The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team approached today's 13-lap Grand Prix of San Marino Sprint with optimism for a competitive outing. Álex Rins dropped from P17 to 20th early on but recovered to 17th again after several rider incidents. Fabio Quartararo's hopes for Sprint points were dashed by a sudden crash in Turn 2.
Rins started from P18 and fell back to 20th in the opening corners, but he fought back and was quickly in 19th position. He briefly moved up to 18th when his teammate crashed out of the 13-lap challenge but was overtaken by Maverick Viñales shortly after. Marc Marquez's crash and Brad Binder's mechanical issue had the number-42 rider circulating in 17th while he shadowed Miguel Oliveira during the second half of the Sprint. Rins couldn't get quite close enough to put in an overtake, however, and finished in 17th place, 18.716s from first.
For the second time in a row, Quartararo battled his way through Q1 to land a front-row position. Lining up in third, the Frenchman was keen to make a good start. He slotted into fourth and skilfully defended his spot from chasing rivals on the opening lap. El Diablo managed to break away from the pursuing VR46 Racing teammates, but at the start of lap 5 an unlucky crash in Turn 2 ended his challenge for points prematurely. Perfectly okay, he is looking forward to a do-over tomorrow.
After today's results, Quartararo is now in 9th place in the overall standings with 129 points, and Rins holds 19th position with 45 points. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP are 6th in the team championship with 174 points, and Yamaha remain in 5th position in the constructor championship with 160 points.
On the San Marino GP Sunday, the teammates will start the track action with the Warm Up held from 09:40-09:50 (GMT+2), followed by the 27-lap Race starting at 14:00.
The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team approached today's 13-lap Grand Prix of San Marino Sprint with optimism for a competitive outing. Álex Rins dropped from P17 to 20th early on but recovered to 17th again after several rider incidents. Fabio Quartararo's hopes for Sprint points were dashed by a sudden crash in Turn 2.
Rins started from P18 and fell back to 20th in the opening corners, but he fought back and was quickly in 19th position. He briefly moved up to 18th when his teammate crashed out of the 13-lap challenge but was overtaken by Maverick Viñales shortly after. Marc Marquez's crash and Brad Binder's mechanical issue had the number-42 rider circulating in 17th while he shadowed Miguel Oliveira during the second half of the Sprint. Rins couldn't get quite close enough to put in an overtake, however, and finished in 17th place, 18.716s from first.
For the second time in a row, Quartararo battled his way through Q1 to land a front-row position. Lining up in third, the Frenchman was keen to make a good start. He slotted into fourth and skilfully defended his spot from chasing rivals on the opening lap. El Diablo managed to break away from the pursuing VR46 Racing teammates, but at the start of lap 5 an unlucky crash in Turn 2 ended his challenge for points prematurely. Perfectly okay, he is looking forward to a do-over tomorrow.
After today's results, Quartararo is now in 9th place in the overall standings with 129 points, and Rins holds 19th position with 45 points. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP are 6th in the team championship with 174 points, and Yamaha remain in 5th position in the constructor championship with 160 points.
On the San Marino GP Sunday, the teammates will start the track action with the Warm Up held from 09:40-09:50 (GMT+2), followed by the 27-lap Race starting at 14:00.