Fabio Quartararo is launching his last forces into the battle of this 2022 season to try to keep a crown which is nevertheless wavering more and more. He has only scored eight points in the last four races and he must therefore refuel from this Malaysian Grand Prix. Nothing will be more complicated than regaining pole position and victory on a Sepang track that the Ducatis generally delight in. So he approaches the obstacle with a new mentality and, he says, a new working method. However, there is one thing he will not change and he spoke about it for the first time on the eve of this penultimate round of the season. This is his teammate Franco Morbidelli.
Davide Tardozzi explained it on motogp.com. Ducati not only worked hard to design a Desmosedici today capable of helping drivers with different driving styles win. In Borgo Panigale, we have also invested for two years in a sports policy to meet the demands of teams in need of motorcycles, since they have been snubbed by the cautious Japanese manufacturers. Which allows us to have today eight Ducati on a grid of 24 machines which would perhaps only have 16 if it had been necessary to trust Honda, Yamaha or Suzuki, also at the start.
An investment and a commitment whose reward is to have eight drivers able to win. And that inevitably hurts those who can no longer count on anyone but themselves in their box. This is the case of Fabio Quartararo who questioned himself for the first time openly on a subject which obviously raises the question of his teammate Franco Morbidelli.
Fabio Quartararo: “ if I manage to do very good times, he should too »
The latter is nowhere, but has a contract until 2023 in his pocket. And until this intervention of Fabio Quartararo, no one questioned it, not even Lynn Jarvis ... " Everyone is fighting against eight Ducatis » explains the Frenchman. “Of course it's difficult when you're driving in front, but for Franco, I don't know. This is a question I can't answer ».
However, there are things to say… “ It's difficult. He went from the 2019 bike to the 2021 bike, which is very similar but you have to ride in a different way. He's already had a year and a half to adapt, so I can't answer this question. It's difficult because in general we are suffering a lot more this year than last year, but in the end, if I manage to do very good times, he should too. ". And he ends: “ I often help Franco, but really he doesn't make the big move in qualifying and in the race ».
