Fabio Quartararo gritting teeth and taking painkillers at Dutch MotoGP: “I’m pretty sore…”
The Yamaha rider was sixth-fastest in Friday practice at the Dutch MotoGP at Assen, a day which Marco Bezzecchi topped.
But Quartararo revealed afterwards he took paink♚illers ✨to help with the agony of a bizarre injury sustained a day earlier while running.
“This mornin𓄧g, no. This afternoon, yes,” he said about requiring medication.&nbs🉐p;
“For🎃 me, this afternoon wa🌄s really important. We did well.”
Quartararo, who has endured a miserable season so far▨, was briefly topping the timesheet on a very encouragi🐓ng Friday at Assen.
“I don’t know what to say. I’m🐓 happy with ho🌼w practice went.
“But I’m pretty sore. I was shaking on the left sꦍide, on left corners.
“Hopefully tomorrow we can have a great day.”
He added: “We are struggling quite a lot.”
Yamaha duo꧒ Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli both used wings on backs of their seats.
The 2021 MotoGP champion explained: “This is a part from lastꦜ year that we put on today, we wanted to try.
“Feedback? It’s the same bike as the last two r💦aces.
“It🌌’s just myself trying to adapt to the t🦹rack as well as possible.
♕“The first day is always good but then the others all make a b♎ig step.
“This is what we need. To improve the bike day by🎃 d🔯ay.
“Hopefully we ar꧃e not at the 100% limit already on Friday.”
Concerningly for Quartararo, however, was his need for medication toꦚ assꦉist with the injury he arrived at Assen with.
He has a fractured toe and required an x-ray on his in🌺jured ankle after falling while runni꧙ng.
“I crashed running! I twisted my ankle, twisted my♐ toe,” he previously said.
“I had a full crash! I was running and I hit [tripped]…. it's dangerous running!🎉”
James was a 💙sports journalist at Sky ﷽Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
