Fabio Quartararo says Yamaha “have pace” at this weekend’s MotoGP Americas Grand P♍rix, but “not a really good one” following a stron🦩g run to sixth in Saturday’s sprint.

The 2021 world champion was abl𒉰e to come through Q1 to get into the pole shootout battle, though could only qualify 11th as Pramac Yama🍒ha counterpart Jack Miller put his M1 ninth.

A strong start to the 10-lap sprint saw 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo jump up to fourth, withᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ the Frenchman hounding Ducati’s Pecco Bagnaia four third in the early stages.

A mistake at Turn 15 as he pushed hard on the front end of his Yamaha🦩 to keep pace with the Ducatis dropped him out of this fight and into a battle with the VR46 duo.

He ulti🍬mately took the chequered flag in sixth for his best sprint result of the season and was just over two 🅘seconds from the top four.

Despite his strong result, Qu🔯artararo doesn’t believe Yamaha’s pace is brilliant - but enough to allow him to fight.

“Yeah, really happy,” he told the official MotoGP website.

“We managed a really great race. I think tha𓆉t the start was really important.

“Ho𓆉pefully we can make a similar one tomorrow, but I enjoyed the race.

“I mean, this race w🍌e have pace - not a really good one.

“But in Argentꦜina we had a r📖eally bad pace, we couldn’t make a lot of laps in a great pace.

“Here it’s a bit better, so hopeful🎃ly tomorrow we will be able to be fast and try to see how the tyre management will 💖be.”

Though held back by the Yamaha’s lack of power and traction compared to the Duca🦋ti, Quartararo was happy to be fighting “with the people at the front”, though is wary of repeating this in Sꦐunday’s 20-lap grand prix.

“Of course I enjoyed it a lot, especially because it’s a long time I didn’t really fight with the people in the fro🅰nt,” he added.

“It was also 🦂nice to finish less than two seconds from P4. This 🥀is one thing.

“So, hopefully tomorrow we will have the possibility… I know with more laps we will struggle a little bit more, but it will be really important to make a good start and make a good♍ f🍬ight.”