Day-one of the German MotoGP was a good one for Fa🐲bio Quartararo when strictly looking at the lap times, but it certa𝓰inly was not a smooth one for the championship leader as he suffered a fast turn 12 crash in FP1.  

Quartararo finished second overall as Miguel Oliveira went fastest on combi🌄ned times in the afte❀rnoon. 

With all the attention on Marc Marquez due to his record around Sachsenring, and the Spaniard’s impressive race pace, it was Oliveira who made𝓡 a big jump of two seconds in his lap time from FP1 to FP2 - something Quartararo highlighted in his media debrief. 

"I think Miguel [Oliveira] made a big step. I think KTM made a big step on the bike, but it looks like he is going super fasℱt," added the Yamaha ♉rider 

"Yeah, luckily he didn't rea𒅌lly make a perfect start to the season, 𒈔because he is riding super well, super strong, so we need to keep an eye on him for the rest of the championship."

Regarding his own pace, Quartararo felt ‘quite okay’ but allud✅ed to the front feeling being ‘not so good’. 

Quartararo said: "I feel quite good myself. With 32 laps on the tyre I ma🦩naged to make 1'22.5 with a tyre from this mo🍸rning. 

"I feel quite OK, and I feel that we can improve a little bit, because the feeling on t💖he bike was not so good today, especially on the🔜 front. 

"So we have some ideas for tomorrow, but yes, we are not so far, so I꧑'m quite ha🐼ppy for today." 

F𝔉ollowing leather-gate two weeks ago in Catalunya, Quarജtararo was seen taking extra care during FP1 when zipping up his leathers. 

However, there’s a much more thorough process that has gone into this weekend for Quartararo, as the 22 year-old n🥃ow has added security to his Alpines💝tars suit in the form of an upgraded ‘velcro patch’. 

"First of all the leathers were feeling good today, because we made a double [velcro closure tab]. So ꧅if they make a𝕴 new thing it's to have more security, because they know and I know that before the start of the race, I did everything perfectly," said Quartararo.

"My chest protector was good, I closed it in the correct way, and it happened. So I feel that's why we had an upgrade on the [velcro] p🎉atch, to have double security, and I think that is important. 

"But I did everything perfectly ൲in Barcelona, and here we have double security, but it's working well and tomorrow I will have a new thing. So we will see."