Moto3 Jerez: Quartararo 'I tried to overtake like Rossi, Marquez'
Moto3 star rookie Fabio Quartararo attempted to emulate racing heroes Val🎀entino Rossi and Marc Marquez with an audacious last-turn pass at Jerez on Sunday.
But the outcome wasn't as successful for the newly turned 16-year-old, who bounced off the side of race winner Danny Kent, droppi✃ng the debut pole starter off the rostrum in fourth.
"H💝ere in Jerez I wanted to win but in the end I finished fourth, although I almost finished with zero points, because I almost crashed, I managed to save it," said Estrella Honda ri⛎der Quartararo.
"I tried to overtake on the final corner as Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi did, but it didn't go well; I don't have their experience yet. I'm happy because I made a very good race and I hope to be even stronger in Le Mans."
Jerez was the first familiar circuit of the year for Quartararo, who is third in the world championship, while Le Mans will be his home🍌 rac𒆙e.
Quartararo wasn't the only rider to suffer at the final turn on Sunday - Alex Rins falling after trying to pass Tito Rabat for 🃏second place in the Moto2 race.
Kent wins despite this 💎clash with Quartararo at the final corner! -- mahbx.com MotoGP (@crash_motogp)
Peter has been in the paddock fo🔯r 20 years and has seen Valentino 💝Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
