Fabio Quartararo explains lacklustre Thai MotoGP race: ‘I couldn’t really push’
Yamaha 🔯rider fails to de🎐liver on promising pre-season form

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo says his lacklustre start to the 2025 MotoGP season at the Thai Grand Prix was down to his 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:factory Yamaha having no grip from the off.
Yamaha looked strong in pre-season testing and was expected to make a competitive start to the year at Buriram last wee♔kend.
While Pramac’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Miller impressed wit▨h his fourth-place in qualifying and top six pace in the grand prix before a loose fairing saw him drop to 11th, the factory Yamaha did s𒆙truggled.
Quartararo put his M1 10th on the grid, which he converted to seventh in the sprint before slumping to 15th in th😼e grand prix having been slow from the start.
“From the beginning we had the issue with the grip, that I was strugglin𒆙g quite a lot to… at the beginning I thought it w🧸as to warm up the tyre,” he said.
“Bu🎶t at the end we checked. On the f🦩irst lap I could not really push, I couldn’t lean the bike, the bike was just sliding.
“So, I lost a lot of positions and unfortunat🅷ely I was not able to make a great race and a great p🐽ace. Was quite difficult one.”
Fabio Quartararo explains Thai MotoGP tyre woe
Quartararo said in the final pre-season test that he wasn’t happy with the front ty﷽res Michelin brought to Buriram, while the stiffer rear casings also worked against the Yamaha.
For the grand prix, Qua🍌rtararo was forced to use the hard front because the soft wasn’t suited to his braking style.
“Yeah, it [the soft fr🎐ont] collapses and already I was struggling with the hard, and the rear didn’t help us this race,” he added.
“Especially in this race the soft should have helped in the beginning, but it didn🌌’t help.”
Yamaha’s main issue of a laꦚck of rear grip is something that could prove to be a problem at the upcoming Arge𒉰ntina GP, as the Rio Hondo circuit is typically very dirty.
But Quartararo is cautio𒐪usly optimistic that a return to the standard rear tyre casing for Argentina will prove beneficial.
“It’s going to be difficult for us,” he said.
“Everything with low g൩rip at the moment is quite complicated, but let’ౠs see with different tyres also.
“But I thi꧂nk the casing will be same as normal and this will also help us.”
Quotes provided by Crash MotoGP Editor Peter McLaren
