Quartararo Battles to P10 in Buriram Sprint
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The 13-lap Grand Prix of Thailand Sprint was a few laps too short for Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team's Fabio Quartararo. Starting from P6, he lost some positions at the start but made a strong comeback. He finished in 10th place. Álex Rins had an equally difficult start, but he too upped the pace towards the mid-stage of the Sprint to cross the finish line in 17th.
Buriram (Thailand), 26th October 2024
The Grand Prix of Thailand Sprint was a tough battle for Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Fabio Quartararo. After losing some ground in the opening stages, he pushed to the limit and finished the 13-lap dash in 10th place. Unable to make progress at the start, Álex Rins also had his work cut out for him. He took the chequered flag in 17th position.
Quartararo had gone through Q1 to take sixth place on the grid in Q2. After a bit of wrestling with Marco Bezzecchi on the opening lap, he completed it in seventh place. Then a moment with Brad Binder on the second lap lost the Frenchman momentum. He fell back to 15th place, but he wasn't out for the count yet. He quickly overtook Maverick Viñales and Joan Mir, while Pedro Acosta had a fall on lap 4. It allowed El Diablo to fight for 11th place with Aleix Espargaró and make the overtake on lap 6. He then closed the gap to Jack Miller and snatched tenth position from him with 5 laps to go. Quartararo put in a heroic effort to close the over 3s gap to the three riders fighting for seventh place, but he came short by 0.791s to join the battle. He finished the Sprint in 10th, 14.483s from first.
Rins started from P17 and, like his teammate, lost a position on the opening lap. He struggled to stand his ground on cold tyres early on in the Sprint and found himself in 20th place after lap 2. With Acosta suffering a fall, the Yamaha man moved into 19th position. He upped his pace soon after and over the course of the remainder of the Sprint passed Takaaki Nakagami, Viñales, and Augusto Fernandez respectively on lap 8, 10, and 11. But Augusto Fernandez put up a fight in the final laps. The two battled their way to the finish line, with Augusto Fernandez regaining his position, so Rins completed the Sprint in 17th place, 21.413s from first.
Today's results see Quartararo stay in 13th place in the overall standings with 93 points. Rins remains in 19th position with 23 points. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP keep their 9th place in the team championship with 116 points, and Yamaha hold on to 4th position in the constructor's championship with 104 points.
The team will be back in action tomorrow for Warm Up, held from 10:40-10:50 GMT +7*, and the 26-lap Race, which starts at 15:00.
*For Europe and some other countries, Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, 27 October 2024, at 3am (the clocks are turned back one hour to 2am).
Quartararo had gone through Q1 to take sixth place on the grid in Q2. After a bit of wrestling with Marco Bezzecchi on the opening lap, he completed it in seventh place. Then a moment with Brad Binder on the second lap lost the Frenchman momentum. He fell back to 15th place, but he wasn't out for the count yet. He quickly overtook Maverick Viñales and Joan Mir, while Pedro Acosta had a fall on lap 4. It allowed El Diablo to fight for 11th place with Aleix Espargaró and make the overtake on lap 6. He then closed the gap to Jack Miller and snatched tenth position from him with 5 laps to go. Quartararo put in a heroic effort to close the over 3s gap to the three riders fighting for seventh place, but he came short by 0.791s to join the battle. He finished the Sprint in 10th, 14.483s from first.
Rins started from P17 and, like his teammate, lost a position on the opening lap. He struggled to stand his ground on cold tyres early on in the Sprint and found himself in 20th place after lap 2. With Acosta suffering a fall, the Yamaha man moved into 19th position. He upped his pace soon after and over the course of the remainder of the Sprint passed Takaaki Nakagami, Viñales, and Augusto Fernandez respectively on lap 8, 10, and 11. But Augusto Fernandez put up a fight in the final laps. The two battled their way to the finish line, with Augusto Fernandez regaining his position, so Rins completed the Sprint in 17th place, 21.413s from first.
Today's results see Quartararo stay in 13th place in the overall standings with 93 points. Rins remains in 19th position with 23 points. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP keep their 9th place in the team championship with 116 points, and Yamaha hold on to 4th position in the constructor's championship with 104 points.
The team will be back in action tomorrow for Warm Up, held from 10:40-10:50 GMT +7*, and the 26-lap Race, which starts at 15:00.
*For Europe and some other countries, Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, 27 October 2024, at 3am (the clocks are turned back one hour to 2am).
Massimo Meregalli
Team Director
Fabio Quartararo
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Rider
Álex Rins
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Rider