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Sore Quartararo risked ‘much worse’ outcome in tech issue crash
Fabio Quartararo had a high-speed crash during practice at the Japanese Grand Prix, which he attributed to a technical issue with his front wheel. Despite being sore, he passed his medical check and was able to continue. However, he narrowly missed out on progressing directly to the Q2 session by two tenths of a second. Quartararo expressed frustration with the extra work he now has to do in the Q1 session. He also lamented that his Yamaha bike does not show significant improvement with fresh tires in time attack mode compared to its race pace.
Source: The Race