +1,370
24. Brad Binder (KTM) +1,378
25. Jesko Raffin (Kalex) +1,435
26. Marcel Schrötter (Suter) +1,469
27. Remy Gardner (Tech3) +1,763
28. Iker Lecuona (Kalex) +1,798
29. Isaac Vinales (Kalex) +1,836
30. Axel Bassani (Speed Up) +2,580
31. Stefano Manzi (Kalex) +4,352
