Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins were keen to make progress on the Grand Prix of The Americas Super Saturday. Though the teammates didn’t quite have the pace they had hoped for during the Sprint and finished in 15th and 16th place respectively, they did collect further data for Sunday's Race.
After a good start from P16, Quartararo wrapped up the first lap in 13th place. He held the position until lap 3 when Marco Bezzecchi slipped by, and Alex Marquez did likewise one lap later. The Frenchman sat tight as the group that he was chasing, consisting of five riders, was battling for tenth position. However, his hopes of a top-10 result crumbled as the rider group got pulled apart over the last seven laps of the Sprint. Quartararo put pressure on Alex Marquez until the very end, though. He finished 0.106s behind the Spaniard, in 15th place, 15.574s from first.
Rins had a good launch from P15, rocketing to 12th, but after a somewhat chaotic opening lap that temporarily saw him fall back to 22nd, he crossed the start-finish straight for the first time in 17th. The Spaniard wasn't about to give up easily, though, and was soon in a fight for 16th place with Johann Zarco. On lap 4, the Yamaha man made it stick, finding himself behind his teammate, albeit with a significant gap. Rins put his head down, but he was unable to make up ground and took the chequered flag in 16th place, 18.146s from the front.
Today's results see Quartararo keep his 11th place (or joint 10th place with Fabio Di Giannantonio) in the overall standings with 15 points. Rins remains in 18th position with 3 points. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP stay 8th in the team championship with 18 points, and Yamaha hold on to 4th position in the constructor’s championship with 15 points.
On the Americas GP Sunday, the teammates will start the track action with the Warm Up held from 09:40 - 09:50 (GMT -5), followed by the Race which starts at 14:00.
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins were keen to make progress on the Grand Prix of The Americas Super Saturday. Though the teammates didn’t quite have the pace they had hoped for during the Sprint and finished in 15th and 16th place respectively, they did collect further data for Sunday's Race.
After a good start from P16, Quartararo wrapped up the first lap in 13th place. He held the position until lap 3 when Marco Bezzecchi slipped by, and Alex Marquez did likewise one lap later. The Frenchman sat tight as the group that he was chasing, consisting of five riders, was battling for tenth position. However, his hopes of a top-10 result crumbled as the rider group got pulled apart over the last seven laps of the Sprint. Quartararo put pressure on Alex Marquez until the very end, though. He finished 0.106s behind the Spaniard, in 15th place, 15.574s from first.
Rins had a good launch from P15, rocketing to 12th, but after a somewhat chaotic opening lap that temporarily saw him fall back to 22nd, he crossed the start-finish straight for the first time in 17th. The Spaniard wasn't about to give up easily, though, and was soon in a fight for 16th place with Johann Zarco. On lap 4, the Yamaha man made it stick, finding himself behind his teammate, albeit with a significant gap. Rins put his head down, but he was unable to make up ground and took the chequered flag in 16th place, 18.146s from the front.
Today's results see Quartararo keep his 11th place (or joint 10th place with Fabio Di Giannantonio) in the overall standings with 15 points. Rins remains in 18th position with 3 points. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP stay 8th in the team championship with 18 points, and Yamaha hold on to 4th position in the constructor’s championship with 15 points.
On the Americas GP Sunday, the teammates will start the track action with the Warm Up held from 09:40 - 09:50 (GMT -5), followed by the Race which starts at 14:00.