Aleix Espargaro backs Fabio Quartararo contract: “Not only for the money…”
Aleixꦬ Espargaro comments on "the money" and Fabio Quartararo's big decision

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo did not re-sign with Yamaha solely for money, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro insists.
Quartararo’s decision to stick with his underperforming team on a long-term new deal will reportedly make him the highest-paid rider in MotoGP.
It also solves a key part of the 2025 rider market, ⛎after he rejected an option to go to Aprilia.
Curren🌺t Aprilia rider Espargaro, meanwhile, is deciding whether to carry on wit𒁃h his MotoGP career or to retire next year.
He compared his decision to Quartararo’s to : “For the market in general, it may change, but for me nothing changes because I am in a totalܫly different position.”
Espargaro reacted to Quartararo’s new contract: “There are many people who criticise his renewal and I do not understand those ܫcriticis♛ms.
“This is a poker game and everyone knowsﷺ the cards th🉐ey have.
“I think he has taken t♑he best option he had, not only f🦋or the money.
“He is in a team that he ꦿknows, he has been world champion with Yamah🅘a.
“They have made many changes that do not have to be noticeab💧le from one day to the next, but in𝔉 the medium term.
“And I think he has understood it.
“It was difficult fℱor him to risk it now because he was not g🤪oing to be able to go to an official Ducati, for example.
“I don't see it as so strange that he renewed.
“In his position I would have done the same.”
Quartararo’s new deal will bo🃏lster his bank balance significantly but does mean he faces an anxious wait to discover the fruits of Yamaha’s planned progress.
The Japanese manufac🍰turer can take advant🅠age of the new concessions rule this year to hasten their bike’s development.
Yamaha a𒆙re also intent on adding a satellite team in 2025 ♍to give them double the data and double the riders on grid.
But Quartararo will know t🎶hat he will likely not be in a race-winning position this year, and even next year feels optimistic.
The good news for Yamaha is that they have a top rider🌜, a significant ꦅbudget and the concessions rules on their side to solve their ongoing problems.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for🦋 a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.