Although Fabio Quartararo felt Yamaha delivered some ‘really positive’ aero updates at the Valencia MotoGP test, he warned ‘we are still very far from the top guys’.
As the saying goes, a good compromise is when the various parties are dissatisfied with something, and that’s roughly the case with the new MotoGP concessions ranking.
Following its first winless MotoGP season since 2003, Yamaha provided Fabio Quartararo with updated engine, chassis and aerodynamic parts at the Valencia test, where new signing Alex Rins made his M1 debut.
As negotiations near a conclusion on MotoGP’s revised concessions package for 2024, Fabio Quartararo has emphasised that Yamaha must not let what might be a limited opportunity slip away.
After leading final practice and qualifying a reasonable eighth, Fabio Quartararo suffered “the worst five corners of my career” at the start of the Malaysian MotoGP Sprint race.
After his highest-scoring weekend of the season at Mandalika, topped by a podium, Fabio Quartararo was left just 17th fastest on Friday at the Australian MotoGP.
It was glory for Kyle Ryde as he got his weekend and title hopes back on track with a sprint race win - bur Bridewell increased his overall lead in third as the BSB Showdown Saturday drew to a close at Brands Hatch.
Franco Morbidelli began the 2023 season with his MotoGP future unclear but will finish it knowing he is to swap the struggling Yamaha for a title-winning Desmosedici.
Ryan Vickers got his tyre gamble right as the heavens opened to take the shortened sprint race, as the Ducati’s got their tactics all wrong and finished out of the points at a wet Donington Park.