Fabio Quartararo of PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team has secured his first podium win in the Catalan Grand Prix during the weekend.
It was a great weekend for PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team as Fabio Quartararo has clinched his first podium win in only its seventh MotoGP in the Catalan Grand Prix. Quartararo had his maiden debut appearance on the premier class rostrum coming in second place at Catalunya. He did so just twelve days after having surgery on his right forearm to alleviate arm pump. Teammate Franco Morbidelli, unfortunately, crashed out of the race with eight laps to finish.
PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team will be back in action tomorrow at the Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit for a test day to prepare the Dutch GP, which takes place in Assen on June 28th-30th.
Fabio Quartararo (PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team)- As It Happened
Photo credits: Yamaha Racing
“I’m very happy with what we’ve achieved today especially as it was a very hard race. We made our best start this year since I only dropped two positions. Then I made a mistake at Turn 4, losing another four positions, and I was a little further back! Nevertheless, I found myself in the fight for the podium and a few laps from the end I managed to get into second and push. Thanks to the adrenalin of fighting for the podium – and the medicine – my arm didn’t trouble me so much in the race. In the final laps, my arm started to hurt a lot, but the reward of being on the podium is much greater than that. Twelve days ago I was undergoing an operation, and now I’m on the podium,” says Quartararo as quoted from Yamaha Racing. “Since the European races have begun, we have been very fast; this weekend the worst result in a session was second. The pace we have is very good, but we have to continue working as we have done so far. I want to thank the team for the opportunity they have given me and all the work they do. I am very happy to have achieved the first podium for PETRONAS Yamaha SRT.”
Franco Morbidelli (PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team)- As It Happened
Photo credits: Yamaha Racing
“We need to take the positives from this race, such as the fact that we had good speed with new tyres and recovered well from the crash yesterday, but it was a frustrating day for me. I got a very bad start, and then in the race, I didn’t have a good feeling from the brakes. I think we made the right tyre choice, but I wasn’t able to make the most of it as I couldn’t stop the bike, so I went into safe mode. The first time I took a bit more of a risk, I went wide and crashed. It’s a pity, but in tomorrow’s test, we will try to continue to understand more things and improve our package.
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