Aleix Espargaro backs Fabio Quartararo contract: “Not only for the money…”
Aleix Espargaro comments on "the money" and Fabio Quart♕araro's big de𒆙cision

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo did not re-sign with Yamaha solely for money, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro insists.
Quartararo’s decision to stick with his underperforming team on a long-term new deal will reportedly make him the highest-paid rider in MotoGP.
It also solves a key part of the 2025 ri🌃der market, after he rejected an option to go to Aprilia.
Current Aprilia rider Espargaro, meanwhile, is deciding whether to carry on with his MotoGP career or to♍ retire next year.
He compared his decision to Quartararo’s to : “For the market in general,ౠ it may change, but for me nothing changes because I am in a totally different position.”
Espargaro reacted to Quartararo’s new contract💙: “There are many people who criticise his renewal and I do not understand those criticisms.
“This is a poker game and everyone knows the ꦗcards they have.
“I think he has taken the best option he had, not only for t💖he mon🎶ey.
“He is in a team that he🎀 knows, he has been world champion with Yamaha.
“Th♕ey have made many changes that do not have to be 💯noticeable from one day to the next, but in the medium term.
“And I think he has understood it.
“It was difficult for him to risk it now because he was not going to be ab🌄le to go to an official Ducati, 🧜for example.
“I don't see it as so strange that he renewed.
“In his position I would have done the same.”
Quartararo’s new deal will bolster his bank balance significantly but does mean he face🀅s an anxious wait to discover th⛎e fruits of Yamaha’s planned progress.
The Japanese m♒anufacturer can take advantage of the new concessions rule this year to hasten their bike’s development.
Yamaha are also intent on adding a satellite team in 2025 to give them double the data and double the riders on ౠgrid.
But Quartararo will know that he will likely not be in a race-winning position this year, and even next yea♛r feels optimistic.
The good news for Yamaha is that they have a top rider, a significant budget and the conce💃s෴sions rules on their side to solve their ongoing problems.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American spo⛄rts, to football, to F1.