The oddities of MotoGP have led to a major turnaround. If until a couple of seasons ago, the top series of the world championship was Japanese-driven, suddenly the European brands woke up from their torpor and thus from being chasers, Ducati first and foremost but also Aprilia, then they became the champions of the championship , followed closely by the Austrian KTM.
In the midst of an apparently inexplicable crisis, the teams from the Land of the Rising Sun obtained from Dorna, with the green light of all the members, the so-called concessions regarding technical aspects and private tests, in order to shorten the time necessary for the recovery. However, since these are not problems that can be resolved immediately, the fruits are slow in arriving and there are those who like Fabio Quartararo who, riding the Yamaha, had won a title in 2021, has now reached the limit of patience.
Questioned by AS on the reasons that led him to renew the contract with the House of the three tuning forks in spite of this impasse, the Frenchman replied: “cas I already said, I have faith in the project and in the way of working at the office. The economic aspect (we are talking about an annual salary of around 5 and a half million euros ed.) it only mattered to a small extent than what I know is more than a promise“.
For El Diablo the handicap in comparison with the strongest is evident. “We are twelve months late, but I am convinced that at the beginning of 2025 we will be in another position. We will probably go back to talking as in the past and not wondering if we will be able to move on to Q2. Do the regulatory changes for 2027 scare me? Yamaha is making big investments, so absolutely not. The short-term goal is to recover and remain competitive in the long term“, he asserted with a combative attitude.
With only the possibility of returning to battle at the front in mind, the driver from Nice denied any interest in the head-to-head, which is rewarding them, with Honda. “I’m not going to look at what those behind us are doing, just those above us“, he concluded.
