Fabio Quartararo was eager to climb on his new Yamaha that Cal Crutchlow had whipped up to reach such a top speed that it apparently revealed increased engine power. But as the Englishman also pointed out this winter, increasing this aspect also reduces the proverbial docility of the M1s on the track. An observation that Fabio Quartararo establishes, while he recognizes that the new tires disrupted his approach…
fabio quartararo do not draw hasty conclusions from this first of three days of test in Sepang, even if he had sworn this winter that he would only need the first five rounds to evaluate the work done by Iwata's engineers on the latest generation of the Yamaha in MotoGP. And indeed, it seems that the two days still to follow in Malaysia will not be too long to get an idea of its latest M1.
« It was a difficult day, especially in the morning where we used several types of tires that I didn't necessarily like. » begins the Frenchman who adds: “ especially the soft front tire ».
Fabio Quartararo does not yet validate the new Yamaha chassis
He then acknowledges on motogp.com: “ I was a little lost. We tried a lot of things today, some positive ones including top speed but I still have a lot of things to try. During this first day I suffered a little. We still have 2 days to find out how use tires better so we'll see how it is tomorrow ».
And then there’s also this: “ we need to work on the ease of piloting because at the moment it's quite difficult. But we're only on day one. We tried a new chassis which is difficult to understand but overall for a first day it wasn't bad. I didn't find a good feeling with the new chassis so I don't think we will use it this season ". And he ends: “ tomorrow we will try aerodynamic parts and I think it will be intense ". We will recall that he finished his Malaysian day behind his teammate Franco Morbidelli.
MotoGP Test Sepang J1: times
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