Quartararo “switched brain off” to do Germany MotoGP qualifying laps

The Yamaha rider admitted on Friday that he needed a Barcelona-style turnaround in grip levels at the Sachsenring to be more competitive, but was still outside the top five come the end of FP3.

But Quartararo went on to qualify second on Saturday and only missed out on pole by just 0.076 seconds to Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia.

Given his time attack struggles, Quartararo admitted he…