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Miller hit with penalty after “not fair” Quartararo Argentina MotoGP Q2 incident

Miller hit with penalty after “not fair” Quartararo Argentina MotoGP Q2 incident

In the closing stages of the second qualifying segment on a revised Saturday at Termas de Rio Honda following freight delays, Quartararo was on a flying lap when he came across Ducati’s Miller on the run into the Turn 7 right-handed hairpin.

Miller was cruising on the racing line and ended up on the optimal braking point to enter the corner, forcing a frustrated Quartararo to give up the lap.

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Quartararo went on to qualify sixth and feels the moment cost him a better result.

“To be honest, in this track if you don’t make the lap in the first lap you lose already, because Turn 6 is a corner where you are basically spinning,” he explained.

“As soon as you are on the left [of the tyre] you are spinning and you have more drive.

“Basically, he was not really on the line but in this type of corner when you arrive in fourth gear really fast and you have someone not in the middle but basically the racing line,…

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