Quartararo: “I see Pecco as more of a rival for the title”

Frenchman Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha YZR M 1), ninth this Sunday in the Silverstone race, but leader of the MotoGP world championship, was “disappointed, because he wanted the ‘long lap’ not to “punish him too much, and in late It’s not that bad, but the problem is that the rear tire is very bad.

“Behind other riders we can’t ride well because with only one bike it’s not bad, but when there’s more than one, the back tire gets hot so it doesn’t perform anymore. The performance drops and you have to ride a different way than the others and for us overtaking is a nightmare”, admitted Quartararo, who told them the tire decision.

“We did not test the hard rear tire. That was a mistake and the problem, because in these conditions it is very important to use this tire,” complained the French driver.

Regarding the penalty, the leader of the world championship explained: “In the end we lost a second and a half, which is not bad, the problem is behind several bikes instead of just one and in the situation of my rear tire Nag -it’s hot. a lot and we lost performance”.

In any case, an optimist, Fabio Quartararo said: “We can be fast in all the circuits, but there are really no circuits that suit us, there are many circuits with a lot of acceleration and long straights, but last year we didn’t do it. go to Japan, or to Thailand, full of acceleration and long directions and we have to see how it goes.”

Regarding his fight with Aleix Espargaró, the French rider was surprised to declare: “If you look at the last two races, Ducati won them, so I see Pecco as more of a rival in the competition for the title, but it is something we have to get used to, they have more experience, more bikes. When we arrive on Friday we are fast because our bike is almost the same as last years, but as they ride, they know their bike better and the more they improved.”