Fabio Quartararo faced significant difficulties in the MotoGP Austrian GP. The Monster Energy Yamaha rider finished in 18th place, unable to fight for points.
Quoted by paddock-gp.com, the Frenchman described a challenging situation at the Red Bull Ring: ‘Clearly, it was a disastrous weekend, one of the worst of the season. We expected more, especially from Sunday’s race. We are trying to find a way to improve, but we haven’t been able to do so; it’s getting worse and worse. I tried to push hard in the first few laps, but you get overtaken without being able to do anything’.
Besides the result itself, Quartararo was also unhappy with the nearly 44-second gap to the winner, Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati): ‘We ended up too far from the leader. We have to work even harder because we need changes’.
Currently, the 2021 world champion is in 14th place in the championship with 49 points. The 18th place in Austria not only matched his worst result of the year (excluding his retirement in the French GP) but also ended a series of three consecutive rounds where he scored points.