2023-11-12 10:03:12
Fabio Quartararo secured a very solid result with 5th place in the Sepang MotoGP race. The 2021 French world champion fought his way past Jack Miller (Red Bull-KTM), later cleverly raced past Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46-Ducati) and was even able to make up time on World Championship candidate Jorge Martin at the finish.
Teammate Franco Morbidelli also confirmed with 7th place that the Yamaha M1 worked very well on the Sepang Circuit. «I was able to show a better start than on Saturday. But I had problems getting past Jack Miller. “It cost me a lot of time,” said Fabio, who started from 8th place.
“In the end, I’m very happy with my speed this weekend. I might perhaps have done a little better, but in the end 5th place was the best possible result for me. The four Ducatis at the front were strong throughout the weekend.”
«Unfortunately we can’t take advantage of the fresh rear tires, as our opponents can drive with much more power. We have to make up ground on the brakes. As soon as the opponents’ tire wears off, we are much closer. That’s also the reason why we can overtake.”
Incredible: “El Diablo” drove his last race lap in 2:01:0 minutes – exactly as fast as winner Enea Bastianini!
About the fight once morest Jack Miller, Fabio says: “I was a lot faster, but I mightn’t get past. If you can overtake, like in the two places where I managed to do it, it’s fun.” The wish of the man from the Cote d’Azur: “Hopefully Yamaha can find this power to start, then we would be there too Starting competitive.”
On the subject of tire pressure, the Yamaha star stated: “We played with the tire pressure – and kept the tire pressure very low at the beginning. If we had received a warning, we would have accepted this warning here.”
Result MotoGP race, Sepang (12.11.):
1. Enea Bastianini, Ducati, 20 Rdn in 39:59.137 min (= 166.3 km/h)
2. Alex Márquez, Ducati, + 1,535 sec
3. Pecco Bagnaia, Ducati, +3,562
4. Jorge Martin, Ducati, +10,526
5. Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha, + 15,000
6. Marco Bezzecchi, Ducati, +16,946
7. Franco Morbidelli, Yamaha, +18.553
8. Jack Miller, KTM, + 19,204
9. Fabio Di Giannantonio, Ducati, +19,399
10. Luca Marini, Ducati, +19,740
11. Maverick Viñales, Aprilia, +21,189
12. Johann Zarco, Ducati, +23,598
13. Marc Márquez, Honda, +27,079
14. Augusto Fernández, KTM, + 28,940
15. Pol Espargaro, KTM, +29,849
16. Iker Lecuona, Honda, + 50,960
17. Alvaro Bautista, Ducati, + 53.564
18. Takaaki Nakagami, Honda, + 1:42,162 min
– Brad Binder, KTM, 9 laps back
– Aleix Espargaró, Aprilia, 12 laps back
– Raúl Fernández, Aprilia, 14 laps back
– Miguel Oliveira, Aprilia, 15 laps back
– Joan Mir, Honda, 16 laps back
Result MotoGP Sprint, Sepang (11.11):
1. Alex Márquez, Ducati, 10 Rdn in 19:58,713 min
2. Jorge Martin, Ducati, +1,589 sec
3. Pecco Bagnaia, Ducati, +3.034
4. Enea Bastianini, Ducati, +3,242
5. Brad Binder, KTM, +3,310
6. Jack Miller, KTM, +4,318
7. Marco Bezzecchi, Ducati, +5,307
8. Johann Zarco, Ducati, +5,501
9. Luca Marini, Ducati, +6.420
10. Maverick Viñales, Aprilia, +7,241
11. Franco Morbidelli, Yamaha, +8.775
12. Aleix Espargaró, Aprilia, +9.995
13. Fabio Di Giannantonio, Ducati, +10.067
14. Augusto Fernández, KTM, +10,643
15. Pol Espargaró, KTM, +11,005
16. Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha, +11,911
17. Raúl Fernández, Aprilia, +13,591
18. Miguel Oliveira, Aprilia, +15,058
19. Takaaki Nakagami, Honda, +16,015
20. Iker Lecuona, Honda, +23,484
21. Marc Márquez, Honda, +24,930
22. Alvaro Bautista, Ducati, +36.501
23. Joan Mir, Honda, +40,594
MotoGP World Championship standings following 35 of 39 races:
1. Bagnaia, 412 Punkte. 2. Martin 398. 3. Bezzecchi 323. 4. Binder 254. 5. Zarco 200. 6. Aleix Espargaró 198. 7. Viñales 175. 8. Marini 171. 9. Quartararo 156. 10. Miller 156. 11. Alex Márquez 149. 12. Di Giannantonio 100. 13. Morbidelli 93. 14. Marc Márquez 84. 15. Bastianini 76. 16. Oliveira 76. 17. Augusto Fernández 69. 18. Rins 54. 19. Nakagami 52. 20. Raúl Fernández 40 21. Pedrosa 32. 22. Mir 24. 23. Pol Espargaró 13. 24. Savadori 9. 25. Folger 9. 26. Bradl 8. 27. Pirro 5. 28. Petrucci 5. 29. Crutchlow 3.
Constructors’ World Championship:
1. Ducati, 626 points (world champion). 2. KTM 334. 3. Aprilia 292. 4. Yamaha 176. 5. Honda 169.
Team World Cup:
1. Prima Pramac Racing, 598 Punkte. 2. Ducati Lenovo Team 498. 3. Mooney VR46 Racing 494. 4. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 410. 5. Aprilia Racing 373. 6. Gresini Racing 249. 7. Monster Energy Yamaha 249. 8. CryptoDATA RNF 120. 9. LCR Honda 112. 10. Repsol Honda 108. 11. GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3, 91.
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