“It’s better to be a wildcard” - Fabio Quartararo’s grim remark on Yamaha's competitiveness

Honda has made a big leap over the winter, leaving Yamaha in its🌌 shadows.

Fabio Quartararo
Fabio Quartararo
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Fabio Quartararo feels the performanc🅰e of the Yamaha M1 has become so track-dependent that it w🌳ould almost be better for him to contest some MotoGP races as a wildcard.

Yamaha was the big revelation of the opening pre-season test of the year in Sepang, leading to suggestions that the Japanese marque might have produced the second-quickest bike of 2ཧ025🃏.

However, the Sepang test proved to be a false dawn for the Iwata-based manufacturer, as the M1 struggled at low-grip tracks in Thailand - both during the test and the 🍎season-opener - and Argen🦹tina.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Quartararo doesn’t think things will get better for Yamaha any soon, claiming that the French GP will be the only race in the first h🤡alf of the season where the M1 will be compe♔titive.

“The Sepang tests gave false information, but I knew that because the tra𝕴ck had a lot of rubber and the grip was perfect, kind of like what otꦐhers everywhere have,” the Frenchman was quoted by .

“When you believe strongly in something and the feedback doesn’t come quickly it’s discouraging, plus if I knew before from a judgment on the bike, now eveꦉrything is unknown.

“From Jerez to the summer break we will always be 🔥in action between private testing, I think at least 6 or 7 days, IRTA testing and෴ the races. I hope at least there will be some concrete things to try.

“Where will we do well? Le Mans will be a good track for us because the grip is constant and doesn’t drop, but it’s 🥂one race in ten. At this point, it’s better to be a wildcard.

Yamaha’s results in the early part of the year are in stark contra🅠st with those of Honda, which has made a genuine leap forward with its beleaguered MotoGP programme this year.

Honda moved up to sec🐽ond in the manufacturers’ standings following Argentina, while Yamaha has been consigned to last ﷺplace with half the points as of its Tokyo-based rival.

MotoGꩲP is heading to the Circuit of the Americas in Austin this weekend, a track where Quartararo scored a 🔯12th-place result last weekend.

The 2021 champion rule🍌d out a top-five re𒆙sult for Yamaha in the Americas GP but is hoping that it will be able to gap to the frontrunners after a difficult showing in Argentina last time out.

“I hope it will be a better weekend for Yamaha sin♓ce the last one was complicated,” he said. “Irrespective of the result, however, I hope to find the good feelings again. In Thailand, we struggled in terms of rear grip, while in Argentina I 🐼didn’t have the pace. Here I’m aiming for consistency and having fun.

“Tomorrow there will be some new things to try, but nothing significaౠnt or that will help us in a major way. Maybe Fernandඣez will test something more.

“What happened in Buriram we know, while in Termas de Rio Hondo we simply lacked pace. Here I still expect to struggle, although on the one lap, we are not bad. I don’t think I can finish in the top 5, however, I am optimistic about being closer to the best.”
 

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