168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo’s strong Portuguese MotoGP continued in the sprint race as he claimed points and was only𒀰 eight seconds away from the win.

❀Still a big margin for someone of Quartararo’s talent, it is however a step forward for Yamaha who also managed to get both bikes directly into Q2 thanks to Quartararo and Alex Rins’ strong performance on Friday. 

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Choosing a ඣdifferent tyre strategy to mo🃏st, Quartararo said: “I expected the race of today to go like that because we were the only one with the medium rear.

“We had quite a bad feeling from the soft. The drop of the tyre was quit💜e big so I preferred to suffer a littl🌃e bit on the first two laps and then to step up the pace.

“It was quite good an🔴d it was great to see the differeඣnce of the bikes around me.

“I had Aleix [Espargaro] in front of me and it was totaꦉওlly different and was good information for us.”

Quartararo w﷽as following Espargaro for much of the race, which could be even more valu🦩able for himself if he joins Aprilia next season.

And while the Yamaha rider was unable🧸 to challenge Espargaro, the tyre strategy used is one that could see him do just that in the longer grand prix on Sunday.

Speaking about his chances, Quartararo said: “Much better [than the sprint] I don’t know but at le𓆉ast we have raced the medium.

“It was difficult in the first two laps because warming🎃 up the rear was quite difficult.

“But it was okay and I think tomorrow we will go with the h༺ard fronဣt but we didn’t test it all weekend and this was a big mistake from us.

“But i🧸t is okay and we take some experience. The tyre for the race tomorrow should be hard-medium.”

In Qatar Quartararo was 12 sec꧒onds off the win in the sprint💫, and it’s a format that has been difficult for Yamaha since it was introduced.

But Quartararo said the Portimao race was one of his better: “For me it was an even better one. How many s𒐪print races have I finished eight second from first and with 😼different tyres it was quite good.

“Hopefully tomorrow we can have a great race. Our race won’t b꧃e too bad witꦫh the medium.”