MotoGP Japan: Slicks in the rain gamble backfires for Fabio Quartararo, Franco Morbidelli
The pai꧂r were among only♒ five riders not to pit for their wet bike at the end of the opening lap.
It initially꧃ put Quartararo second to Ducati test ride𒆙r Michele Pirro but the worsening conditions prompted the Frenchman to pull in on lap 2.
“I gave it a try to stay out one lap longer,” Quartararo said. “You know, it was raining, but♈ it wꦿasn‘t that wet at the time.
"It turned out to be the wrong🔯 s꧙trategy, but I was fighting for P12 or P13, or wherever I was riding at the time, so I had to give it a try.”
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Morbidelli stuck to his guns, despite dropping to last place by lap 5, in the fading hope that the raiꦡn would pass. It didn’t and the Italian was🎃 forced to pit soon after.
“I tried to go for a different strategy and tried to stay out with slicks,” Morbidelli sai⛄d. “It was raining, but I hoped that it would stop. It didn‘t, but it was an all-in strategy that ulti📖mately didn‘t pay off.
“After, 🦂on the wets, my speed was good, but I was too fꦜar behind.”
Quartararo was classified 10th and Morbidelli 17th when the race was stopped and final🍨 resul🦋t taken, after a restart was abandoned.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront ♈of the Suzuki ಌexit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
