Fabio Quartararo clashes with Yamaha boss - then breaks down twice at Indian MotoGP
And his mood will not have improved on the opening day of the Indian MotoGP as ๊he broke dow🍨n twice with mechanical problems.
He had already expressed surprise t൲hat Yamaha’s team manager appeared please with the 2024 prototype that was tested in Misano.
"At the end of the Misano test we saw the comments from the team manager and mine that wer꧟e black and white, they were totally different," Quartararo told .
"I can clearly say that it was a disappointment, that it was not uꦯp to the level I expected, we have not made a step forward, at all.”
Quartararo, perhaps sarcastically, added: “If the team manager says it is better, maybe we should ꦑlisten to ꦚhim."
Q🤪uartararo was asked if he felt🗹 hopeless but replied: "No, in the end there is nothing on the line.
“Someone says white, the other says black.
“𝓰In the end, the comments that the rider says, I think are a bit ℱmore important.
"It is the rider who tests the motorcycles, who has the feeling if it is easier to ri♎de or not.
“Of course if we start and we are not on the line, 2024 will be the same as this year or w♐o𒁃rse.”
Quartararo said, even before experiencing two mechanical prob🌄lems during Friday practice, that he didn’t expect the ne🎀w Buddh Circuit to suit Yamaha.
"I think not because of the factors of the str♉aights.
“Indonesia did not have many straigh𒀰ts, so we went there at the beginning.
"With so many straights and so 🐻much acceleration, we will suffer a lot.
“When you expect to reach almost 370 (km/h) for others, from a very small curve, you kno🃏w thatܫ three tenths are on this straight.
"So I don't think we will be fighting a💝t the top, but at least we🐷 will give our best to get the best possible position.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everythi🦋ng from American sports, to football, to F1.
