The luck of the champion took pity on Fabio Quartararo at Motegi because if he was already starring in another mediocre race at a circuit where in 2019 he finished second, he was a hair ahead of Pecco Bagnaia with his mistake in form. of crashing on the last lap to score one more point than his rival. The men who starred in duels for victory at Jerez, Mugello and the Red Bull Ring were this time fighting for eighth place when the ducatista lost control.
“I heard him crash, but I didn’t see him. I think he wasn’t too far from me. Of course I noticed he crashed, but at the time I was faster, I chose the right tire and I. doing good job. Saw he caught me at the end. Maverick, who was ahead of me, had a good pace, but I was stuck behind him the whole race and didn’t even risk overtaking. Very sad. for me, a very unfun race “, explained Quartararo.
Bagnaia explained the frustrated overtaking that cost him a zero: “In the last lap I tried because I knew I could only overtake under braking, during acceleration the others had more traction than me. I tried and I made a very heavy mistake, I apologize. to the whole team because they did a great job and I didn’t finish mine, that’s what annoys me the most. I was too optimistic, luckily I didn’t touch Fabio”, said Pecco Bagnaia.
“A point can make the difference and maybe I was too ambitious. Being behind Fabio or waiting for a better opportunity to overtake him would be better, thinking about it now. But in the race, different, I wanted to overtake him to be close to me Viñales and can take advantage of his mistake. He is ambitious, but this is the only way to win the title.”
Quartararo also felt frustrated despite the important 8 points scored against two zeros from his two rivals: “Given the circumstances, I would say it’s better to win points than lose them. It’s good to a point of perspective, but disappointing. from another, because I feel that our potential is not up to the best, at least not with Jack, who is on another level now.”
“But fighting with Marc and Miguel I think it was possible. But I can’t overtake, I stay behind the other drivers and I realize that I drive totally differently from everyone. I used to win a lot in the sectors two and three, but then I lost Another One in sectors one and four. It was disappointing, I would have liked to have been faster. I think we made a mistake changing the tires for the race and that made me go slow.”
Source: La Verdad
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