Fabio Quartararo feels the performance of the Yamaha M1 has become so track-dependent that it would almost be better for him to contest some MotoG🌱P races as a wildcard.

Yamaha was the big r🦄evelation of the opening pre-season test of thꦓe year in Sepang, leading to suggestions that the Japanese marque might have produced the second-quickest bike of 2025.

However, the Se♔pang test proved to be a false dawn for the Iwata-based manufacturer, as the M1 stru🌠ggled at low-grip tracks in Thailand - both during the test and the season-opener - and Argentina.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Quartararo d🦹oesn’t think things will get better for Yamaha any soon, claiming thღat the French GP will be the only race in the first half of the season where the M1 will be competitive.

“The Sepang tests gave false information, but I knew that because the track had a lot of rubber and the grip was perfꦺect, kind of like🎐 what others everywhere have,” the Frenchman was quoted by .

“When yo🐼u believe strongly in something and the feedback doesn’t come quickly it’s discouraging, plus if I knew before from a jud🌳gment on the bike, now everything is unknown.

“From Jerez to the summer break we will alway🐈s be in action between private testing, I think at least 6 or 7 days, IRTA testing and the races. I hope at least there will be some concrete things to try.

“Where will we do well? Le Mans will be a good track for us because the grip is constant and doesn’t drop, but🤪 it’s one race in ten. At this point, it’s better to be a wildcard.

Yamaha’s resultꦏs in the early part of the year are in stark contrast with those of Honda, which has made a genuine leap forward with its beleague💝red MotoGP programme this year.

Honda🐠 m🐎oved up to second in the manufacturers’ standings following Argentina, while Yamaha has been consigned to last place with half the points as of its Tokyo-based rival.

MotoGP is heading to the Circuit of the Americas in Austin this weekend, a track where Quartararo scored a 12th-pl⛎ace r♏esult last weekend.

The 2021 champion ruled out a top-five result for Yamaha in the Americas GP but is hoping that it will be able 🍌to gap to the frontrunners after a difficult showing in Argentina last time out.

“I hope it will be a better weekend for Yamaha since the last one was compl🔥icated,” he said. “Irrespective of the result, however, I hope to find the good feelings again. In Thailand, we struggled in terms of rear grip, while in Argentina I didn’t have the pace. Here I’m aiming for consistency and having fun.

“Tomorrow there will be some new things to try, but ♏nothing significant or tha🏅t will help us in a major way. Maybe Fernandez will test something more.

“What happened in Buriram we know, while in Termas de Rio Hondo we simply lacked pace. Here I still expect to struggle, although on the one lap, we are not bad. I don’t think I can finish in the top 5, however, I am optimistic about being closer to the best.”