Quartararo: “I was a little lost today”

It's not a secret, fabio quartararo is not comfortable in the wet. When the rain appeared on the Valencia circuit shortly before the start of the first free practice session, the Frenchman's staff also ran out of time to adjust the YZR-M1 to rain configuration. “I was lost, totally lost,” he said at the end of the day. I fell and I don't know why. That's the worst, falling and not understanding why. The front was very aggressive and I lost it. I couldn't ride like I did all year. We have to find something, because like that, we can't chase the clock and be consistent and we are even very slow. » 

Strange day… let's see what happened and be ready for tomorrow 💪🏼 P11
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- Fabio Quartararo (@ FabioQ20) November 12, 2021

The world champion even thinks that his feeling is similar to the one he had last year on this same track. “You don’t know what’s going on,” he said. You don't know where the front is. The bike runs quite well, but it is very aggressive and there is no feeling on the front axle. I was a little lost today. The team is analyzing whether there was something strange. »

Result: 11th time in the combined rankings on Friday. The Nice resident can, however, console himself by saying that the rain should not be one of the protagonists on Saturday morning. He will therefore have the opportunity to go directly to Q2. Is this slight drop in speed linked to the fact that he has already won the crown? “Portimão would have been different if the title had been at stake,” he reassured in a slightly annoyed manner. I would have been smarter and finished fifth or sixth. I led the first two sessions and we were close in FP3, but then we struggled. So it has no connection, today I had no feeling. »