At the Red Bull Ring, Fabio Quartararo is back on a circuit he loves and where he had three podiums, the last time a year ago finishing second behind Francesco Bagnaia. But the Frenchman (24) does not see it as a guarantee of prosperity for this weekend because “past successes do not guarantee anything in MotoGP”. The sentence applies particularly to the races of the Yamaha rider this season, when he occupies 11th place in the Championship and counts for best result a third place in Austin (Texas), in April. Far from his performance in 2021, the year of his world championship title, Quartararo has lived through the last trying months on the handlebars of a motorcycle that no longer meets his desires. For L’Équipe, the Frenchman looks back on this period of intimate questioning which could have spoiled his pleasure on the handlebars. And he says he is determined to see things differently, without guilt or tension, even if his Yamaha will not change overnight.
