Listen to this article Both Quartararo and Bagnaia were the strongest riders of the Jerez weekend, with the pair starting 1-2 on the grid – Bagnaia taking pole ahead of Quartararo – and showing the strongest race pace in FP4. The pair got off the line evenly, but Quartararo was edged out by Bagnaia and sat behind the Ducati rider for the entire 25-lap race. Due to his front tyre pressure going up behind Bagnaia, Quartararo dropped back into clean air at one stage of the race to mount an attack in the final laps. But, despite ending up 0.285 seconds behind Bagnaia at the chequered flag, Quartararo says it was impossible to overtake the Ducati rider. “Yes, was difficult,” said Quartararo, who now leads the championship by seven points. “My goal was to overtake Pecco in the first two, three laps. But he was super-fast, was braking super-good and …