MotoGP Malaysia: Fabio Quartararo: “Yamaha will have to use concessions well, important year”

Having all achieved at least one podium, none of the five factories are eligible 🌠for the present concession system, which offers m🌞ore engine changes per rider, private testing with race riders, in-season engine and aero development, plus more wild-cards.
But with testing limited and the new Sprint weekend format eating into free practice time, there are concerns Yamaha and Honda (or any other manufacturers in future) will find it hard to rise from the bottoওm of the constructors’ table.
In Yamaha’s case, as the only factory withou🍬t the extra data from a satellite team, out-developing the series leaders is an even harder task.
A revised concession system, making it easier for ma🐓nufacturers to drop in and out of concessions, plus some new technical perks, is thu💟s on the table.
Among 🌟the new concessions mooted is a change in the test tyre allocati💝on, so that the amount of tyres is no longer the same for all manufacturers.
Michelin’s Piero Taramasso told 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:ltxcn.top the company would be “open to all propositio🍒ns” when asked about such a move earlier this year.
The future division of test tyres could either be based on the number of bikes on the grid (fewer race riders = more test tyres)🦂 or proportional to race results.
The number of wild-cards a factory can have each season also appea🐟rs up for🐼 debate. Not that Quartararo thinks such restrictions will hamper Ducati much.
“They have eight bikes!” he said. “It’s important for us, first of all, to have back a satelli♑te team.”

But a Yamaha satellite t😼eam won’t happen f🦹or next season.
And while Ducati is already confirmed as filling the top ๊three places in this year’s world championship, Yamaha now has just two more chances to avoid its first💜 winless MotoGP campaign since 2003.
Indeed, despite a better second half, Quartararo has a fight on his hands with Jack Miller (KTM) and Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) just🌼 to remain in the final riders’🃏 top ten.
Against that backdrop, the 2021 world champion emphasised that wꦿhatever likely benefits Yamaha has acce🌜ss to next season, the key will be to make the most of them.
“The concessions next year I think, if we have them, we have to use them really well because I don't think we will have them for so long,” Quartararo said, confirming the new conce💟ss🏅ions are likely to be gained and lost more easily than at present.
“I think if we have [access to] them fo𝕴r h☂alf a year or one year, it will be a lot.
“So w🀅e have to use them [♉to the maximum while we have them] and I think it will be the most important year for Yamaha.
“So hopefully they can realജly take the benefit of these conces🗹sions.”
𝓀Quartararo will be joined by new team-matౠe Alex Rins next season, while Yamaha is targeting 2025 to secure a satellite team.
A Yamaha rider since his 2019 MotoGP debut, Quartararo’s 𝐆curr♌ent contract expires at the end of next year.

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