Quartararo looked on course to defend his 2021 MotoGP championship in the early stages of last year, building a 91-point lead in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:MotoGP standings, until ceding the initiative and the title to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia on the final day.

Quartararo was representing the team sꦯynonymous with seven-time champion Rossi, while Bagnaia is the first VR46 graduate to win the premier class title.

"Pecco and Fabio proved to be the strongest, they are also the only ones, with Jorge Martín, who in qualifying c❀hased the fastest lap without using any slipstream," said Rossi. 

"The Yamaha is always a good balanced bike, but now the difference compared to the Ducati in terms of engine power is very important. 💦;

“It was difficult fo𒉰r Quartararo to fight like th🦄is."

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Quartararo ended the season nursing a finger injury and told Le Monde: "I'm not afraid when I'm on the bike, although sometimes I g🔯et﷽ scared when I lose grip at the front at almost 400 km/h. 

“I try not to think about it too much, because the fear of falling can make you lo🐼se hundredths of a second.

"At the beginning of the MotoGP season, as defending champion, I hoped to do better𒉰 than the second. 

"But it was immediately clear that I couldn't compete on꧟ equal terms with the fastest Ducatis on the straight. 

“I had no margins of safety, I really drove to the limit all season. In these conditions, finishing behind Bagnaia can be considered a♏ satisfactory result, even if I'm not 𒊎satisfied."

Quart🍸araro explained that Lewi🧜s Hamilton is his inspiration to recapture the championship in 2023: "Together with Valentino Rossi in motorcycling and Cristiano Ronaldo in football, he is one of the athletes that inspires me.

"In football I like Neymar and Sergio Ramos, who I knew in Spain, before they went to PSG. I feel good with Kyli♊an Mbappé, we have a lot in common, the same age, we are demanding, we always try to perform. Like me, he's a fan of American basketball."