🗣️ 'It's difficult to be calm on the straights when you see a rocket ship coming' Fabio Quartararo says Ducati's top speed advantage over Yamaha is tough to take, after losing out to Luca Marini for second place in the AmericasGP ⬇️
Fabio Quartararo says it's"difficult to accept" the top speed advantage Ducati has over Yamaha in MotoGP, after losing out to Luca Marini for second in the Americas Grand Prix.Quartararo inherited second in Sunday's 20-lap grand prix at the Circuit of the Americas when race leaderFor the first 12 laps of the main race, Quartararo fended off VR46 Ducati rider Marini but could do nothing to stop the Italian from outdragging him on the back straight on the 13th tour.
Though Yamaha ostensibly made top speed gains with its engine over the winter, Quartararo says it is hard to"be calm" when going up against Ducatis in a straightline."We know our problem is especially on the power, on the acceleration, with the wheelie. "So, we have many problems and I think in this track – Turn 11, Turn 1, Turn 20 – there are a lot [areas where you] wheelie.
"We need to make a step in that area. It's difficult to accept, but most of all it's difficult to be calm on the straights when you see a rocket ship coming.Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Factory RacingQuartararo's first podium of the season at the Circuit of the Americas came after he crashed out of sixth in Saturday's sprint race, with the Frenchman now 30 points off the championship lead.
Complaining after Saturday that the Yamaha had not made any major gains in the four years he has been with the marque and a radical overhaul would be necessary for 2024, Quartararo says his Americas GP result at least gives him some"self-confidence".
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