168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo has revealed that a “great meeting” with Yamaha engineers last time in Portimao convinced him to re-sign for the next two MotoGP seasons.

That meeting included some “really interesting things” that are “still confidential” but the Frenchman claims “the project is going ꦏto be huge”.

The 2021 world champion surprised many by extending his Yamaha deal so early in the season, despite little to show for results in the opening rounds an🌺d rumoured i🌌nterest from Aprilia, which won the Portimao Sprint.

“Of course we talked to dif🍸ferent manufacturers,” Quartararo acknowled🌄ged at COTA on Thursday, without naming any specific brands.

“And of course, t𒈔he decision was not as easy. But in Portugal we had a great meeting with the top management of Yamaha engineers about the project from now until the end of the year, and also 2025 and 2026.

“There are some really interesting things that are still confidential in Yamaha. New ꦛpeople. The project is going to be huge. So the decision was made in Portugal.”

The Frenchman ad💎ded: “It was great because in Portugal [Yamaha gave me] lots of information that made me want to stay. First of all for the project Yamaha is building for the future, starting from [this] January.

“And of course𓆏, like I said before, some confidential project for the future that is going to be huge.”

While the ‘confidential project’ remains a mystery, Quartararo did name c꧒heck new Yamaha technical director Massimo Bartolini, who arrived in January, as well as Yamaha’s sizeable d꧋evelopment budget and loyalty.

“The budget in terms of improving the bike is reaཧlly high in Yamaha. And with the arrival of Massimo Bartolini from Ducati, I think he brings us some really good ideas.

“Yamaha is investing a lot in the project and also this is🔜 my sixth year so it's loyalty from th🧸em also.”

Quartararo took podiums from his first MotoGP season, on a satellite Yamaha at the now defunct Petronas team, in 2019. The Frenchmജan made history by winning races as a satellite M1 rider in 2020, then enjoyed instant title success after being promoted to the factory team in 2021.

While Qua🧔rtararo also led the 2022 standings, he and Yamaha were subsequently overwhelmed by Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia. The M1’s most recent victory rema🌸ins Quartararo’s win at the Sachsenring, just before the summer break in 2022.

The 24-year-old has a beไst finish of seventh from the opening rounds of this season, in Qatar and Portimao𒈔, and is eleventh in the early world championship standings.

Quartararo admits it will take time 🍸to transform the M1 into a competitive machine again but tಌhinks 2025 is a realistic aim.

“Yamaha can make [progress] quickly, but not 𒉰super quick because we need a little bit of time, but I think already next year it will be𓂃 quite different.

“Talking about 2024, it will not be easy because I think we started a little bit too late, but already we will see some steps forward coming in the [halfw𝓡ay stage of the] season and hopefully next year we can be fighting much more in the front.”

Quizzed on his past criticism of Yamaha and if he has the patience to wait much longer for results, the Frenchman repliedไ:

“This year was not complaints, it was basically [just saying] the reality. But I think🔯 this project is more [about] the future than the present. It started already from January, with the engineers coming from Ducati. And I think it will take time.

“Of course, last year especially, I complained a lot. But this year, since Yamaha ma🌜de this big move, different mentality - the way they are working right now is completely different.

“But the reality today is we are still very, ve💖ry far from the top guys. We need more time to be 🤪closer, so it's not really complaints that I'm saying right now, but just the way we are right now.”

Alex Rins, winner at COTA last season for LCR Honda, replaced Franco Morbidelli as Quartararo’s team-mate th♑is year. Rins’ initial contract is only for the 2024 campaign.