Fabio Quartararo gave everything to keep the World Championship open until the last round in Valencia. With this great race at Sepang, he achieved the feat.
The pilot Yamaha started from the fourth row, from the 12th plot of the starting grid. He got off to a good start and excellent braking which immediately propelled him into the top positions. To finish, he crossed the line in third position behind the Ducatis of Pecco Bagnaia et Enea Bastianini. In Valencia, it will certainly be very difficult to recover the 23 points ahead of bagnaia counts now, but the title in 2006 lost by Valentino Rossi, also in Valencia, against the late Nicky Hayden, tells us that nothing is decided until the checkered flag…
Fabio Quartararo: “ I'm happy to have postponed the end of the match in Valencia »
« It was a difficult race, this is the first time that starting from 12th position we have finished on the podium " commented fabio quartararo. " We were struggling in T4 and on the straights, but I'm happy with my race. Pecco Bagnaia had a good start, but I knew that I too would have to have a spectacular first lap. Pecco did great braking, but so did we ».
He adds : " I'm happy to have postponed the end of the match in Valencia. I had difficulty in 5/6 turns compared to the Ducati, I had good stability but we couldn't turn at our best, while in 3/4 turns we were the same. In Australia we made the wrong strategy, with our bike, we have to attack straight away in the first laps and only then save the tires. Today we ran like it was a race against time ". See you at the beginning of November in Valencia!
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