Yamaha is currently experiencing a crisis in MotoGP results, striving diligently to return to good performances. Cal Crutchlow is part of the process as a test rider and believes in the work being done.
In the OMG! MotoGP podcast, the British rider emphasized that Fabio Quartararo’s renewal until 2026 is proof of this: ‘Honestly I don’t know what their plan is for the new regulations in 2027. I have no idea. It needs to get back to the front, first and foremost. And I think with Fabio committing, they trusting in Fabio and Fabio trusting trusting them, it shows that they’re working in the right direction’.
Crutchlow stressed that Quartararo knows the team and the potential the bike had in the past: ‘If you talk in the riders’ market, did he had anywhere else to go? I don’t know. But I believe that he’s been with them for a long time, he knows what they’re capable of, he knows the bike that he used to ride, which is the bike I also tested once, and it was phenomenal – the 2019 bike, the 2020 bike, Franco Morbidelli was riding that year, was unbelievable’.
Since then, the power of the bikes has been increasing, and the #35 considers that to be the source of Yamaha’s problems: ‘Now we’ve got more power, and more power, and more power every year, which is what Fabio has asked for. This is where the problem has been created’.