MotoGP championship leader Fabio Quartararo admits he was “a bit lost” in the wet qualifying for the JapaneseGP and “expected much better” than ninth. Here's what he said after the session ⬇️
The Spaniard – who is 17 points off the championship lead currently – admits it’s hard to know how his race will go given how much work Aprilia needed to do in the dry FP1 on Friday to make his bike competitive.
However, while he knows he has to be aware of his main title rivals, he believes he can fight for the race win.“I don’t know what to expect, sincerely. Yesterday the bike was very for from being competitive. “From 2019 to here, the Aprilia is another world. I changed the gears in five corners, we changed the gearbox [to find] more than 20km/h, we changed the balance, the electronics.“So, I think tomorrow can be a good day for us. You have to use your brain, but I want to win tomorrow.
“I think I have a good opportunity. I’m fast, the bike works quite good, the grid is a little bit strange. But obviously you have to be aware of them and analyse the situation.”
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