Montmeló (Spain) (AFP)

Leader of the MotoGP World Championship, Fabio Quartararo finished the Catalan Grand Prix 4th and shirtless at over 300 km / h on Sunday, after an impromptu opening of his suit: "It's not really great".

Q: Can you explain to us what happened?

A: "I don't know what happened, my suit opened up, I tried to put it back in the normal position but I couldn't do it. I don't know why it happened. opened, I tried to close it. That's all I can say for the moment. I tried to continue normally, it was obviously not easy with the open suit, but I stayed focused on the race to stay on the podium. I unfortunately had this penalty (three seconds for having cut a bend illegally, editor's note), which is not clear in my opinion, these are the rules but they are severe. That wasn't my day but I can be happy to finish 4th. "

Q: How does it feel to be shirtless at this speed?

A: "It's not really great, it's not the best feeling I've had. Riding a scooter is fine, but driving at 340 km / h, with the air entering the suit it feels like a parachute effect. Unfortunately I could not stop too much at the end of the straight line, in the strong enough braking. I do not know how I managed to hold Jack (Miller, finally 3rd thanks to the penalty of the French ) behind. I did my best ".

Q: In pole position, you were the favorite.

What is your general feeling after the fact?

A: "It happens to be the favorite during and ultimately fail to win the race. But being honest Miguel (Oliveira, winner) was a little faster today. I didn't have a very good feeling. with my rear tire, but I'm really happy with my ride, got a little heckled, had a Suzuki, Aprilia, Ducati, KTM in front of me ... but I managed to get back up and overtake them. It's something that last year I would not have particularly succeeded. I fought until the end. We deserved this 3rd place which turned into 4th place. When I fought until the end. saw that my combination was open, when I finished third but finally saw myself fourth ... I said to myself + we are going to stay calm, we are going to stay quiet +.is not the result I expected but the reaction was the best I could have ".

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