Quartararo was 12th in Practice 1 before climbing up🃏 to eighth when it came to crunch time during the afterno🥀on. 

“The pace was good,” said the Frenchman. “As soon as we have a casing that is a little bit different from the 🌠normal [one] we can enjoy it a little bit more. For us i🍸t is the same but the others can’t use all the power.”

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Quartararo was one of the more spectacular riders to watch on day-one in Buriram, espജecially when it came to braking for the final corner.

Whether it was lifting the rear tyre or having front-end snaps, Quartararo m🍎anaged to produce impressive lap times.

Quartararo s🅷aid: “It was crazy. You just brake, release, open the throttle quite aggressively to slide, but you have to pick up [the bike] and use the device, then apply the rear brake with your thumb. 

“So you have to do many🏅 things. You really fight but you 🍸enjoy everything.”

After finishing on the ꦍpodium in Mandalika, Quartararo had a disastrous weekend in Australia. 

But after seeing his performance in 𓆏Thailand, the 2021 world champion is confident of being in♓ the hunt again this weekend.

Speaking about if he can challenge for the podium, Quartararo said: “Yes! It also depends on the weather but if we make a great qualifying we can fight for the top fiveꦕ and even the podium.”

Quartararo making all his time up under braking

With Thailand possessing two long straights, one coming out of turn one and the other on the exit🦋 of turn three, Quartararo is having to find different ways of being faster than his competitors due to the lack of♛ top speed with his Yamaha. 

“Under braking,” said Quartararo when asked where he’s finding time. “Corner one, 12, three, turn four - I don’t know hജow I’m doing it but I’m carrying a lo🐭t of speed. 

“It’s something I try to�🌠� forget. It is out of my head and I’m just focused on making the best lap time possible.”