Quartararo Finishes Fourth in Portuguese GP Sprint

"We had a good day, especially considering how difficult yesterday was. I'm a hard braker, and I wanted more support on the front to be able to brake a bit harder. I was expecting the track to be dirtier, but it actually was quite okay. My pace was good from ...

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Fabio Quartararo showed his fighting spirit on the Grand Prix of Portugal Saturday. He turned a positive front-row starting position into a solid 4th place in the Sprint. Álex Rins ran wide in Turn 1 on the opening lap and lost some ground. He ultimately finished in P17.Quartararo benefited from another superb qualifying effort. He successfully negotiated Q1 to take P3 in Q2, securing his tenth front-row start of the season. At the start of the Sprint, he quickly slotted into fourth place. With a substantial gap starting to form to the leading trio over the first three laps, El ...

"It all began at the start: I had an issue with the clutch, and I lost some positions. After that, on the first lap, I almost crashed into Savadori in corner 1, so I went wide, out of the track. I was a couple of seconds behind. I closed the gap, but I spent ...

"While the weather improved compared to yesterday, our results remained mixed. On the positive side, Fabio delivered an impressive turnaround, advancing through Q1 to secure third on the grid and then pushing hard for a strong fourth-place finish. It's a ...