꧟Fabio Quartararo has offered his view on the dramatic first corner accident that ended his and Andrea Dovizioso’s chances of a successful British Grand Prix, stating his reaction to Alex R🐎ins’ slide just ahead was the cause.

In light of his rapid free�🦩� practice pace, the Frenchman was the pre-race favourite to challenge Marc Marquez for victory. But his challenge lasted all of six seconds as he high-sided out of fourth place. His wayward Yamaha M1 then careered into the hapless Dovizioso.

“Rins overtook me, but I could overta🍸ke Jack [Miller] round the outside in the first corner,” Quartararo explained. “We opened at the same time as Rins, he lost the rear quite a lot, and I shut the throttle quite aggressively to not go in💫to him, and I just made a big slide also, and unfortunately I had a highside.

“I had 🦹so♐me moments, but this one was really strange, because if Rins didn't make the mistake, for sure we keep sliding and just at this moment, I was starting to pick up the bike.

“I'm not the only rider who lost the grip in this corner. Rins lost the grip, I lo♐st the grip, so it's just like I said, a rac▨e incident and that's it.

“So for me, it was just a matter of luck that this happened. But we took good experience, every time we were first, and it was tough. We made a good start and during🥀 the weekend we learned many things.”

Asked how such a violent mov🍰ement could occur during a time o﷽f traction control and sophisticated electronics, Quartararo offered, “Well, I don't think it's a question of Traction Control.

“Normally it's more on the gas, and when I saw Rins, I closed the gas really aggress𓃲ively, and that was the moment when the bike lostꦜ stability. I was already sideways with the throttle, but when I shut the throttle, it went really aggressive.”

Mi꧋ller was stationed just behind the Frenchman at the time of his fall, and had his own explanation of what unfold🌠ed.

“Unfortunately for him, norma🌞lly you go through that corne꧑r in third and the bike’s mapped for third but when you come off the start like that from the second row you’re only in second gear,” said the Australian.

“So yꦏou whack on the throttle, it has a lot more power than it normally does in third gear – third gear is normally a lot smoother. Once yo✅u lash it on… As soon as he did it, it went ‘Wooooo.’ I said, ‘This ain’t good.’”

On whether the crash meant he missed out on a first MotoGP win, Quartararo was sure he had the pace to, at least, chall🎉enge Marquez andꦐ Rins.

“Well, we don't know, because in the end, if we check the pace, I think only a few riders were like the practice, but I think our pace was really good during the morning.♔ With 16 laps on the tire, we made a 1m 59.6s.

“So that's something that was re💙ally good for us, the pace was really good, but of course during the race it's really difficult to know if we had the opportunity to win. But if we check on the papers, the ♏pace was really good to fight for the win.

“For sure there is something to learn. We know that ꧙this is a very special weekend, everyone went with the hard tire, and to warm it up, it's more difficult than with the medium or the soft.

“So for 🐼me it's OK. We learned many things during the practice, even this morning we played a lot with the mapping to be fast, and it was good. We꧂ made a good pace, we were there every session, and apart from qualifying when we had some issues, we were there.

“It's just a matter of waiting for Misano, an💝d we're ready.”

On his physical condition, Quartararo added, “I'm OK. I'm quite lucky that I haven't broken anything, but that's positive, but I hope Dovi is quite well, because he had ღa big crash.”

The Frenchman la♐ter complained of dizziness and was diagnosed with concussion. He was taken to Coventry hospital as a result but the Petronas SRT Yamaha team confirmed he was “fine and everything is OK.” Quartararo was soon discharged.