Key weakness of Yamaha pinpointed as Fabio Quartararo rediscovers “fire”

Clear area where Yamaha struggle is highlighted

Fabio Quartararo
Fabio Quartararo

Fabio🎉 Q👍uartararo has been advised where his Yamaha’s obvious fault is.

The 2021 MotoGP champion enjoyed a fantastic 🉐outing last time out in Qatar, p𝐆articularly on the Saturday.

He was momentarily in pole position but ultimately had to🙈 settle for a front row start, a hugely encouraging result for the Yamaha rider whose bike ha🅘s struggled since his title win.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Quartararo fi💯nished P5 in 𓂃the sprint and P7 in the grand prix to leave Qatar with renewed hope for Yamaha’s project.

“It is even m🧜ore than expected,” Quartararo said after qualifying 📖in Qatar.

“The one-lap pace was good. We can be quite happy with what we have done൲.”

But Yamaha still have a long way to go before they are regularly mix🌞ing it with the dominant Ducatis.

The Japanese manufacturer has often ꦬstruggled with their q🌠ualifying pace, it was noted.

“They have struggled full-stop, even in races,” Sylvain Guintoli analysed for TNT Sportꦐs.

“It hﷺas been hard. But this year we have seen glimpses. We saw Quartararo super-fast in winter testing in Sepang.

“We saw Jack Miller take risks, and make it pay off straight away, in Buriram then in Austi⛄n with a top five.

“It looks like it’s almost there…

“What they need 😼to find, for me, is the consistency in efficiency in corner exit.

“This ﷽is where the Ducati excels, and where the Yamaha is not quite there 🌳yet.

“Fabio says that when the grip in the rear drops, thౠey don’t have that efficiency anymore a♒nd they lose performance.

“But the bike turns well,✤ looks stable, looks like it gives a lot of🍬 feedback to the riders.”

Fabio Quartararo rediscovers 'fire' at Yamaha

Fabio Quartararo
Fabio Quartararo

Michael Laverty added: “It helpsﷺ the Yama🀅ha when the grip is increased.

“They can turn tight💮er, get traction, accelerate off the turn to match Ducati.

“It works so well, when it works. But when it♋ drops off, Fabio is all at sea.”

🌟Quartararo reta💃ined faith in Yamaha’s ability to restore their project to the summit of MotoGP when he penned a new contract last year.

Now reportedly the ꩲhighest-paid rider in MotoGP, Quartararo is hoping that Yamaha can take major strides this year.

The addition of the Pramac satellite team has given them double the bikes, riders and data. Miller has impreꦰssed at Pramac riding a Yamaha, finishing fifth at the Americas MotoGP.

Yamaha have also started testing the꧅ir V4 engine in a huge sign of things 🔯to come.

Laverty said about Quartararo: “When he was putting it on the front row ꧒a few years ago, he was going for the victory.

“He ๊has had to recalibrate, re-set. It’s promising to see because he was a bullhound when he initially came into MotoGP 𓆏on the Petronas Yamaha.

“It’s good to see that fire. He can point to Jack Miller’s per🦩formance to elevate Fabio’s performances.”

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