MotoGP Austin J3 Eric Mahé: “with the problems we have, we can lose a little piece of Fabio Quartararo, but for the moment we have lost nothing”

This Austin Grand Prix, fourth of the MotoGP season, was the third where Fabio Quartararo stripped himself for runners-up which, however, given the astonishing appearance of this season, allows him to remain in the title race. Seventh in Texas, eighth in Argentina and ninth in Qatar, we understand where the level of the Yamaha is located at which it takes special circumstances to find the podium, like in Indonesia, a stage marked by a second position in the rain. But at all times, the French World Champion must be on the handlebars, because both Morbidelli and Dovizioso show that the situation is even more desperate on the saddle of an M1 in Grand Prix in 2022. To thus keep under the running fire competition, you need a mentality of steel which Eric Mahé was keen to emphasize. While specifying all the same that it is not ductile…

fabio quartararo, he is a pilot who does not give up less than one Marc Marquez, with which he brightened up a Grand Prix of the Americas which would have been very dull without the company of the official Honda. Their duel was sumptuous, but it only concerned sixth place. However, all experience is useful in MotoGP and although already seasoned in his role, the tricolor has still learned to Austin : " I think Marquez will be one of those who can aim for the title, but I will do my best to be one. We will have more battles like this, but for better positions » said the official Yamaha .

But reality brings him to speak of the present… “ To be honest, when we are on these types of tracks, we are not capable of fighting for the podium. Now we are going to Europe. There will be better tracks for us and I will do my best to fight for the championship. I always give 100% for any place ". And he adds: “ In Austin, I learned a lot and I'm happy because even though I have less power, I pushed myself to the limit. So the day I have the power, I will have a much better result ". The whole thing is to know if this future cavalry will come out of a Yamaha or a motorcycle bearing another coat of arms. Because when asked for his opinion on his M1, the World Champion becomes withdrawn: “ I will keep it for myself ».

Eric Mahé: “ we hope he does the best he can with what he has« 

Everything that happens like this with the Yamaha stamped with the number 20 is clearly the result of the individual exploit of a driver who does not have the machine to match his talent. It is with this scheme that we negotiate with Yamaha and that we are in discussions with other brands in the French clan. “ This is a superb result! He fought until the end. We are sure that he did his best and I expected worse in terms of raw results.. I'm super happy, it's a great job by Fabio: it's great! » declared Eric Mahe, his manager, on the microphone of Canal+ at the arrival of the Grand Prix of the Americas.

He completes his remarks thus: “ with the problems we have, we can lose a little piece of Fabio, but for the moment we haven't lost anything ". And for the future, can we give a percentage chance that he will stay with Yamaha and another materializing the trend leading to the departure? “ For the moment, there is no percentage. We evaluate, there is time, and it remains very cool: Yamaha understands and that's how it is. ". A fatalism that also applies to the current title race: “ you have to follow race after race: you don't count points after four races. We hope he does the best he can with what he has. That's it that's all ". See you from April 22 to 24 in Portimao to find out what happens next…

Results of the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin:

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