Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha, 8th in qualifying practice): “It’s positive, even if I think we could have done a little better. But the most important thing was to be in the top ten, that was the goal and I knew we could do it. (On the improvement compared to Qatar) There weren’t two days of testing here before and the conditions changed between the morning and the afternoon, so we had to adapt, find the rhythm as soon as possible. But tomorrow (Saturday) will be different, I expect the others to improve. Aiming for the third line might be realistic, but I don’t think about the first two lines too much. »
Johann Zarco (LCR Honda, 20th in qualifying practice): “It’s hard to see yourself 20th because you have the impression of not being in the running. However, a second is really not much given the problems I had on the track. The bad conditions made me struggle, causing the bike to spin a lot and that created other problems. But I still made progress during the day, so it’s not bad. And that’s one of the things I came here for. (On the chances of moving into Q2 on Saturday) You have to believe it, because when you change things on the bike, it reacts. »
