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Fabio Quartararo is quietly confident in a ‘good race’ in the MotoGP of Aragon, and by extension in the next Teruel MotoGP on the same circuit, because he believes that the 2020 Yamaha is better equipped to perform well.
Quartararo leads a 10-point lead in Round 10 at Motorland Aragón, a place where he finished fifth last season but was visibly under-power compared to his rivals.
With the Yamaha M1 still lacking top speed this year, there are fears that this could prove problematic on race day, even if the more technical section of the venue should be adapted to the bike.
However, the Petronas SRT driver is optimistic about his chances this season and says the M1 should perform better here this year.
“I think the potential of the 2020 Yamaha is better suited to Aragon than last year’s bike, so I hope to be better than last year. We have great potential, I think anything can happen in this crazy year, so I feel confident and great on the bike. I feel strong and I will do my best to be as fast as possible. “
Quartararo arrives in Spain after an educational weekend at Le Mans, where a potential fourth victory of the year was claimed when a pre-race downpour forced him to make his race debut in wet conditions.
Although the ninth did not reflect his pace, as it would have necessarily been dry, Quartararo refused to feel depressed by circumstances beyond his control.
“Saturday was really good because we had a great pace in FP3 and FP4, in qualifying we were super fast, so I felt very good and, unfortunately, just before the start the race came. I was a little nervous because in FP1 I didn’t feel very good on the bike and we decided to go for a different bike so we took a chance, but it was great.
“We struggled to warm up the rear tire and have great confidence, but overall we could, we didn’t have a bad race in those conditions. We learned a lot to see where we can improve on the bike, but I’m happy with my career ”.
