Monster Yamaha’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo began the 2024 MotoGP season by finishing in eleventh place, 17.701s behind Francesco Ba🐷gnaia in Qatar, with an average deficit of 0.84s per lap.

The Frenchma𒅌n finished the season in the same eleventh place at November’s Barcelona Grand Prix when he was 10.756s behind Bagnaia over 24 laps, an average loss of 0.45s per lap.

Those numbers broa🔯dly point to Yamaha progress over the 20 rounds - despite failing to take a podium for the first time in the MotoGP era - but also illustrate how incredibly cꦡlose the competition is.

“Right now, the level of all the riders in MotoGP is very high,” Yamaha technical director Max Bartolini told mahbx.com.

“New lap re🌜cords are being set each weekend and everybody is so tight: Ah! Disaster! 4ജ-5 tenths slower!’

“But half-a-second over 15 corners is tiny. Everybody is o✃n such a high level.”

The cream of the 2024 MotoGP crop were Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia, ri♍ders Bartolini knows well from two decades at Ducati.

In terms of data, how do thℱe current factory Yꦿamaha duo of 2021 world champion Quartararo and six-time race winner Alex Rins compare to Bagnaia and Martin?

“It’s difficult to compare beca🍰use of the different package, so the [Yamaha] bike requires a different way to ride,” Bartolini replied.

“For sure, both Fabio and Alex are super talented because they ಞare🃏 race winners in MotoGP, and Fabio a world champion.

“In general Fabio is more good on braking and carrying corner speed.♎ Alex is more good at managing the corner exit. But both are very good.

“Now w🅷e suffer a lack of performance [from the ไbike] in general, so you try to override to try to fix it, and sometimes it is not easy.

“That ♍is one of the most difficult conditions; trying not to oveꦜrride. But they are doing a good job.”

Sp♒eaking before Bagnaia made his fateful mistake in the Sepang sprint, which handed Martin the b𝔉reathing room needed to secure his first MotoGP crown, Bartolini said of the title battle:

“Honestly, they b🍌oth deserve to win it. Already for the past two years, they are very fast. Clearly, at the end, it will be the one that makes less mistakes.

“It's a fair battle between two riders that are very, very good… They can wi🅠n for many years. It’s a great battle, but I hone🅰stly don’t know who will win!”

“Hopefully I’ll be in that situation and let you know!”

During the many twists and turns of the 2024 world championship, TV cameras ofte𝓀n cut to the factory Ducati pits, where the ꦉcalmness of Gigi Dall’Igna contrasted with the emotions of team manager Davide Tardozzi.

When B𒆙artolini watches a MotoGP race, is he more like a Tardozzi or a Dall’Igna?

“Normally I'm qui🍌te calm. Maybe except for the last 2-3 laps if you really have something important to fight for,” he said.

“In general, it's more about development [at Yamaha] now. So you watch a rಌace analysing, ‘We gained a little bit there…’. So it’s easier to stay calm.

“Davide [Tardozzi] is on the other side, he’sꦰ always been like this!” Bartolini grinned.

“I worked with Davide for 20 years, so he’s more than a frienꦡd for me. Then Gigi is very calm. Or at least he looks calm!

“But I think Davide just shows to the world what everybody is thinking in those las𝓀t two la𒆙ps when you are fighting for something important.

“Hopefully in the next few years I will be in that si🐈tuation and let you know!”