Fabio Quartararo endured a frustrating MotoGP weekend, battling poor race pace.

The 2021 world champion’s grand prix was ﷽then further compromised after being hit from behind by Marco Bezzecchi at turn one of the grand prix.

"Maybe I could have finished a couple of positions higher, but realistically, it was always goin💙g to be tough,” said Quartararo.

Qu🔯artararo recovered from last to 15th place, which became 14th after Ai Ogura was disqualified for a technical infringement.

Team-mate Alex Rins was the top M1 in eleven🐬th place.

"Race pace a disaster"

The only highlight for Yamaha had been qualifying, where 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo claimed seventh on the grid,

But when asked if there was anything encouraging to take away from Termas, the Frenchman was blunt, describing i♐t only as 'acceptౠable'.

"No, for me, there is nothing positive," he admitted. "Maybe the one-lap pace - qualifying was acceptable because we were only a tenth and a half off the front row🐻.

“But i🌠n terms of race pace, it 🌃was a disaster. Let’s see if we can do a bit better in the next one."

However, after finishing 15th and 14th in the two GPs so far, plus 7th and 10th in the Sprints, Quartararo▨ isn’t setting any targets for the next round in Austin.

"Every time I expect something, the opposite happens,♋" he admitted. "So I prefer not to expect anything."

Testing vs. Race Reality

Honda and Yamaha, the on𒊎ly MotoGP manufacturers with access to all of the technical concessions, have experienced contra💜sting fortunes in the early rounds.

While Honda has leapt toও a surprise second in the constructors’ standings, Yamaha has slipped to fifth and laಌst.

🧸That’s despite a promising start to the year at the Sepang tests, which ended with Quartararo in third.

"When you do fiv๊ꦡe days on the same track, the grip level is super high, with a lot of rubber down," Quartararo explained.

"Even at a one test day following a race, we’re much closer to the front than duringꦉ the actual GP. So imagine five full days of testing - it makes a huge differ🌠ence.

“But when the conditions aren’t perfect, or we overheat the tyre even slightly, it’s really difficult. Also, trying many things thi𝔉s weekend made it even tougher."

Quartararo is currently 15th in the world championship, two points and two places behind♈ the lea♔ding Yamaha of Pramac’s Jack Miller.