Fabio Quartararo’s brilliance “covers up problems”, Yamaha admit

Yamaha will a🍌dd two experienced riders to 202ꦰ5 line-up

Fabio Quartararo
Fabio Quartararo

Fabio Quartararo’s skill and adaptability can make✃ it more difficult for Yamaha to identify prob🥀lems, they have admitted.

For two seasons, Yamaha have had just two race riders in 𝓡MotoGP to aid their development.

And Quartararo’ꦚs brilliance to cope with a below-p🍰ar machine can sometimes make life tougher for his colleagues inside the garage.

“There is a risk when you have talented riders like Fabioಞ, who adapt quickly and cover up problems,” technical dire🃏ctor Max Bartolini told .

“We are also trying to get as much information as possible from Alex Rinsꦕ when he is okay and f𓃲rom other roads.”

Yamaha’s test team has been bolstered 𓆏by Andrea Dovizioso, who stepped in for t﷽he injured Cal Crutchlow.

Dovizioso has downplayed remaining with Y𝓀amaha full-time, though.

“Will Dovizioso be the one to help us? I don't 💫know,” Bartolini said.

“Because we have onl🐼y done two tests and we have to see how the collaboration will continue.

“He tends to be a rider who is quite capable of understanding generalﷺ needs and helping to build bikes that have historically proven to work well enough for everyone."

The addition of the Pramac satellite team next season will g𓄧ive Yamaha two extra bikes to generate data from.

They have recruited experienced💖 grand prix winners in Jack M🥃iller and Miguel Oliveira.

Miller (Honda, Ducati, KTM) and ꦛOliveira (KTM, Aprilia) bring experience from all of Yamaha’s rivals.

“I've always gotten along well with the riders,” Bartol𒈔ini said.

“Having heterogeneous riders will certainly help, then it will be up to us to exploit them well with each one's charac🐼terཧistics.

“If we ca🅰n put everything together𒅌, we should be able to do well."

Longer-term, Yamaha plan to introduce a V4 engine which aligns wi൲th what their closest rivals are using.

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