Fabio Quartararo: Yamaha ‘years away’ with electronics, ‘still not using full potential’
Fabio Quartararo says Yamaha𝓀’s new engine is a step forward but that the improvements made are still not enough.

MotoGP champion in 2021, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo wants to contend for titles as quickly a💦s possible, but it appearsℱ he might have to wait a bit longer.
The Yamaha rider was third fastest on the opening day of the Sepang test, and w𒊎hile the new engine was a step forward compared to 2023, Quartararo still feels a lot more needs✃ to be done.
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Quartararo said: “Faster at the moment and I’m happy because the engi🐭ne is better than last year. But we’re still not using the full potential of the bike.
“The character is way too aggressive and we’re not using our full potential of our bike ಌyet.
“Today, we worked a lot on the electroni🌄cs to try and find the best way to use our engine.”
So d♑oes that mean, well four more days of pre-season testing will take place before the season-opener, but Quartararo says winning races is not in Yamaha’s immediate future.
“Clearly, for me to fight for the victory it’s not enough,”🧸 began the Frenchman. “It’s nღot enough but there is a big difference between fighting in the top ten or for the top five in a lot of races.
“So I think that now we are in a much better position than last year, 💙but we are🅺 still not a winning bike.
"We are working on itꦉ and I will not say that we willಌ arrive soon, but the way we are working in the team with Max [Bartolini] (technical director) and Marco [Nicotra] - new head of Aero at Yamaha - who is more into the aerodynamics, it is from black to white.
"This is something great for Yamaha."
Quartararo and Yamaha grew into the 2023🍷 campaign and by the season's end were in positions to regularly fight for top five finishes.
Part of the improvements they made in 2023 compared to 2022 were to do with the eng🐎ine, but it’s also the electronics that need wor🅰k, according to Quartararo.
“Electronics is where we are years and years away,” said Quartararo. “This is somethܫing that we still have to improve and of course, a little bit of everything.
“When there is no grip, whic🌠h is typical for Yamaha, then the bike has zero grip.
Alex ඣ[Rins] also felt the same. This is something we have to improve.
"When the grip is great then the bike has a lot of potential. But when it is low grip condition we are really♓ on the back.
Although improvements still need to be made, the changes in approach have been significant and Quartararo admits this way of thinking needs to continue.&nbs𝄹p;
"For me I love it because in the Shakedown and it was su🌠pposed to give us potential. To be faster, let's say.
"But we had some🐎 technical issues and with Max, he said we won't give up and that we have to find a solution to make this item work. That's what we did.
"In the past, if it was just with the Japan꧅ese engineers it was maybe too risky so♌ we stayed away.
"This is the mentality♑ that we have to have and play with the limit.🍸"