20 FABIO QUARTARARO
6TH MOTOGP
"Unfortunately I can't explain what
happened yet, we are s ll looking into
it," Quartararo said of his Alpinestars
suit malfunc on. "It's a bit disappoint-
ing but, anyway, we can s ll be sa s-
fied with our race, because I feel like I
gave it 100 percent. I'm happy because
our pace was fast all weekend. In the
race I didn't feel that good. We had a
moment in turn seven. I went wide,
then retook the lead, and then had an
issue."
MYOWNRACE
MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 7 / JUNE 4-6, 2021
CIRCUIT DE BARCELONA-CATALUNYA / MONTMELO, SPAIN
P76
(Red Bull KTM), Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha) and
Enea Bastianini (Avintia Esponsarama Ducati) rounded
out the top 10.
The Catalan round saw a third successive race crash
for Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda). The eight-time World
Champion started 13th and battled up to sixth and
would eventually slip off at turn 10, the same corner that
claimed Aleix Espargaro (Gresini Aprilia) and Valentino
Rossi (Petronas Yamaha). Despite the crash on lap eight,
Marquez stated he felt the best he has been in a race
since returning from his arm injury suffered at the 2020
Spanish Grand Prix and will doubtless be looking forward
to the next round at German Grand Prix on June 20 at
Sachsenring, a circuit he has won at many times in the
past due to its predominately left-hand corner nature.
Other crashes for the 2021 Catalunya MotoGP includ-
ed Tech3 KTM riders Danilo Petrucci and Iker Lecuona,
as well as Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda).
In the championship, Quartararo leads with 115 to
Zarco's 101. Miller is third at 90, while Oliveira's win hoists
him to seventh at 54 points.
Miller grabbed the holeshot but couldn't
keep Quartararo from charging through.
