The Yamaha rider was forced into a recovery ride in Saturday’s 14-lap sprint at the Red Bull Ring after getting caught up in the Turn 1 chaos triggered by Pramac’s Jorge Martin.
Quartararo recovered to 15th having tumbled out of the top 10 to 20th on the opening lap, but was forced to serve a long lap penalty for causing a collision with Aprilia wildcard Lorenzo Savadori on the sixth tour.
The 2021 world champion, who started from ninth, felt initially that he deserved to get a penalty for that – but subsequently believed otherwise upon reviewing the replay footage.
“Before looking at the images, I felt like I deserved the long lap,” he said.
“But looking at the image, I feel I don’t deserve the penalty. But that’s not my job, my job is just to ride at my 100%.
“When you are struggling so much to overtake, you have to find a way. It happens.
“Of course, I was on the limit, from the start to the end. It’s something that can happen, but at least we were able to make a good pace.”
Quartararo refused to comment on the Turn 1 drama on the opening lap, other than noting his recovery ride was “good experience for the future”.
Source: Autosport