Fabio Quartararo ended his first part of the season on a painful note at Assen, marked by two falls which never do the body or the mind any good. On this last level, he will still have to settle this liability during the return round at Silverstone in August, since the FIM commissioners considered that his overtaking maneuver which led to his first fall and disrupted Aleix Espargaró's race was likely to receive a sanction. The sentence will therefore be served by a long lap during the next British Grand Prix. However, the World Champion did well because it was his second fall that could have cost him dearly. For two reasons: surprise due to a technical element which was disrupted by the first incident. And a suit that didn't protect as it should have, opening up the risk of injury...
And these parameters are explained by his chief engineer Diego Gubellini in an interview spotted on Motoracing. The most important thing being, in all circumstances, the safety and integrity of the pilot, let's start with this suit story. We must believe according to the element reported that the world title holder is definitely not lucky with his leather. We will remember that, last year, its closure opened in full swing, without us even today really understanding how. But this had seriously disrupted his Catalan Grand Prix which he had until then mastered perfectly on the handlebars of his Yamaha .
A Assen, and after being catapulted from the M1, fabio quartararo crashed to the ground “the old fashioned way”. Mean by this that the suit's airbag did not activate according to the source. Hence this spontaneously felt violent shoulder pain. But before this finale, there were first two stages which themselves followed the first fall: the return to Gubellini which made him go back on the track, then Yamaha , damaged since the first accident, which ejected its pilot.
« In Fabio Quartararo's second crash, the traction control worked«
For the first time, the chief engineer reveals: “ Fabio knew the condition of the bike, we decided to let it continue because the weather threatened rain and he could have had an opportunity to return to the race with the change of bike. With this idea, we tried to do a few more laps, unfortunately he crashed the second time ».
A fall which was facilitated by a technical assembly which had just been mishandled. fabio quartararo mentioned in his press conference a possible issue with traction control. But Gubellini gives a final verdict that sounds different: “ after a fall, programs need a few spins to reset. The system had reset correctly, on the second fall the traction control worked. But it must also be said that the tire was a little cold, because he had done two slow laps and that was the problem: having exaggerated with a tire that was not at the right temperature ».
The chief engineer finishes: “ we have known since the beginning of the year that we have to push 100% to aim for victory. And we know where we struggle, so we try to compensate in other ways. The mistake can happen, we take it and use it as an experience for next time ". And the main thing is that Fabio Quartararo be unharmed.
