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Quartararo slightly more optimistic about the future at Yamaha

Quartararo slightly more optimistic about the future at Yamaha

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Although there has been a lot of talk lately about Fabio Quartararo leaving Yamaha at the end of the season, according to his last words, it seems that the team from Iwata can be a little more optimistic about the future with the French racer. In recent interviews, the world champion of the 2021 season emphasized that talks are also underway with other teams. Nevertheless, it is not impossible that he will extend his contract with Yamaha. Big changes are said to be taking place behind the scenes at the Japanese manufacturer, but at the moment they are not yet visible on the track. "I don't know," answered the Frenchman when asked where he will continue his career next season. "In my career, I was already in a much worse position. In one of the seasons in the Moto 2 class, I didn't even know if I would have a guaranteed seat for the next year
Quartararo: The lag behind competitors is bigger than ever before

Quartararo: The lag behind competitors is bigger than ever before

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After the first race of the season in Qatar, Fabio Quartararo was very disappointed with the uncompetitiveness of his bike. As he pointed out, the gap behind the competitors is bigger than ever before. The Yamaha team recorded its first winless season in 20 years last year. Even after the first race of the new season, it seems that a real miracle will be needed to prevent this from happening again this year. Quartararo finished the Saturday sprint race in twelfth place after major problems with tire wear, and crossed the finish line in eleventh place on Sunday. Teammate Alex Rins finished sixteenth. After the end of the race, the French racer was very harsh in his assessment of the situation in which the team from Iwata finds itself. When asked if this was the worst bike of his career, he replied: "Considering what the current level is
Quartararo worried: I don't know what will happen in Sunday's race

Quartararo worried: I don't know what will happen in Sunday's race

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Behind Fabio Quartararo is a very demanding sprint race, which he finished without points in twelfth place. The French racer is worried about tire wear for Sunday's race, as it should already be very high in the sprint race. "As far as the result in today's sprint is concerned, I didn't expect anything better. We already had a similar rhythm in testing and in the first training sessions. I'm more worried about how I will finish Sunday's main race. Already today, we had extremely high wear on the tires, which were not offered practically no grip anymore. I barely stayed on two wheels. I don't know what will happen tomorrow as we will use the same tires." The world champion of the 2021 season emphasized that a similar problem had already been detected during testing, but not to this extent. "We had similar weights during testing
Despite the progress, Quartararo is not satisfied

Despite the progress, Quartararo is not satisfied

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Fabio Quartararo was not very happy after the end of the first test day in Sepang. Despite progress in the powertrain, they are still said to be well behind the best. After the end of the first day, which he finished in third place, the French rider said: "The new powertrain is better than last year, but we still don't use the full potential of the bike. It is much more aggressive this year compared to last year. We focused a lot today electronics." Does the Yamaha rider believe that he could fight for victories from the beginning of the season? "Just fighting for individual victories is not enough for me. The goal is to become world champion again. The racers are very equal with each other, so every little thing decides." "We are in a better position than last year, but I am not sure that I can win with this bike. Najv
Quartararo: The decision about my future will be known at the beginning of the season

Quartararo: The decision about my future will be known at the beginning of the season

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Fabio Quartararo called the last season, which he finished in tenth place without a win, the most difficult in his career. The French racer became world champion in 2021 and finished second the following year after being completely powerless against Francesco Bagnaia in the second part of the season. The lag in Yamaha's development was even more pronounced this year. With a few exceptions, he was far from the top places in most races. "Already at the beginning of the year I expected a very difficult season, but I didn't think it would be this bad," said Quartararo, who did not win this year for the first time since his debut season in 2019. "The first part of the season was especially difficult , because we were even worse than I initially expected. In addition, I did not manage to squeeze the maximum out of the motorcycle. This season was definitely n
Quartararo fastest before qualifying

Quartararo fastest before qualifying

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Fabio Quartararo set the fastest time (1:53.531) in the last free practice session before qualifying. Jorge Martin was second, and third with an identical time was Aleix Espargaro, who is under scrutiny from the race commissioners due to the incident with Franco Morbidelli. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1725854954278002927 Fourth place was taken by Fabio Di Giannantonio ahead of Franco Morbidelli, Miguel Oliveira and Johann Zarco. Maverick Vinales, Alex Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia completed the top ten. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1725849208882663852
Quartararo: Yamaha must cash in on the concessions

Quartararo: Yamaha must cash in on the concessions

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While it is increasingly clear that a new system of development concessions will come into effect in the 2024 MotoGP season, Fabio Quartararo warns that it will probably be a system that will make it easier for manufacturers to gain, and also lose, development concessions, so Yamaha will have to offer make good use of it. All the manufacturers in the MotoGP class have finished the race at least once on the podium this year, so under the current conditions for obtaining concessions only these would not belong to any of them. But due to the addition of sprint races, the teams have less free practice sessions during the season where they could try new things, and at the same time there is a fear that especially Yamaha and Honda will have a hard time finding their way back to the top. Yamaha, not having its own semi-factory team, is at a huge disadvantage compared to D
Disappointed Quartararo: The situation is worse than expected

Disappointed Quartararo: The situation is worse than expected

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Fabio Quartararo was very disappointed after Friday's events in Australia. After being among the fastest during the entire last weekend in Mandalika, he ended today's training only in seventeenth place overall. At the end of the second practice, the French racer was hindered by Augusto Fernandez, who earned a three-start penalty for his mistake. Nevertheless, this is not the reason for the poor ranking of the Yamaha racer. He was almost a second behind the fastest Binder. "Driving through the corner we have much more problems than we had last year. I'm behind the fastest by a full second. My teammate also has similar problems. Today was much worse than we expected." "My time was half a second better than last year, but I'm still seventeenth. In Indonesia, we have a lot
Quartararo: This is the best result of the season

Quartararo: This is the best result of the season

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Fabio Quartararo described today's third place as his best result of the season after finishing just half a second behind the winner. Today, the Frenchman took advantage of the falls of the racers in front of him and was among the fastest on the track, especially at the end of the race. In the last part, he eliminated the gap of three seconds behind the leader and reached the finish line just behind the first two. Despite the fact that he was even close to victory, he was unable to overtake Maverick Vinales in the fight for second place, which would then open the way for him to a possible surprising victory. "This is the best result of the season. I was also third in India and America, but with a much bigger gap behind the winner. Today I am just behind the fastest." He had the most problems in the opening part of the race, when he did not manage to warm up the last lap well enough
Quartararo: I don't know why the race is on so late

Quartararo: I don't know why the race is on so late

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Fabio Quartararo finished the race in Motegi in tenth place and was shortchanged on the race schedule. Sam thinks the race should have started earlier. "Complete confusion. I really don't understand why the race is scheduled so late - at three in the afternoon, when it starts to get dark at five. It was especially challenging today in such conditions," said the Frenchman after the race. At the end of the first lap, the Frenchman did not change motorcycles like most racers, but stayed on the track with dry track tires for one more lap. The decision turned out to be wrong. "I decided to stay on the track for one more lap. It's true that the track was already wet, but the rain wasn't that heavy. The decision was wrong and I lost precious seconds. We have the same problems on a wet track as we do in the dry. We have the most problems