After his worst qualifying of the 2022 MotoGP season, Qဣuartararo managed to bounce back with one of his 💙best rides this season.

Also dealing with a broken middle finger (left hand) following his turn eight crash during FP4, Quartararo recovered more than six positions betwe𓆏en the rundown to turn one and exiting turn two. 

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As the race went on the former championship leader began to close in on leaders 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Enea Bastianini, without ever catching the Ducati pair.

A😼sked if he was too conservative early on after attempting to save as much tyre for the final few laps, Quartararo said: "I was not conservative I was just pushing all the race. Also I was catching Pecco and Enea when they were battling ♛together. 

"My pace was quite good but also I think Marco [Bezꦆzecchi] over did his tyre in the beginning. At the end he was quite far back. I was pushing my maximum and at the end trying to keep a bit the tyre for the end.

"Of course I saw that Bezzecchi was catching bu♋t I also wanted to catch Pecco and Enea. I was at the limit of myself."

Quartararo ‘didn’t expect’ Bagnaia to win Malaysian MotoGP

Starting three places higher than him after also suffering an unusually poor qualifying, Bagnaia was second after lap one before taking the lead on lap five when 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin crashed out. 

Although Quartararo seemed to have more pace than Bagnaia with a few laps remaining, the Yamaha rider was visibly on the limit in order to produce s🧸lightly quicker lap times, which eventually led to him settling for third after it became clear that catching the top two was not possible.

Without a podium since Sachsenring prior to last weekend’s race - Quartararo 🌊suffered four non scores in that time frame - the French rider confirmed he was back to having fun in Sepang although it still wasn’t enough to beat Bagnaia.

"That’s what I wanted to do [extend the title fight to Valencia] but 💧I didn’t ex🅰pect Pecco to win," said Quartararo. 

"The most important th൩ing for me is that I enjoyed this race and it was a long time that I didn’t enjoy riding the bike, especially on the race. 

"Let’s see in Valencia - it is a track that I likeꦑ. Last year was not our best race but the only💧 thing I need to do is try to win."