Fabio Quartararo knows he can “fight at the front” in MotoGP Dutch GP
Fabio Quartararo says he expects to put his short dip in form behind him at Assen this weekend, where he believes he can “fight at the front” in the MotoGP Dutch Grand Prix. Having put his Yamaha on pole position at three successive race weekends early in the European season, the 26-year-old struggled at the latest […]
Fabio Quartararo explains «a real disaster» for Yamaha in Italian MotoGP
The Yamaha MotoGP yo-yo was again in full swing at Mugello, as Fabio Quartararo leaped to the front in qualifying, despite his crash on Friday, only to fall back down the order in both the sprint and main race at the Italian Grand Prix. In the sprint, he came away with no points, while in […]
Yamaha’s Mugello sprint pace causes concern for MotoGP star Fabio Quartararo
The 2021 MotoGP champion Fabio Quartararo has had a pretty poor Italian Grand Prix weekend so far. Going down hard on Friday resulted in a dislocated shoulder and a trip to the hospital while his excellent qualifying performance was rendered irrelevant by an awful race pace. Even though the Yamaha rider has been seen as […]
Fabio Quartararo injures shoulder in practice crash at MotoGP’s Italian GP
MotoGP world champion Fabio Quartararo has been taken to hospital following a big accident during the first official practice session at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix. The Yamaha rider went down after just 10 minutes as the front of the bike got away from the Frenchman heading into the fast left-right sequence at Turn 4 […]
Yamaha signs Andrea Dovizioso as MotoGP test rider
Yamaha has announced the signing of Andrea Dovizioso as a MotoGP test rider as well as a rider performance advisor until 2027 ahead of the Italian Grand Prix. The former factory Ducati rider makes an official return after retiring from the MotoGP grid in 2022. Dovizioso had been testing for Yamaha ad hoc, having joined […]
Fabio Quartararo laments “unrideable” Yamaha bike in Aragon sprint
Fabio Quartararo was Yamaha’s most vocal rider about electronics gremlins at the MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix, and his frustration was clear to see out on track. The Yamaha engineers tried to find some improvements on Friday night, and after managing to get into Q2 following the Q1 qualifying session, Quartararo put his bike ninth on […]
Winners and losers from MotoGP’s Aragon Grand Prix
Marc Marquez, Ducati Team Photo by: Gold and Goose Photography / LAT Images / via Getty Images What is there to say? At the track where Marc Marquez ended his over-1,000-day winning drought last year, the six-time world champion looked untouchable. After taking pole position by nearly three-tenths of a second, the Saturday sprint delivered […]
Fabio Quartararo will «forget everything» after poor Aragon GP
The only satisfaction that the Yamaha MotoGP squad can take from the Aragon Grand Prix weekend is that at least the nightmare is over. Yamaha was off the pace during Friday, before a miraculous qualifying performance by Fabio Quartararo saw the factory rider scrap into ninth position on the grid. The sprint race was uneventful […]
Fabio Quartararo slams “tough day” in Aragon as Yamaha doesn’t «understand” issues
The low-grip Aragon track was a prime suspect to expose the deficiencies of Yamaha’s YZR-M1 machine and unfortunately for Fabio Quartararo and the Japanese manufacturer the issue was in the spotlight. There was no shortage of sympathy for the luckless Frenchman whose Yamaha machine snapped and jumped seemingly on the exit of every corner around […]