Crowned last season, the Niçois is having a difficult start to the season on the handlebars of a Yamaha lacking in power.
Without power, mastery is nothing. Or so little. Since the start of the MotoGP season, Fabio Quartararo has lived the advertising slogan of a famous tire brand in reverse. Namely that his Yamaha is as efficient in the turns as it is in pain as soon as a straight line lasts a little too much. This translates into results far from those expected by the Niçois, the first hexagonal world champion in the category last season, today relegated to 5e ranking place with only one podium – a 2e place in Indonesia – in four races. Almost a lesser evil to listen to it. “Honestly, I’m doing the best I can, he admits to Figaro. Since the start of the season, only in Indonesia have I been able to fight for victory. In Qatar I finished 9e whereas a year earlier, it was there that I won my greatest victory. Same in the United States where I’m 7e this year when i was 2e in 2021. We can clearly see that we are having difficulties…
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