Fabio Quartararo endured a particularly difficult Dutch Grand Prix. Still having difficulties both riding and mentally with the Yamaha handlebars, which left him unsatisfied, the Frenchman finished eighth this Sunday, taking advantage of numerous falls in front of him.
“It was long, physical and not very pleasant, but I think we maximized our performance with the result we got today.”– he told the media, including Motorsport.com. “I’m not feeling very good with the bike at the moment, especially in the race, so I think we can be happy with what we’ve achieved.”
When asked about his pace, the Yamaha rider admitted that he quickly reached his limits, especially late in the event when the weight and limitations of the bike on the demanding Assen circuit caused his arms to ache.
“For at least the last ten laps I was suffering from compartment syndrome on the track. bras”– he admitted. “Not on the left, but on the right. Yes, I have already had surgery three times. But this track is really physical, and especially our bike, which has no grip and is very heavy… so I suffer a little more.”
Compartment syndrome is excessive tension in the forearm muscles caused by intense exertion. This reduces blood circulation and puts pressure on nerves, leading to pain, loss of strength and difficulty riding a motorcycle. Many MotoGP riders suffer from this and end up undergoing surgery.
Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha Factory Racing)
Photo: Gold and Goose Photography/Getty Images
“But I still managed to maintain the best possible position because Marc (Marquez) I think finished seventh and he was ten seconds ahead. Therefore, I knew that I could not show a result better than seventh. Ten seconds is too much. Maybe I was two or three seconds faster, but that’s not enough.
Quartararo, however, continues to highlight his car’s structural difficulties of lack of traction and limited traction that make each weekend more dependent on track conditions than pure performance.
“To be honest, it was more of a struggle than anything else.”he added. “I didn’t have a very good start, but I had a good first braking. I managed to get through, I think I was sixth or seventh, but then I know that due to the lack of engine we had a slip in sixth place. Between fifth and sixth the wheel was slipping, so we can see that there is clearly a problem here.
“I hope they take all these details into account because we can’t do one thing right. I managed to do everything a little differently because the track has a lot of grip.”
“Here we were lucky in the first laps, the track had a little more grip than other tracks. But when it’s tracks like Mugello, for example, there’s no grip. After Moto2 you overtake and it’s dead, so we’ll see how it goes, but to be honest it wasn’t a race where I really enjoyed it.”
From now on, eyes turn to the rest of the German calendar, and especially the summer holidays. “We are going to rest, train well before the Sachsenring, we know that it will be a very difficult track because it is a track with a lot of turns, but here it is, it will also be good (after)”He stated this on Canal+.
With Vincent Lalanne-Siko
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