Quartararo: "I come out stronger because nobody knows what I'm suffering"

On paper, the Austrian race pointed to a parade for the Ducati, whose strategy was to put Pecco Bagnaia first and a handful of red bikes between him and World Championship leader Fabio Quartararo.

In the end, however, the Frenchman managed to make a long but impeccable race and finish second, so he is now the leader of the World Championship with 32 points over the second, Aleix Espargaró, who could only be sixth at the end, so El Diablo leaves Austria reinforced.

“Yes, because in the end it’s hard for me, I don’t know if you see it as much as I notice it, but it’s a lot of suffering, it’s hard for me to find the place to overtake, it’s incredible in the end I did it at the chicane, I had no other solution I hadn’t even thought that it could be done in that place, but in the end it was very important to be able to overtake Miller”, explained Fabio

The Frenchman said that nobody knows “what I am suffering” with the bike and that overtaking is an ordeal.

“What costs me the most is overtaking, I can’t prepare for them, I can’t make a difference, I almost fell five or six times, but I’m happy because I was very focused and without losing my reflexes, and that’s important,” added the Frenchman. .

After Pecco’s victory and Aleix Espargaró ‘s sixth place, Fabio’s theory that the Italian is his main rival for the title is reinforced.

“Yes, that’s what I think, Pecco is the strongest rival, five wins, he’s my number one rival, but today I really liked that on a circuit like this, favorable to the Ducati, to see where we were and how far we’ve come “, he remarked.

After this second place, Quartararo has been loaded with motivation for the next race.

“I go out with a lot of confidence and now I think that with the fairing we have we can do well in Misano,” he warned.

Finally, the Frenchman had words of encouragement for Joan Mir, injured after a heavy crash on the first lap of the race. “I hope that Joan has nothing and recovers soon,” settled the one from the Côte d’Azur.

Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Factory Racing, Jack Miller, Ducati Team