Fabio Quartararo makes no excuses at Mugello: "My shoulder is fine"

Tenth in the sprint race, fabio quartararo unfortunately had another afternoon during which he kept getting overtaken. The Frenchman may have qualified fourth, and started the race in the right direction initially, but the performance of his Yamaha suddenly seemed to have completely collapsed, especially on the straights, where his rivals were taking the measure of him one by one.

For Sky Sports, the French driver returned to the circumstances of this sudden loss of power. “My shoulder is fine, I had a little pain, but it didn't affect the sprint. The drop in performance is not due to a physical problem, but a technical one, he explained, tired. In the sprint, but also in the Aragon GP, ​​the porpoising was very important and we haven't yet understood why. We're working to see if we can improve it. The feeling wasn't there: maybe in the first two laps it was a little better, but we're still struggling a lot."

A front axle that is still slower for Quartararo

Still experiencing the same difficulties since the start of the season, Fabio Quartararo seemed to have experienced a lull during the Jerez Grand Prix weekend in particular. While overtaken by the Ducatis, the Frenchman held his own, but was already complaining of an inability to compete in such conditions.

“I lacked confidence going into the corners. And when you lack confidence in turns 6, 7 and 13, which are corners where you have to go flat out and benefit from the traction from the front and the rear, you slow down a little, he then detailedThe feeling I have on the long runs is strange. In qualifying, you can do a fast lap, but on the long runs, you struggle. Why fear a similar scenario this Sunday, even though the race promises to be even longer?

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