Quartararo eyes first Austrian GP title


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2020 MotoGP Season

Austrian Grand Prix

Round 4
Red Bull Ring 
Spielberg, Austria
16 August 2020
 
Yamaha rider Fabian Quartararo will be eyeing nothing but a victory when he competes at the Austrian Grand Prix on August 16.
 
The French star, who won successive CEV Moto3 titles in 2013 and 2014, has had an amazing start to the 2020 season. 
 
Quartararo secured his place on the podium at last year's Austrian Grand Prix as he finished third. 
 
Marc Marquez of Honda
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Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso emerged victoriously as he finished ahead of the defending champion Marc Marquez of Honda. 

Quartararo will be hoping to win his maiden Austrian Grand Prix title this year having already secured wins in the Spanish and Andalusian races. 
 
As a result, Quartararo is placed at the top of the riders' standings ahead of his Yamaha teammates Maverick Vinales and Franco Morbidelli.
 
However, the 21-year-old finished seventh in the latest round of the 2020 season which was the Czech Grand Prix on August 09. 
 
Maverick Vinales of Yamaha
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Quartararo reflected on his performance in the Czech Republic and he promised to learn from the mistakes he did during the race. 
 
"[It] really was not easy to do the race today, I'm sure it was the most difficult race of my career in MotoGP," Quartararo said. 
 
"To learn from today is tough, because we had a long debrief with my crew chief and engineers to see where we do the mistakes. I think we do a few mistakes during the weekend, but not huge like we finished in that kind of position.
 
"Honestly, in the race I was feeling really bad. I was quite bad all the weekend, but in FP4 we made a huge step forward. But in the race we made two steps backwards," he added. 
 
"So we need to analyse well. "For sure my crew chief and engineers will check a lot of data, I will check a lot with them because it's so important. 
 
Yahama are sitting at the top of Manufacturers' Championship standings - 26 points above their closest rivals, KTM.
 
KTM and Ducati are placed second and third respectively on the standings.
 

2019 Austrian Grand Prix results

 
Winner: Andrea Dovizioso - Ducati 
Runner-up: Marc Marquez - Honda
Third-Place: Fabio Quartararo - Yamaha
 

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Published: 08/13/2020