The reigning world champion ended the final pre-season test of 2022 in Indonesia second overall after posting a 1m31.074s lap late on in Sunday’s session.
Quartararo has made his frustrations with a lack of top speed gain with the 2022 M1 known over the pre-season, and said on Saturday that he was struggling to push on a qualifying lap more than he did in 2021.
This was a key area of work for him on Sunday at Mandalika, though says he “expected a bit better” from his laps despite making a step forward in qualifying mode.
“Yes, so this morning I was pretty fast but not feeling so great, so I was not so happy,” he said when asked by Motorsport.com if he’d found any qualifying gains.
“This afternoon the conditions were really similar, so I was happy because more than the lap time my feeling was much better.
“But we arrived to the limit, unfortunately. I felt on the limit everywhere.
“The lap time improved but I expected it to be a bit better. But…
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