2023-09-24 15:59:48
“It feels good to be on the podium”: Frenchman Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha), who finished the MotoGP Indian Grand Prix on Sunday in an unexpected third place, said he was “very happy” with his race
After the United States in April, it is paradoxically again on a fast track that the 2021 world champion won his second podium this season, while his Yamaha is having a lot of difficulty accelerating. “When I have an opportunity, I take it, I don’t think about whether it’s a fast circuit or not. I think I make the difference when braking», Judged the Niçois who even almost finished second after overtaking the Spaniard Jorge Martin (Ducati-Pramac) in the last lap. But the latter barely managed to regain his property.
«It’s a bit humiliating to see the difference in grip we have with him. It’s a bit frustrating but I was so on the limit in the last laps and I was really skating a lot… It still feels good to be on the podium“, underlined the 24-year-old pilot.
The other Frenchman on the grid, Johann Zarco (Ducati-Pramac), started in sixth position, ultimately finished in the same place, despite a poor start and a mistake in the race which cost him three places. “It feels good to take ten points. It’s a shame this mistake, but I wasn’t able to brake the bike, it’s often my weak point. On a circuit where I didn’t have the pace of those in front, I think I did well», Estimated the Avignonnais, who suffered greatly from the heat on the Indian circuit, like his teammate Jorge Martin, second in the Grand Prix behind Marco Bezzecchi.
«Halfway through the race I was in a tough place physically, I tried to calm my heart and I drank, which did me good, but quickly I emptied my water bag. Five laps from the end I opened my helmet and it gave me a little air and I finished better» he explained. Zarco is in sixth place in the provisional world championship standings with 157 points, while Quartararo is eleventh with 105 points on the clock.
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