Fabio Quartararo on Jerez MotoGP sprint: ‘It was all or nothing… unfortunately nothing’

Yamaha’s Quartararo reflects on leading sprint at Jerezꦐ briefly

Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Factory Racing, 2025 Spanish MotoGP
Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Factory Racing, 2025 Spanish MotoGP
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Fabio Quartararo says the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix sprint was “all or nothing” foꦉr him after qualifying on pole but “unfortunately it was nothing” after crashing in the lead battle.

The 2021 world champion put his Yamaha on pole on Saturday at Jerez for the first time since early in the 2022 campaignꦡ, well ove💮r 1100 days ago, with a new lap record.

He ended 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez’s unbroken pole run in 2025 and battled with the championship leader early 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:in the 12-lap sprint.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo retaliated at Turn 1 when his lead was brief𒉰ly taken from him, before coming under siege again at Turn 6 on 🦄the second tour.

As Marquez passed him, Quartararo crashed trying to hang on♊ in the braking🅷 zone.

Despite the crash, Quartararo says simp▨ly leading the sprint was “super great mentally” given the struggles he has faced on the Yamaha in recent years

“For my confidence, it’s super great mentally,” he told MotoGP’s official website.

“It has been many years that I have not been leading꧅ a race, many years I didn’t make an overtake on Marc - even if iܫt was at the start.

“But at the 🌸moment, we kno🦩w we are good in one lap, still missing on the pace.

“But today I want💙ed t๊o give it all and it was all or nothing.

“Unfortunately it was nothing, but I feel good mentally I think it’s great fꩵor all the team to have this boost of being back leading a race.

“I felt that Marc was going to overtake me, my bike started to shake and I could not stop t꧑he bike and I lost the front.

“Also the grip compared to this morning was a little bit more critical and we know how important that is for us. It’s something ꦡthat we still have to work on.”

Quartararo has been fast all weekend on his factory M1, but admits his aim in qualifying was simply to get onto the second row rath🦩er than challenge for pole.

“Qualifying I didn’t expect to be that fas🌌t,” he adde🗹d.

“The goal, to be honest, ꦜwas to be on the second row, and we achieved it already on the first run.

“But I felt I had something more and being able to make this lap time is incredible. At the end it’s so🍨mething that brings happiness to the team.”

Showing decent race pace during Friday’s Pra💎ctice session, Quartararo is being looked at as a podium threat in Sunday’s grand prix - though he thinks fighting the Ducatis isn’t his goa🐎l.

“I mean, trying to be with them is the goal 🦩- not to fight 🔯with them,” the Frenchman said.

“I think that is d𒅌ifficult. But try 🌜to make a great start, try to be in a great position and see if we can be there.”

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