Only fifth on the starting grid for the Australian Grand Prix, behind his rivals for the title, Fabio Quartararo regrets not being able to go faster in qualifying.
Five pole positions last year, only one this season. Fabio Quartararo, crowned MotoGP world champion last year for the first time, is also leading the championship in 2022, three Grands Prix from the end of the season, but the French rider is far less successful in the sessions. of qualifications. On Sunday, he will start fifth on the grid for the Australian Grand Prix, with title rivals Francesco Bagnaia and Aleix Espargaro starting third and fourth respectively.
At the end of this session, the Niçois did not hide his frustration: “ I’m disappointed because I give so much on a lap and it’s never enough. I have the experience from the past to know what it’s like to do a fast lap and here I really go beyond the limits. On my fast lap I lost the front in turn 3. Every time we do a good lap it’s never enough so it’s frustrating but honestly fifth is good . »
Quartararo did not use suction
This Saturday, the French driver did not want to help himself with the suction of the other drivers, as Marc Marquez did by driving behind Bagnaia, which will allow him to start on the front row on Sunday. ” It’s not that I don’t like doing that, it’s that every time I pass behind someone it’s hard to warm up the front tire, which is very important, especially on this track . So you lose 10 seconds in a lap and the front tire is never ready. »
Nevertheless, Fabio Quartararo, who has two points on Bagnaia in the championship and twenty on Espargaro, does not want to bend down to his fate and is already thinking about Sunday’s race. ” What to do when you are only two points ahead? You have to go out there and give your best. In the end, you have more to lose, but you have a lot to gain. So you have to push yourself to the max. “Objective: to be still in the lead of the championship on Sunday evening, before the last two races in Malaysia and Valencia.