Quartararo, who was beaten in a race by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia for the eighth time in nine races at Sepang on Sunday, has seen a 91 point advantage turn into a 23 point deficit to the Ducati rider in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP standings.

The Yamaha rider produced one of his better perforꦜmances since before the summer break, and had he finished any lower than third after starting 12th, then the world title would have switched hands after Bagnaia took victory. 

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Crucial to his podium finish was the fact Quartararo gained seven places by the end of turn one, as opposed to the pre-race fear that was of him being stuck further back in the pa﷽ck and risking his front tyre pressures overheating. 

While Valencia should suit the Y♏amaha better than recent rounds, Bagnaia and Ducati took victory at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in 2021 and will be favou💃rites to do so again.

For Quartararo to be crowned back-to-back MotoGP champion he wiꩲll need to win, no other result can help him achieve that goal, while Bagnaia would have to fi🎉nish 14th or lower. 

"I will prepare myself like a crazy man because I know the onꦜly solution for me to fight there will be to win," said Quartararo. 

"So, it doesn’t matter, but I want to enjoyඣ the Valencia race because I know it’s the last one of the season, and then we’ll see how we do. But I’m feeling like we have to en🐼joy the Valencia race."

Quartararo ‘in pain’ after ‘stupid crash’ led to broken finger

Although his performa🐲nce suggested he wasn’t in too much discomfort, Quartararo’s pre-race preparation was made tougher after suffering a broken finger in FP4.

The Frenchman suffered a fairly innocuous-looking crash at turn eight before remounting his M1, however, it🔯 quickꦿly became apparent the Quartararo was struggling.

Fears that he suffered a worse injury than ini❀tially thought, Quartara♓ro didn’t look right in qualifying as he was seen putting ice on his middle finger (left hand) at every opportunity.

Speaking after the race about his injury, Quartararo said: "It was not a big crash, but a stupid crash. It was a normal crash but I just broke my finger and, of course, it was really paওinful but luckily Angel (Charte) took care of me yesterday afternoon so I want to say thanks to him. 

"Of course, adrenaline is a great painkiller and a🍃lso fighting for that kind of 🐈position. 

"I think my fing꧃er was so𝓰mething else but as soon as I stopped, right now I feel pain in my finger. It doesn’t matter because we gave everything and that’s what we wanted today."