So often during the 2022 MotoGP season 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo was let down by a lack of top speed compared to eventual world champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia and Ducati.

So it’s no wonder that the Frenchman, who had a bike as capable as the Ducat♏i in many other areas, was pleading with the Iwata-based manufacturer for upgrades that ꧑would make his job easier.

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Unfortunately that was never to be the case as 💙Quartararo’s only chance at testing a brand new engine was in the form of post-race tests in Misano and Valencia.

But that’s where things get interesting, or perhaps confusing based on which way you look at it, as a new engine was debuted in Misano with very positi🌃ve results.

Quartararo set a top speed of 298.3km/h, albeit in the slipstream of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Franco Morbidelli as he finished just shy of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin’s 300.0km/h.

Still, signs were there that Yamaha had made the require🍸d gains to become a force against Ducati a꧂nd others in what was clearly their most pressing area of concern.

In fact, speaking after the test, a very pleased Quartararo s꧂aid: "This morning we worked pretty well on the electronics of the new bike because the character of the engine is sligh▨tly different. The top speed looks really good, so I feel super happy! It‘s a great feeling.

"I got a great slipstream to set the 298km/h top speed this morning. But the average of the speed was also good, compared to the others🐎, this is super important.

"We still need to work on the first🧜 part of acceleration and improve more. But we are only in September. We sꦉtill have the Valencia test, then Sepang and Portimao."

Then came a v🎶ery quick and surprising drop in top speed during the final 🐽test of the year in Valencia.

After losing his MotoGP title to Bagnaia, Quartararo made his second appearance wi💮th the 2023 engine, this time with the effects being much less impressive.

Quartararo added: "I'm surprised because actually thisꦏ engine was supposed to be a little♋ bit faster than the one we tested in Misano and Barcelona [but] I found it was the same as [the 2022 engine] two days ago.”

"Especially on the qualifying lap. We compared the speed and it was the same. So we 🌠have to analyse what happened because we had two tests - Misano Barcelona - then Cal [Crutchlow] did Motegi and Jerez and they saw a difference on the [new] engine.

"But right now, there was no difference. So we have to ana𒆙lyse really well what happened."

"It's not the way I wanted to end the year, but at the end something went wrong. It's not possible that in Misano and Barcelona we felt an improvement and today th💛ere is nothing."

"Normally this engine has more horsepower and in Jerez [a week ago] Cal tried it and it was clearly better. But righ𓄧t now [here] the top speed with last year is the same. There is a problem for sure! I mean not in thౠe engine, but something happened that we didn't have this extra power that we were expecting.

"It was nꦯot a wasted [day] but, a weird feeling I would say. At Misano when I went throu🧜gh the gears I felt that the engine had something. Today, no!"

Fast forward to the present time and Yamaha’s unpredictable top speed made a resurgence during the recent🐓 Sepang Shakedown test as Cal Crutchlow was rumoured to have clocked a best of 335.4km/h, which is one km/h slower than the record at Sepang set by Enea Bastianini. 

Crutchlow also recorded a speed of 330.0km/h on the opening day 🐈when conditions were less than favourable, meaning Quartararo and team-mate Morbidelli should have something to build upon during the official three-day test.