It is a safe bet that fabio quartararo has already forgotten his two years spent in Moto3. Because since he moved to Moto2, the Frenchman has been one of the best “rookies”. A speed that he confirmed in Qatar after tests that he concluded at the top of the new wave. A final seventh place which makes the Pons driver an outsider to watch.
His 2'01.071 barely missed the two-minute lap mark and put him 884 thousandths behind the best time achieved on Saturday by Nakagami. But here he is in the wake of the recut Tom Luthi, a reference in the discipline that the tricolor is discovering. Demonstration of the good work done so far within the experienced Pons team: “ these tests were complicated due to time » nevertheless specifies Fabio.
« Fortunately, the weather was good on the second day and we were able to go out and attack, spending the evening learning the circuit with the Moto2. I was thus able to get some good sensations. This is what this performance reveals, even if we were not able to do all the work that was planned. But we had a good time. We are close to the leaders and that motivates us even more ahead of the first Grand Prix of the year in Qatar ».
Hostilities begin on Thursday evening.
Here are the times in French time.
Thursday March 23:
16:00 – 16:40 Moto3 Free Practice 1
16:55 – 17:40 Moto2 Free Practice 1
17:55 – 18:40 MotoGP Free Practice 1
18:55 – 19:35 Moto3 Free Practice 2
19:50 – 20:35 Moto2 Free Practice 2
Friday 24:
16:00 – 16:45 MotoGP Free Practice 2
17:00 – 17:40 Moto3 Free Practice 3
17:55 – 18:40 Moto2 Free Practice 3
18:55 – 19:40 MotoGP Free Practice 3
Saturday 25:
16:00 – 16:40 p.m. Moto3 Qualifying
16:55 – 17:40 p.m. Moto2 Qualifying
17:55 – 18:25 MotoGP Free Practice 4
18:35 – 18:50 MotoGP Qualifying 1
19:00 – 19:15 MotoGP Qualifying 2
Attention, passage to thesummer time Sunday, March 26 (We move forward one hour: at 2 a.m., it is 3 a.m.)
Sunday 26:
14pm – 50am Moto15 Warm Up
15pm – 25am Moto15 Warm Up
16:00 – 16:20 MotoGP Warm Up
17:00 Moto3 Race 18 laps (2/3 12 laps) 96,8 km
18:20 Moto2 Race 20 laps (2/3 13 laps) 107,6 km
20:00 MotoGP Race 22 laps 118,4 km
