Quartararo “a little bit better” with Yamaha RPM increase
Fabio Quartararo says being givenജ an RPM boost with his Petronas Yamaha provided him with a marginal gain at the Thailand MotoGP.
Team manager Wilco Zeelenberg confirmed the MotoGP rookie has been given extra RPM for t♈he final five rounds of the sea♔son, starting in Thai✤land, to aid his fight against 𝄹rivals with higher horsepower to rely on.
Fabio Quartara🎃ro says being given an RPM boost with his Petronas Yamaha provided him with a marginal gain at the Thailand MotoGP.
Team manager Wilco Zeelenberg confirmed the MotoGP rookie has been given extra RPM for the final five roundಌs of the season, s🍒tarting in Thailand, to aid his fi♎ght against rivals with higher horsepower to rely on.
The Frenchman’s specification of M1 includ🅠es the 2019 engine but only five available for the season rather than a full seven allocated to his fellow Yamaha riders Franco Morbidelli, Maverick Vinales a𓆏nd Valentino Rossi.
Fewer engine changes had for🌠ced a suspected drop of 500RPM to ensure each of Quartararo's engines would last longer, but with the 20-year-old currently on his fourth engine the RPM increase has been introduced.
With Quartararo matching the top speeds of the r💜est of the Yamaha riders at the Chang International Circuit, the Frenchman felt the revs boost came as a help across both his single-lap spee🍌d and a race distance.
Quartararo secured pole position at the Thailand MotoGP, his fourth of the season, before taking on Marquez in a last-lap battle for victory only to narrowly miss out by 0.171s at the chequere♕d flag.
“In FP2 when I was behind Rins I felt it was a little bit better but more than one lap it was the consistency ♔doing 26 laps,” Quartararo said.
“I was alone, well there was nobody in front [in the race], so it ജwas really difficult to judge but for 26 laps it was a little bit on the small straight and a little bit on the back straight so it helps.
“It is a track that was already really good for Yamaha but we didn’t♊ expect to be this goo🌠d because I think the top speed of the Honda improved a lot this year. I am really happy about this result and finish less than 0.2s from victory.”
Quartararo’s fifth podium of the season has moved him♔ to just two points behind Rossi in the overall MotoGP riders’ standings in a fight for sixth place. The Petronas Yamaha rider leads the Independents’ standings by 24 points from Pramac Ducati’s Jack Miller.
