Fabio Quartararo lost his world title in 2022 and now has only one idea in mind: to win it back at the end of this year 2023. On this failure to preserve his first 2021 vintage crown, two analyzes confront each other. There is the one that fully charges Yamaha who failed to respond to the technical challenge proposed by Ducati, thus leaving its flagship rider idle. There is also this approach, recognizing, of course, this weakness of Iwata's brand, but while mentioning that, in history, never has a leading driver in the general classification at mid-season with 91 points ahead of his challenger had not gained such an advantage, to the point of finishing the exercise ultimately 17 lengths behind. Ramon Forcada, who served the Yamaha cause via RNF until the retirement of his rider Dovizioso at Misano, has his version and here it is…
fabio quartararo went from reigning World Champion and leader of the title race for much of the 2022 season to runner-up in Pecco Bagnaia returned from the devil vauvert with his Ducati red at the final whistle. Technically, it's a defeat, but there is defeat and defeat. A nuance that lingers on Ramón Forcada, the chief engineer with proven skills and experience, to better do justice to the Frenchman's career.
Ramon Forcada: “ for me, it is a huge merit for Fabio«
He says this in comments read on motorcyclesports : " For me, this year, apart from Pecco who was very fast, I don't know if people understand what Fabio did. I take my hat off to him, even if he didn't win the world championship » he begins before expanding: “ find yourself alone, with a motorcycle that has not evolved, with the same motorcycle as last year, with an engine that does not run or only slightly, with very weak acceleration and without using all the aerodynamic and trim correction systems that Ducati used, and to still be able to compete in the championship with Pecco is to have a lot of merit ».
Et Ramón Forcada finished : " for me, it is a huge merit for Fabio ". The Spaniard therefore supports the thesis of the total responsibility of Yamaha in the failure of 2022. Which de facto puts pressure on the brand for 2023, a season where an M1 of another kind will have to assert itself. Unless you enter a dangerous zone of turbulence likely to call into question the future of the project. A situation which is found identically in Honda, With a Marc Marquez who waits with just as much interest as Fabio Quartararo its rearmament.
