Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Perseverance Pays Off in Mandalika Race

All weekend, we were not able to warm the medium rear tyre up fast. We lost many seconds because of that at the beginning of the Race. The pace was really good though. We went with the hard-medium front, and I was able to brake super late and overtake, but ...

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Fabio Quartararo needed some time to get up to speed at the Mandalika International Circuit today during the 27-lap Grand Prix of Indonesia Race. Pushing to the limit in extreme heat, he secured 7th place. Álex Rins had a mostly lonely ride, but his efforts were still rewarded. He originally finished in 12th place, earning himself 4 championship points, but he gained another position and a point due to Takaaki Nakagami receiving a post-race tyre-pressure infringement penalty.Quartararo had a good start from sixth place, holding his position through the opening corners. Struggling ...

I lost a lot of positions on the first lap. I went into corner 7 without using the throttle and completely lost the rear. We knew that it was going to be hard for us to warm up the rear tyre, to get temperature into it, but it was even harder than we ...

It was a tough Race for our riders. The conditions were already extreme, but besides that, both Fabio and Álex found it difficult to defend their position in the early stages of the race because we struggled to get heat into the rear tyre. Their pace did ...