Tag Archives: Yamaha

Quartararo has yet to sign a contract for the 2023 MotoGP season

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Fabio Quartararo, the defending champion, claims he has “not signed anything” yet concerning his 2023 MotoGP career, despite speculations that a contract had been reached during the Spanish Grand Prix. The management of the Frenchman is in talks with Yamaha about a contract renewal for 2023, with various news agencies suggesting that a contract had […]

Gardner’s rookie season in MotoGP was “a great slap in the face”

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Remy Gardner, the defending Moto2 title holder, says his debut season in MotoGP with Tech3 KTM has been “a great slap in the face,” as he “anticipated better.” The year before, the Australian defeat Ajo KTM fellow player Raul Fernandez to an engrossing Moto2 crown, earning him an advancement to the premier class with the […]

Vinales on Aprilia is “far better” than Yamaha beyond early 2022 races

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Maverick Vinales feels he will be “certainly lot better” on the Aprilia MotoGP motorbike in 2022 than he was on the Yamaha at the same point last season. In this season’s Portuguese Grand Prix, the nine-time MotoGP championship winner will compete in his tenth race for Aprilia, having switched to the brand midway through his […]

Fabio Quartararo stresses ‘can’t make mistakes now’

Fabio Quartararo, the reigning MotoGP title holder, has warned that he and Yamaha “cannot afford to make mistakes” in the coming races if they are to preserve their title. Quartararo has only one pole finish through the first four races of the competitive 2022 season. Quartararo placed 9th in Qatar, 8th in Argentina, and 7th last […]

Fabio Quartararo: Yamaha is “unprepared for a podium battle” on tracks like COTA

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At the Circuit of Americas, the Yamaha rider placed sixth, the highest non-Ducati rider, and showed good speed throughout practise. Quartararo, on the other hand, was unable to launch a podium challenge and finished seventh after a late duel with Honda’s Marc Marquez. With only one podium in his championship defence, the Frenchman is seventh in […]

World champion Fabio Quartararo: Yamaha needs to upgrade the grip uncertainties in MotoGP

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Yamaha needs to tackle the ‘little irritating’ uncertainty of how much grip the 2022 bike will have from race to circuit, according to defending MotoGP championship Fabio Quartararo. After a difficult start to 2022, Quartararo is presently fifth in the finals, with a lack of power in Qatar and Argentina – along with the M1’s […]

Quartararo’s boss is in negotiations with competing MotoGP teams for 2023

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Eric Mahe, the supervisor of current MotoGP championship Fabio Quartararo, has stated that he is in negotiations with other companies about his future. Quartararo’s deal with Yamaha expires at the end of this season, despite signing a new contract with the Japanese manufacturer to participate its factory team in 2021, following MotoGP great Valentino Rossi. The […]

Following negotiations with rival MotoGP teams, Quartararo has no plans to leave Yamaha

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Fabio Quartararo claims he’s “not looking at choices because I want to leave” Yamaha in 2023, but that he’ll start thinking about his next MotoGP team in the following 2 months. Quartararo’s adviser Eric Mahe said on the MotoGP global broadcast on Friday at the Americas Grand Prix that he is in negotiations with companies […]

Maverick Vinales is ‘disappointed,’ adding that his feelings aren’t the same as in testing

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After completing 21 seconds behind teammate Aleix Espargaro, Maverick Vinales describes his P12 position at the Qatar MotoGP as “clearly a terrible result.” After Maverick Vinales stayed a long way behind his team-mate during the Qatar MotoGP, expecting Aleix Espargaro to lead the squad’s charge in 2022 if Aprilia has a race-winning package. Vinales, who […]

Franco Morbidelli: The problem is that our maximum was insufficient

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Franco Morbidelli is ‘close to my maximum’ in the Qatar MotoGP season opening, although his time on the A-spec Petronas bike is only a bit faster than last year’s. Franco Morbidelli has had a lot of changes since the second Qatar MotoGP race the year before, including a new (factory) squad, new bike, and surgically […]