The French rider once again had to deal with a bad race for his bike, while he was making a comeback
13 maggio 2023
Con what motivation Fabio Quartararoafter yet another disappointing race (not his but of his M1), does he face the journalists? Probably with the motivation of the professional who knows that all this is part of the duties of a rider in the major motorcycle championship in the world. There are more difficult things in the world, but in sport Quartararo’s is certainly an unpleasant situation.
The Jerez tests didn’t bring any usable news, the bike is aggressive and unmanageable and yesterday, with Zam, Maio Meregalli tried to define the contours of this Yamaha crisis (found Meregalli’s intervention at this link or at the bottom of this article).
But now Quartararo’s words after today’s crash, while he was eighth and coming back.
A good comeback, the good thing?
“Yes, that’s the good thing, especially the speed we had in the race, I lapped in 1.31.7 before crashing. I think it’s important to believe in it and try to learn the behavior of the bike, but up front we’re always at the limit”
Astill on the race…
“In the end, the first lap was difficult, I didn’t do the first corner fast, I lost a lot of positions, but overtaking was difficult for me. The problem is the same: on the front tire we go too close to the limit. We chose the medium, with the soft I would have crashed five first laps, the medium wasn’t bad. The problem is that I’m fast in the race but not in qualifying. Before, I could make five mistakes in one session, now I’m at the limit every lap.”
On the choice of the medium tire on the front…
“We picked it to see if it was better, and it was even better, but not good enough.”
Do you still have faith in Yamaha that it can improve?
“Am I confident? No, we tried so many things and nothing worked. We have to work and find a solution as soon as possible. We now have three weeks to fix the top speed issue. Today I was only able to overtake in turns 3, 8 and 9″