ROUND 17 / NOVEMBER 5-7, 2021
AUTODROMO INTERNACIONAL DO ALGARVE / PORTIMAO, PORTUGAL
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MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
MYOWNRACE
21 FRANCO MORBIDELLI
17TH MOTOGP
"Because of the speed that we put on
the track this weekend, I was expec ng
to have some more speed during the
race," Morbidelli said. "Unfortunately, that
wasn't the case. For sure, a er some laps
I needed to slow down to pace myself and
finish the race. But generally, I was hoping
to have more speed and it didn't happen.
We need to understand what happened,
and we will figure it out before Valencia, I
hope."
20 FABIO QUARTARARO
DNF MOTOGP
"I know exactly what happened during the
crash," Quartararo said. "I was too late,
and I crashed. But it was a nightmare of a
race. When I was behind our rivals, it was
impossible for us to overtake. I think that
during today's race my pace was much
be er than what I showed. In our strong
areas on the track, we would recover a
lot, but just in accelera on and speed we
are too far behind. I think what helped
me this season was that I started from the
front row 14 mes. As soon as you are in
a bad qualifying situa on like today, it gets
difficult."
Alex Marquez (73)
and Jack Miller
(43) re-ignited their
Moto3 rivalry with an
entertaining scrap that
finally went the way of
the Australian.
Fabio Quartararo's (20) race
was hampered by the speed
of the two Ducatis in front of
him. He'd eventually crash out
for his first DNF of the year.
