The little prince of the Grands Prix who became king of MotoGP Fabio Quartararo is touring the grand dukes in the Parisian capital. But he is not letting go of the pressure on a Yamaha factory from which he expects countermeasures to face the Ducati missiles. He has already indicated that these munitions from Iwata will greatly help him determine his assignment for 2023. In an interview, he repeats that he wants firepower...
fabio quartararo legitimately benefits from his new notoriety and he certainly took great pleasure in making a pass for the Golden Ball Lionel Messi during the kick-off of a match of what is his second passion: football. However, he is above all the MotoGP World Champion. Who will put his title back on the line in a year 2022 where he will also have to define his future.
The " everything is open "OfEric Mahe is topical, while its request for means to Yamaha was repeated in an interview relayed by Motorsport. On the question of whether his M1 is the best machine on the board, he answers: “ I don't know, I haven't tried the Honda or the Ducati ". Then he elaborates: “ what we can say is that hearing the comments of all the other riders it seems that our bike is not the best ».
However… " But for me it works pretty well, we are world champions. So I think we can be really happy. We have to work. To be honest, my feeling with the bike is very good, but we are struggling to overtake in many areas. It depends on the track, Misano was very difficult ". He ends with the essential: “ we all know we need to improve power. With this I think we can have the best bike on the grid, but I think Yamaha knows where they have to work and at the moment I can't say if it's the best or not. But we are world champions ».
“When Fabio Quartararo came to us, the atmosphere in the box changed”
To measure the impact that fabio quartararo has on the factory Yamaha , it is necessary to refer to the evaluation made by the person Jorge Lorenzo recently identified as the best spy in Valentino Rossi within the brand, either Mayo Meregalli : " when he came to us, the atmosphere in the box changed " found Massimo Meregalli at MotoGP.com. “ He could handle the pressure, he was very focused and helpful. It’s great to have reached our goal in the first year, truly amazing. We have had difficult years. But in 2021, we found the path to consistency ».
The same Meregalli concludes: “ there are still areas where we can improve. We know we have problems in mixed conditions and when we're stuck in traffic, we have to fight ". THE February 6 next year, if all goes well, the start of MotoGP will be in Malaysia for two days of testing at Sepang.
