Yamaha has made a step forwards at the Malaysian ꦍMotoGP, according to Fabio Quar🐻tararo.

Both Quartararo and his f꧃actory Yamaha teammate Alex Rins had used updated electronics in Malaysia, which Quartararo accepted was a step forward, even though he expects more to come in te𒀰rms of performance in other areas.

“I don’t think it’s [electronics] the key, but we will never gain half-a-second by only finding the grip, b൲y one thing,” he said.

“I think we have to find half-a-tenth somew🦩here, half-a-tenth by the electronics, hal♛f-a-tenth by the swingarm, by the power.

“I think that we made a step clearly, on [electronics], and I think there are many more steps to do, but the good thing is that we have a lot of ideas that we don’t try yet. The winter will be busy for the꧒ engineers.”

Al𝔍ex Rins, who was able to race in Malaysia with a new specification of Yamaha’s MotoGP engine, was also happy with his Malaysian Grand Prix, although he felt his potential would have been higher had the first start not been red flagged for a crash involving Quartararo and the two factory KTM riders: Brad Binder and Jack Miller.

“Inside our possibilities, we did a step forward, especially𓃲 starting on the Yamaha so far [back],” Rins said.

“Honestly, since Saturday I was 🧸feeling quit𝐆e good on the bike.

“Unlucky, this red flag: I did an unbelievable start, I was👍 there fighting with Marc [Marquez], but anyway I give it my🥀 maximum, I try to control the tyres as much as possible.

“Still, we need to improve, we need to understand why the drop is still quite high. But honestly we are workin✨g in a good way.”