Indian MotoGP: Fabio Quartararo: “I could really see our weak point, could not give more of a fight”

Fabio Quartararo says drive coming out of turn five was the reason Jorge Martin could blast past him for P2 at the Indian MotoGP.
Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha MotoGP Buddh 2023
Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha MotoGP Buddh 2023

After seeing Marc Marquez and Francesc♉o Bagnaia crash out ahead of him, Quartararo was gifted the chance to stand♋ on the podium for the first time since COTA.

Quartararo loo♈ked poised to claim third before Martin ran into issues with his leather, which saw a 1.4 second margin drop to sixth tenths.

Martin th𝐆en recoveღred the time lost but made a mistake at turn three on the final, this time allowing Quartararo to not only catch him but overtake him.

Martin then produced a very aꦰggressive move around turn six, as he swiped across the front of Quartararo’s Yamaha. 

"Was really difficult to be honest," said Quartararo afte🎃r the race. "Especially the last lap. I was always one-and-a-half/two seconds away from the top guys that were Pecco and Jorge.&nbജsp;

"Marco [Bezzecchi] was really far away. But on the last lap I could really 🦂see our weak point more and more. 

"We have to work on that part and hopefully we can make a step next year. We can’t really fight with them. We can hold the pace but we cannot 𝓰really fight."

Quartararo also spoke about the n🧜ear-miss with Martin, however the 2021 world champion avoid🐎ed criticising the Spaniard. 

The Frenchman added: "I saw that he was doing something strange with the leathers aꦐnd thought it was maybe arm pump or something. 

"But I could see what happened to him. The drive I had out of turn five♚ was super bad. I was spinning like hell.&nbsཧp;

"I was trying to control it with the gas but unfortunately I had nothing more on the tyre. With the grip issues we are having I could not give 💟more of a fight.&n🦄bsp;

"Also going into turn ten I didn’t have the confidence. But I can be happy. Marco was on another level and yesterday Jorg♔e won th💝e sprint race; we weren’t able to really fight but we are getting closer."

Read More