It is with confidence that Fabio Quartararo sets off for another round of MotoGP, now in Thailand, and with clear objectives: the rider wants to secure Q2 as soon as possible.
The weather forecasts for this weekend point to a strong possibility of rain – 40 to 50 per cent – but Quartararo wants the conditions to remain as they are now, dry: ‘I’m feeling very well at the moment. The weather is good and I hope it stays that way all weekend. I don’t think it’s going to happen, but that’s what I hope’.
On his recent performances and his first goals for Buriram, he said: ‘Normally it’s a good weekend, a bad weekend, a good weekend and a bad weekend, so now it should be a top result but… no, we have to stay positive. For me the aim is to make sure I’m in Q2 as soon as Friday and that could be a big step forward for us, as every time we’ve been in the first three rows we’ve had good races, and that’s my number one aim’.
The Yamaha frenchman also recalled the grip he felt in India and one of the main differences between the Indian and Thai tracks:
– Mandalika was for me one of the tracks with the best grip, and here from what I remember this one is also very good and we’ll have a softer [tyre] carcass. I think we can do well. The difference between Mandalika and here is that we have three long straights, which is a bit more difficult for us, but we have to make the best start.