Fabio Quartararo says the step his MotoGP rivals made in JapaneseGP FP1 makes it hard for him to stay motivated. 'You know you're doing your best and it's never enough.'
Despite missing top spot by just under half a tenth on Friday, Quartararo says the margin his nearest rivals have over him when it comes to time attack runs is “amazing” and the fact whatever he does on the Yamaha is “never enough” is difficult to accept.“I think our pace looks not too bad. But to see the margin the others have compared to us is amazing because I was on the limit from the first lap and our margin is not so high.
“So, actually it’s quite tough out of the acceleration with the holeshot devices and aerodynamics Ducati has, it was tough.“Looking at the qualifying [time attack laps], we're at the limit. Maybe we'll be able to improve a little bit but the others are setting the time on the third lap, they're above and honestly they've done something really beautiful.”
Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Team, Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Factory Racing, Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia Racing TeamWhen asked if it was difficult to stay motivated through this, Quartararo added: “It's hard, because you know you're doing your best and it's never enough. “You can do as much as you want, it's never enough, so it's hard but we have to keep it until the end anyway, until it's over.”
Quartararo was seen on several occasions reaching for his injured chest when he finished a run, but insists the abrasions he suffered in his Aragon collision with“It was a little bit strange in the beginning because it burned a little bit,” Quartararo said of his injury.Read Also: