Fabio Quartararo explains crash in French MotoGP sprint: “I cannot overtake, this is the problem”
One of the two home favourites at Le Mans, Quartararo had already endured a sub-par qualifying meaning he started the sprint in 13th, before slippingꦜ three positions further back on the first lap.
The 202🦩1 world champion admirably battled back and was within the points when he fell and slid out of the ra🌳ce.
“I always complain about the front tyre. The feeling that I cannot ride behind a r🐠ider,” he explaine💖d.
“As soon as I overtook🦹, I wanted to push but the feeling was not good in t꧒he front.
🌠“I said: ‘I🃏’m going to try, maybe there is another limit’.
“But as soon as I tried, I crashed.
“So I’m at the limit in every moment.”
🍌Quartararo reacted to his race as a whole: “We checked the start, ꦓit was not so bad.
“B🎐ut in second, t😼hird and fourth gear we have engine limits.
“Arriving into the first corn🍬er I was a little bit behind.
“The decision on the sec💫ꦿond corner was not a good one, on the inside.
“The pಞace was ꧑not bad. But, for me to overtake is super-difficult on that track.
“I took the opportunity as the two Aprilias and M🔯arc Marquez made a little bit of a mess in Turn 8 and 9.
“But, as soon as I’m beh෴ind, I cannot overtake. This is the 🐓problem.
“We have to work hard to find a solution.”
Quartararo, and his fellow Frenchman Johann Zarco, will benefit from a bum🦂per crowd on Sunday which could hit 100,000 people.
“I’꧃꧂m really happy. It’s easier to cheer someone that wins,” Quartararo said.
“Right now, I’m having a tough time but they still su✅pport me. I am grꦏateful.”
He is left stranded in 11th in the MotoGP standings, 54 points behind cha꧅☂mpionship-leader Francesco Bagnaia.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Spor🌜ts for a decade covering everything from American sports, to foot♊ball, to F1.
