Fabio Quartararo left the MotoGP tests in Sepang aware that Yamaha still has a long way to go to reach the desired competitive level – despite the extensive work done.
The 2021 champion highlighted that there were constant changes to the bike on the last day of testing, and conclusions were drawn, but stressed that at this point the YZR-M1 needs more adjustments than just the setup:
– Some new parts I don’t know, for sure some ideas we will have, because on Thursday from 10h00 to 14h30 we never stopped. Setups on the bike, we changed a lot and we found some positives, some negatives, some direction. So I think for the engineers is quite good to see which bike we have, what is positive, the negative, and try to come with a good idea for Qatar. But what we need I think it’s more than just the setup.
After these first tests, Quartararo is happy with Yamaha’s way of working: ‘The expectation was for me how they work. I knew it wouldn’t be a revolution from November to February. But I think the way we are working is much better. We’re still really far away, but I think in a few months we can have a better idea of where we are’.