MotoGP Japan: Slicks in the rain gamble backfires for Fabio Quartararo, Franco Morbidelli
The pair were among only 😼five riders not to pit for their wet bike at the end of the opening lap.
It initially put Quartararo second to Ducati test rider Michele Pirro but th🅘e worsening conditions prompted the Frenchman to pull in on lap 2.
“I gave it a try to st๊ay out one lap longer,” Quartararo said. “You know, i🎐t was raining, but it wasn‘t that wet at the time.
"It turned out to be the wrong sওtrategy, but I was fighting for P12 or P13, or wherever I was riding ❀at the time, so I had to give it a try.”
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Morbidelli stuck to his guns, despite dropping to last pl🍒ace by lap 5, in the fading hope that the rain would pass. It didn’t and the Italian waཧs forced to pit soon after.
“I tried to go for a different strategy and tried to stay out with slicks,” Morbidelli said.🅘 “It was raining, but I hoped that it would stop. It didn‘t, but it was an all-in strategy that ultimately didn‘t pay off.
“After, 🐲on the wets, my speed was good, but I was too far behind.🍰”
Quartararo was classified 10th and Morbidelli 17th when the race was stopped and final re🌄sult taken, after a restart was abandoned.
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