Tearful Fabio Quartararo reveals what his best friend said after British MotoGP DNF

Fabio Quartararo says his retirement from the lead of the Brꦑitish Moto💦GP was “heartbreaking”.

Fabio Quartararo, 2025 MotoGP British Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Fabio Quartararo, 2025 MotoGP British Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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Having led the first 11 laps of the restarted British MotoGP race at Silverstone, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo says it wa𝕴💦s “heartbreaking” to lose out by a technical problem.

Qua🌺rtararo, who qualified on pole for the race and hadn’t won since the 2022 German Grand Prix, was one of several riders to choose the soft-compound front tyre, and he made use of it in the early laps, opening up a substantial lead over the field.

But a ride height device failure on lap 12, which saw his device stuck in its engaged position from the moment he entered turn six, forced him to retire, the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Monster Energy Yamaha rider breakin🐎g down in tears trackside afterwards.

Fabio Quartararo DNF at British MotoGP

Fabio Quartararo
Fabio Quartararo

“Heartbreaking,” Quartararo said after the r🔥ace in Silv🍰erstone.

“I knew the medium [front tyre] for us was clearly not an option because yesterday [in the Sprint] we finished quite we🧜ll with the front but really bad with the rear.

“I knew that, to go fast today, I had to brake like hell and this is what I did from the☂ first lap – braking super-la𒀰te, don’t use so much the rear tyre.

“I manage♓d in a really good way because one lap Bezzecchi🍸 took me four tenths or three tenths and the next lap I just responded and could ride really well.

“But we had an issue with the device that remained blocked on the rear and it’s a big shame because I never𝓰 felt that good since a long time ago and everything was under 🐷control.”

After briefly coming once more to tears in his media debrief when asked if his performance until the issue – by which time he was leading over eventual winner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marco Bezzecchi by five seconds – gave him🧸 hope for future races, Quartararജo agreed that it does.

“Of course it gives me hope,” he said.

“But f*ck it’s so sh*t what happened to day because we improved th𝐆e bike and when everything is going in a good way we know we are faꦚst.”

After the race, Quartararo was consoled by his friend Thomas Maubant, who⭕ has🃏 also long been Quartararo’s assistant at the races.

“He’s my best friend and he’s the one that knows me the best,” 🦂Qu🔥artararo said.

“He was just telling me that today I was clearly the fastest and it was a long time that– it was a little bit our life in reverse: I made th🐲e first pole in Jerez and I broke the [gear shifter]; then✃ this happens now.

“We are coming back, I don’t know when will be the next time, but there will be tracks where we will struggle mor🧸e, there will be tracks like here when we went fast. So, we are on a good way.”

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