Fabio Quartararo and Yamaha have a two-year agreement. But the next world year could already be decisive…
The big loser of this MotoGP season he is certainly the 2021 champion. The road to the second world championship seemed paved for Fabio Quartararo, with the more than 90 points advantage accumulated in the first part of the championship. But the incredible triumphal ride of I’m sorry Bagnaia and his Ducati reshuffled the cards, thus relegating the Yamaha standard bearer to second place in the world championship. Look at the ready ransom, but with many unknowns on the horizon. Quartararo has signed a biennial renewal with the house of the three tuning forks, therefore until 2024, but next year it could already be there season of truth for this pairing…
Yamaha, we have to work hard
“We know what the pilot needs.” This comment from the project leader Kazutoshi Seki clarifies Iwata’s brand intentions towards its champion. But the problem is being able to put into practice ideas, thus satisfying every request of Fabio Quartararo. And it already is disappeared the smile from the tests at Misano to those at Valencia, when El Diablo clearly said he hadn’t heard no difference compared to the 2022 engine of the M1. A bad sign at Yamaha, which is doing everything possible to try to close the gap compared to its opponents, thus allowing Quartararo to be once again in the world melee. Which the #20 rider did again this year, despite the clear inferiority technique of his Yamaha, but it will certainly not be enough for the next MotoGP season. Rivals growIwata must do it too or his future depends on it.
And if Quartararo…
A bit like what could happen at Honda, with Marc Marquez not at all satisfied with the bike he tested in Valencia. Fabio Quartararo covers it same role of the eight-time Spanish world champion, but in Yamaha. A brand that has its own only in the French sample lifeline and he really can’t afford to lose it. The results of the other Yamaha guys speak for themselves, Quartararo is the only one who can ‘limit the damage‘ and to fight for the title despite everything. “In 2019 I had to be very sweet. This year I really was aggressiveyet always at the limit“ is Quartararo’s comment on the situation experienced this year. And the mark of the three tuning forks runs the big risk of losing his trump card. A terrifying prospect for Yamaha, which would live the same nightmare as HRC since Marquez’s injury. Thus leaving the way open to Italian brands, in this case Ducati and Apriliawho are making a comeback as protagonists in the world championship, as in the past.
