Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha): “We spoke with different manufacturers. The decision to extend was not so easy to make. But in Portugal, we had a great meeting with Yamaha management. There is a plan for the future, with confidential things. The mentality is different, the way of working too. There have been great advances, even if today we are still very far from the guys in front. And Yamaha wanted to keep me too, it was loyalty. »
Johann Zarco (LCR Honda): “I’m fresh and I have good references here (in Austin). I want to try things to progress on this track. With the Ducati, I wasn’t very strong here. In Portugal, there was a small blow to morale for Honda by doing less well than the year before. We had a lack of grip behind which made us start too far away. But Rins and Marquez managed to win here (on Honda), so it shows that it’s possible and that really motivates me. I want to make sure I’m good when the bike is good. Because she will be. »
