Yamaha continues to have Fabio Quartararo as its main rider, but despite the Frenchman’s talent, who has already won a title with the team, the current situation is not the best, and the speed he puts on the track isn’t either. This situation caused some discomfort for the rider and the need to learn how to deal with the lack of victories.
The 25-year-old rider addressed the topic on the Twojeys channel, and how the situation he’s experiencing wasn’t easy, with him even having to readjust his way of being and living day-to-day in the garage and beyond, from a mental perspective: ‘I had to learn a bit how to lose because last year was more complicated, I had difficulties with the team and when a brand like Yamaha chooses you as the number 1 of the team… We had many good moments, but now it’s time for more difficult moments’.
The lack of competitiveness of the M1 against the competition has resulted in performances below what he was used to, and especially at the beginning, he admitted, he had to learn to manage his emotions and the lack of those desirable results:
– I was used to fighting for the title every year, now I’m fighting for a ninth or tenth position. At the beginning, I lived it very badly. Now I’ve learned to manage these emotions, especially when I lose, because you can always take something positive from it and I learn from it.