Monster Yamaha’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo began the 2024 MotoGP season by finishing in eleventh place, 17.701s behind Francesco Bagnaia in Qatar, with an average deficit♏ of 0.84s per lap.

The Frenchman finished the season in the same eleventh place at November’s Barcelona Grand Pri𝄹x when he was 10.756s behind Bagnaia over 24 laps, an average loss of 0.45s per lap.

Those numbers broadly point to♔ Yamaha progress over the 20 rounds - despite failing to take a podium for the first time in the MotoGP era - but also illustrate how incredibly close the compe🐠tition is.

“Right now, the level of all the riders in MotoGP is very high,” Yamaha technical director Max Bartolini told ltxcn.top.

“New lap records are being set each weekend an๊d everybody is so tight: Ah! Disaster! 4-5 tenths slower!’

“But half-a-second over 15 corners is tไiny. Everybody is on such a high level.ꦺ”

The cream of th♍e 2024 MotoGP crop were Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia, 🌌riders Bartolini knows well from two decades at Ducati.

In terms of data, how do the current factory Yamaha du𓆏o of 2021 world champion Quartararo and six-time race winner Alex Rins compare to Bagnaia and Ma🍎rtin?

“It’s difficult to compare because of the different package,♎ so the [Yamaha] bike requires a different way to ride,” Bartolini 🦂replied.

“For sure, both Fabio and Alex are super talented becaus🥂e they are race winners in MotoGP, and Fabio a world champion.

“In general Fabio is more good on braking and carrying corner speed. Alex is more good at managing the corner exit. But bot♛h are very good.

“Now we suf🧸fer a lack of performance [from the bike] in general, so you try to overrꦏide to try to fix it, and sometimes it is not easy.

“That is oꦺne of the most difficult conditions; trying not to ove𝔉rride. But they are doing a good job.”

Speaking before Bagnaia made his fateful mistake in the Sepang sprint, which hand൲ed Martin the breathing room needed to secure his first MotoGP crown, Bartolini said of the title battle:

“Honestly, they both deserve to win it. Already for the past two ye♑ars, they are very fast. Clearly, at the end, it will be the one that makes less mistakes.

“It's a fair battle between two riders that are very, very good… They can win for༒ many years. It’s a grea🌊t battle, but I honestly don’t know who will win!”

“Hopefully I’ll be in that situation and let you know!”

During the many twists a💛nd turns of the 2024 world championship, TV cameras often cut to the factory Ducati pits, where the calmness of Gigi Dall’Igna🔴 contrasted with the emotions of team manager Davide Tardozzi.

When Bartol🌃ini watches a MotoGP race, is he more like a Tardozzi or a Dall’Igna?

“Normally I'm quite calm. Maybe except for the last 2-3 laps if you really have something impo🉐rtant to fight for,” he said.

“In general, it's more about development [at Yamaha] now. So you watch a race analysing, ‘We gained a little bit t🅷here…’. So it’s easier to stay calm.

“Davide [Tardozzi]ꦑ is on the other side, he’s always been like this!” Bartolini grinned.

“I worked with Davide for 20 years, so he’s more than a fri🍌end for me. Then Gigi is very calm. Or at least he looks calm!

“But 🐻I thജink Davide just shows to the world what everybody is thinking in those last two laps when you are fighting for something important.

“Hop🐼efully in the next few years I will be in that situation and let you know!”