Yamaha MotoGP rider Fabio Quartararo remains unsure if he will be able to finish the Qatar Grand Prix after reaching a “critical” situation in the sprint with a heavy tyre drop-off.
Quartararo could only muster a 12th-place finish in the best of the two factory Yamahas in Saturday’s half-distance race at the Losail International Circuit, finishing almost 13 seconds off the lead in what was only an 11-lap contest.
“I did a few laps much faster and my sprint race simulation was maybe six or seven seconds faster than today. “We know that in the conditions of the test the grip is much higher and it is a benefit for us, but the drop we had today we never really had it, especially in the sprint race. “It's 11 laps only. If I was with the soft compound I could understand, but it was the race compound and we had many problems.
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