This weekend’s Indonesian MotoGP should show if 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo’s season-best seventh place at Misano - fifth before fuel issues on the penultimate corner - was a flash in thꦡe pan or sign of real progress.

“I think it was a really great r🔴ace, by far the best of the year,” Quartararo reflected on Thursday in Indonesia. “We didn't expect to be that fast during all the race.

“But unfortunately at the second-to-last corner w🦄e [had] no fuel, but I think we can be happy. We saw the front guy quite close to us."

Dropping from fifth ܫto seventh wasn’t the end of the world for a rider who has 11 ꩲpremier-class wins and 31 podiums.

“One corner earlier and we'd have pitted into the box,” Quartararo pointed out. “It’s not about the position, but the race that we made. Because finishing P5 or P7 is not so💜mething that really matters. What really🍸 matters is that we have made some steps. And for the future, I think it’s quite interesting.”

“The mentality has changed🧔 quite a lot,” he added. “We have been working since February in this way, but we never really found the direction. [Then] since the test before Misano 1 we have found something that can be great and the direction is quite ‘straight’ [clear] let's say. 

"We know what we have to improve... Now [we have to do it]. And of course, for us power is somethi𒀰ng that we really miss. For one lap it’s impor💯tant, but especially in the race, I think that [more power] is even more important to fight.”

Quartararo is the only rider to have finished on the podium in both previous Mandalika races. His chances of three in a row could depend on how quickly grip rises on the dirty ♍track surface.

“We really need a lot of grip, especially on the edge [of the ✨tyre] because on the drive area, we are OK,” he saꦯid.

“I think the firsꦜt step is to see how our bike is here because we were in Misano for nearly one month. 

"The potent꧅ial [at Misano] was great but it’s quite important for us to see our potential at this track. Es💧pecially in FP1 when the track will be quite dirty.

“I think if we can qualify in the top ten in [Friday] practice, we will have a൲ great potential for the race on Sunday."

Alex Rins: “I was eating, biting my hands!"

Team-mate Alex Rins will re-join Quartararo at Monster Yamah꧂a this weekend, after missing Misano 2 due to sickness.

Rins admitted it had been hard to wa🐭tch from the sidelines after making big steps with the latest engine during the Misano test.

“I was eating, biting my hands! Because compared to Misano 1 we received the ‘proper’ engine in the test, w♛here the number of engines doesn’t count. They brought it back and I was a bit faster," said Rins, who previously spoke of improving his pace by 0.5-0.7s.

“I would have liked to see my level compared to Fabio because he was in really good shape in Misano. Let’s see how it goes herꩵe, as I’m missing some laps on the bike.”