Fabio Quartararo has revealed he had more conversations with Alex Rins during a single test than during his four years as MotoGP teammate with Franco Morbidelli. However, the latter is far from being unknown to the Frenchman... He started in MotoGP in 2019 alongside him at Yamaha SRT, before being promoted to the factory team at the start of the 2021 season, where he won his first title. Morbidelli then joined Quartararo in 2022 after taking the factory reins, but their relationship was never one of natural communication. The duo raced together until last year, when Morbidelli was replaced by Rins. And since then, everything has visibly changed...
Franco Morbidelli, member of the VR46 Academy of Valentino Rossi, will pilot alongside George Martin at Pramac Ducati, while Quarterly will share the box with Kidneys in Yamaha , a new cohabitation tested during the first pre-season tests in Sepang. During their years as teammates, Quarterly et Morbidely maintained an obvious distance, partly due to their different personalities, the Frenchman being more extroverted than the Italian.
Fabio Quartararo: “ when Franco Morbidelli was there, I didn't dare »
But since, fabio quartararo expressed comfort with alex rins, highlighting their geographic proximity by both living in Andorra, as well as their personality compatibility. “ I felt very comfortable with Alex ", said Quarterly on Motorsport. " Basically, I had more contact with him in a test than with Morbidelli in four years. That's what I think and that's the reality ».
Then the tricolor ends with this astonishing revelation: “ it's nice to be able to go to the other side of the box and speak naturally. Before, when Franco was there, I didn't dare ". The new Yamaha couple will meet in Qatar from 19 February for the last days of this off-season which will end the next day before the start of hostilities from March 8 on the same Losail route.
