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The last Austrian Grand Prix was definitely full of emotions. On the track side, there was the Moto2 accident which Syahrin is doing well, pileup in MotoGP, a miracle since no one was seriously injured, but opening onto a cabal against a rider with his sights set on a Ducati handlebar that his detractors would like for one of their loved ones... Behind the scenes, Dovizioso broke up with Ducati, the The affable Miguel Oliveira discovered the wild Pol Espargaró, but there was also a Fabio Quartararo at war with his brakes. Unless it's the opposite. But in any case, the Frenchman warns: this must stop...

There will be return matches in the Styrian Grand Prix of this weekend. The disappointments of the past week will have to be erased, and among these, there is the case fabio quartararo with its brakes. There Yamaha M1 of the championship leader suffered from confusing braking problems from the start of the race. The red flag waved, the Petronas team took the opportunity to change the brake discs and brake calipers to be at the top during the second race. But the concerns remained.

Arriving at a bend at 300 km/h doubting your brakes…

« It was so bad that the brake lever could be pulled towards the handlebars ", said Fabio on speedweek. " Anyone can imagine that if you approach a corner at 300 km/h and the brake doesn't work, you worry. I didn't know if and how the brakes would react. This made my race very difficult, more than 8th place was not possible ».

« The team is currently investigating, and I had this problem for the first time in a race this year. That's not how it works. I was able to pass the opponents in all the sessions before the race, because I was extremely hard on the brakes. We didn't understand where this problem came from and after two laps of racing. My bike has such a low top speed that I have to attack differently. That's why I'm worried : I don't want to have the same problems for this weekend's race ". Here is the team and its logistics as well as its technical partners warned…

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