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Quartararo crashed in Misano MotoGP 'pushing like it was the last lap'

Fabio Quartararo says his first crash in the MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix was a result of him pushing "like it was the last lap" to catch Jack Miller. The Petronas SRT rider dropped from third to fifth at the start and got stuck behind factory Yamaha counterpart Maverick Vinales for the opening six laps. Quartararo admits he got "too excited" following Vinales as he knew he had better pace, and when he cleared him at the end of lap seven he tried to go after the third-placed Pramac Ducati of Miller. But his front tyre had overheated following Vinales and he crashed at the Rio right-hander at Turn 4 on lap eight. Re-joining in 20th, he would crash out again late on owing...
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