168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo’s situation at Yamaha felt “ripe for a change” befor🤡e he surprisingly c💜ommitted to his underperforming team.

That is the view of MotoGP commentator Matt Birt who is left wondering how Quartararo mightꦆ have fared at Aprilia.

Aprilia were credited with a serious interest in Quartararo but their offer to him was rebuffed in favour of a €12m-per-year deal wit🧜h Yamaha.

“When you look at the riders in MotoGP the🐽se days, Fabio is top three with Pecco Bagnaia an꧑d Marc Marquez,” Birt said.

“It would have been g🍬reat to see someone oꦛf his ilk move onto a new brand.

“I fe🔯lt like it was maybe a great opportunity for Aprilia with Fabio looking to move onto a new package.

“But y♈ou can’t knock 🧸Fabio. Mid-20s… if someone comes along with that pay-packet, you take it.

“It would have be✱en awesome, fantastic for the neutral to see him on the RS-GP next year.

“It seemed like a bike that would have suited Fabio’s ridin💃g style.”

Quartaraꦅro’s big salary and his esteemed reputation - coupled with the availability of bikes for the 2025 MotoGP grid - meant that his options were sparse🍸.

Birt analy🌄sed: “The financial aspect has come into it.

“You wonder what Fabio’s options o𓃲utside of Aprilia were?

“Ducati? Full house with so much talent. He obviousℱly won’t want to leave Y𒆙amaha to go to Honda.

“KTM look like they’v♌e got all their seats secured.

“If he wasn’t able to make the numbers stack up at Aprili🐭a, then he was only left with the option to stay at Yamaha.

“I like the loyalty side. He has spent his whole career ꦬat Yamaha.

“It did feel ripe for a change. As a neutral, I would have looked forward to wha👍🥀t Fabio could have done on the Aprilia?

“At the moment, we know the Aprilia is a far superior motorcycle 💖to the Yamaha.

“With the right man on board? Fabio can be a wꦆinning machin🎐e.

“But fair play to him. He has been sold the commitment over💯 the next two years from Yamaha.

“Something, somewhere, aside from a skip full of cash, has convinced Fabio that Yamaha can turn it arou🧔nd. And, in a relatively short 🦋amount of time.”

Birt admitted 🦹his regret that MotoGP fa﷽ns won’t see Quartararo immediately fighting at the front on an Aprilia next year.

“A little bit, I must admit,” he said.

“With all the murmurings around the paddock of a possible switch to Aprilia,ꦦ I think we were getting excited that a big piece of the puzzle🉐 might be slotting in somewhere else.

“Now we know Fabio is buying the drinks in Austin on Sunday night! If the numbers are believed🗹, a €12m payday coming the way of Fabio Quartararo.

“It’s huge for Yamaha. You can’t underestimate the importance of them keep🌊ing a rider of his skill and talent.

“I was with Lin Jarvis before we jumped on the plane to c🧸ome to Austin. His word was ‘essential’.

“It was imperative that they kept h🔯im. They have had to dig deep into the cash fund but it could prove 🎃to be money well spent.

“It’s a massive leap of faith from Fabio. Yamaha are in a big, big hole. The bike isn’t competit𝓰ive.

It’s massive trust that h🌃e’꧃s put into Yamaha and their engineers.”