A 10th-place finish for Fabio Quartararo in the Thai M🧜otoGP Sprint came despit𝓀e some tough battling at the beginning of the race with KTM’s Brad Binder.

Quartararo dropped a number of positions on the first lap, when Binder passed hi♍m a turn nine and the Frenchman consequently spun up on the kerb on the exit of the corner.

Although he recovered afterwards, there was 🎀regret from Quartararo about how his race started.

“The day was quite good, apart from lap one with Brad [Binder] who overtook u𓃲s a bit too aggressive, then I lost a lot of positions,” Quartararo said.

“But then, Q1 ౠwas nice, Q2 was good; Sprint race, the pace was nice — just, like I said, the first lap where we go two times wide, and lose five positions or even more.

“But, I thi💃nk we can be happy with the pace✱ we have made today, and just this overtake destroyed a little bit our result in the race.”

Despite the frustrating start to his race, Quartararo wa🍷s able to come back to 10th place after dropping to 15th with thos♏e early exchanges.

“I think our pace was quite [a bit] faster than the guys I had in front, at this moment,” Quartararo said in explanation of his ability to make passes — not a usual characteristic of a Yamaha MotoGP rider’s 🌌race.

“But, of course, when I arrived behind [Marco] Bezzecchi or [Fabio Di Gianna💎ntonio] to overtake I🎐 think it will be a little bit more difficult. But at least I enjoyed [the race], pretty much.”

The 2021 World Champion ꦜexplained that he was able to make the difference 🥃in braking compared to his rivals.

“🃏On the breaking,” Quartararo said when asked where he was making up time.

“I mean, I used the front tyre completely on the limit, and I think this is the place that really I try to make the difference, but we really only brake by the🃏 front, and the rear has no gr𝄹ip.

“Luckily with o𒆙ur bike we have this point 🔥where I can really feel the limit on the front.”

<H2>Season-best qualifying

Before his Sprint recovery, Quartararo secured a season-best q🌌ualifying of sixth.

He achieved that🎉 after going through Q1, and set an almost identical time to his Q1 effort to take that sixthꦗ place in Q2.

“I ౠthink that we pushed the bike completely to the limit,” Quartarar🧔o explained.

“The limit was there. We made 1:29.4 in Q1🔯, and 1:29.4 in Q2 — to be honest I have nothing left on the bik🃏e.

Qua🎐rtararo’s qualifying also featured an eye-catching save, as he lost the front on the entry to turn five before his knee or elbow were on the floor but managed to pick the bike up.

He said it was down ෴to the hard-compound front tyre, which doesn’t offer much ♉feeling on the edge of the tyre.

“I think the hard front [tyre] is good, it’s gi💫ving us good confidence, but it doesn’t really tell you where you are on the edge [of the tyre],” he said.

“So I really lose the front, and coul🅺d save it with the knee and the elbow. It’s not really usual to make it with t♋he Yamaha because normally it’s [the front] really going quite fast, but I could save it on time.”