Fabio Quartararo has rolled back on recent comments that suggested Yamaha has just ‘one chance’ to deliver with its 2024 bike at next month’s Misano MotoGP test.
With Alex Rins absent since May’s leg-breaking accident at Mugello, LCR Honda team-mate Takaaki Nakagami heard about the Spaniard’s 2024 switch to the factory Yamaha MotoGP team at the same time as everyone else.
Jason O’Halloran rose to the top at a track where he holds a superb recent record, rookie Charlie Nesbitt collected his first podium and championship leader Tommy Bridewell could only manage fourteenth as day one drew to a close in Thruxton.
Cal Crutchlow has completed a private test at Motegi, the same track where he will make a wild-card entry for Yamaha in the factory’s home Japanese MotoGP.
Starting from last place after a wet qualifying, Fabio Quartararo rolled the dice and fitted a range of different parts to his factory Yamaha for Sunday’s British MotoGP race.
Fabio Quartararo and Yamaha were again left scratching their heads after lapping slower than last season on day one of the 2023 British MotoGP at Silverstone.
Franco Morbidelli says his MotoGP future remains up in the air after official confirmation that he will be replaced by Alex Rins at the Monster Yamaha team next season.
Yamaha has officially confirmed that three-time MotoGP race winner and factory test rider Cal Crutchlow will make a wild-card entry at this year’s Motegi round, in Japan
Two weeks into the summer break and there is still no official announcement on who will occupy the factory Monster Yamaha MotoGP seat alongside Fabio Quartararo in 2024.
When Maverick Vinales tore up a big-money Yamaha MotoGP contract and ultimately split from the factory mid-way through 2021, many were questioning if he had made the right move.