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

So it’sಌ no wonder that the Frenchman, who had a bike as capable as the Ducati in many other areas, was pleading with the Iwata-based manufacturer for upgrades that would mওake 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-r🎃ace tests in Misano and Valencia.

But that’s where things get interesting, or perhaps confusing based o💜n which way you look at it, as a new engine was debuted in Misano w🐟ith very positive results.

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

Still, signs were there that Yamaha had made the required gaiꦜns to become a force against Ducati and others in what was clearly their most pressing area of concern.

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

"I got a gre𓆏at 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 superꦗ important.

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

Then came a very quick and surprising drop in top speed during the final test of 🥃the year in V✱alencia.

After losing his MotoGP title to Bagnaia, Quartararo made his second appearance with the 2023 engine, this tim꧅e with the effects being much less impressive.

Quartararo added: "I'm surprised because actually this 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 wasꦡ no difference. So we have to analyse 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🎃 there is nothing."

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

"It was not a wasted [day] but, a weiꦓrd feeling I would say. At Misano when I went through the gears I felt that the engine had something. Tꩲoday, 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 Se🌸pang set by Enea Bastianini. 

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