The Yamaha rider was pressured right into a restoration experience in Saturday’s 14-lap sprint at the Red Bull Ring after getting caught up within the Flip 1 chaos triggered by Pramac’s Jorge Martin.
Quartararo recovered to fifteenth having tumbled out of the highest 10 to twentieth on the opening lap, however was pressured to serve an extended lap penalty for inflicting a collision with Aprilia wildcard Lorenzo Savadori on the sixth tour.
The 2021 world champion, who began from ninth, felt initially that he deserved to get a penalty for that – however subsequently believed in any other case upon reviewing the replay footage.
“Earlier than trying on the pictures, I felt like I deserved the lengthy lap,” he mentioned.
“However trying on the picture, I really feel I don’t deserve the penalty. However that’s not my job, my job is simply to experience at my 100%.
“If you find yourself struggling a lot to overhaul, it’s important to discover a means. It occurs.
“In fact, I used to be on the restrict, from the begin to the tip. It’s one thing that may occur, however no less than we have been capable of make a superb tempo.”
Quartararo refused to touch upon the Flip 1 drama on the opening lap, apart from noting his restoration experience was “good expertise for the long run”.
Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing
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“You could possibly see fairly effectively [what happened],” he mentioned. “Flip 1 occurred, after which on this scenario it’s important to give your greatest to search out your means again.
“However [Enea] Bastianini, to overhaul him is a nightmare as a result of he brakes tremendous late, the Ducati has a giant acceleration.
“So, I used to be driving supper gradual behind him. Then once I had free house to do my tempo I used to be nearly one second quicker.
“So, it was good expertise for the long run to see what we’ve to enhance.”
The Yamaha rider added that he felt robust sufficient to combat for the highest 5 within the dash and believes this can be a “lifelike” goal for Sunday’s grand prix.
“To be sincere, I felt I had the tempo to make between P5 and P7 realistically as a result of there are a couple of guys who’re a lot quicker, like Pecco [Bagnaia], [Brad] Binder, [Maverick] Vinales, and some different guys like Marco [Bezzecchi].
“However then I really feel my tempo is likely one of the strongest out of this 4, so this is the reason I say between P5 and P7 is a sensible objective for tomorrow.”