Yamaha’s poor start to the 2024 MotoGP season could see them lose its most prized asset in 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo.

Already linked with Aprilia, Quartararo was kee🌊n not to get involved in discussions about his future, although he did admit that close friend Thomas Maubant is in charge of negotiations. 

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“I don’t have a manager but Tom [Maubant] is taking care of that,” said Quartararo in Portimao. “He is doi♏ng a manager’s j🔯ob with me and he is one of the only people I trust 100%.

“This is why I gave him this job last year. He is 🦹taking care of talking and ne𒁏gotiations. I’m not thinking about the contracts.

“We already had some talk♛s with friends but it is not♑ a distraction for me. It is not information I have in my mind when I’m riding.”

Quartararo is a two-time race winner with Yamaha at Portimao, but give🔥n their ongoing struggles, a repeat result appears to be very unlikely.

🦩Asked about his chances, Quartararo sai🃏d: “Being honest, low. But we have to be positive and try to bring the most that we can.

“Of♋ course, I’m not really thinking about the victory. For me, getting into Q2 directly is so❀mething super important.

“W൲e will try to qualify well and then see in🅰 the two races.”

While♛ Qatar was a nightmare weekend for the Japanese brand, having no testing during the same week as the race event could give Quartararo and Yamaha more opportunity.

Asked if he expects to be in better shape compared to his rivals as a result, Quartararo added: “For me, yes because we have no testing and it is a different track. We had two great races here and I think ✃we can be pretty fast.

“I think it’s great that step-by-step we are taking in𒅌formation and we have been changing a lot since Valencia last year.

“The way we are doing our lap time is com💦pletely different. I think we changed a lot but I expect that in three months it will not change from zero to 100.

“But we are taking a lot of good information and step-by-step, even if the result is not improving, we are taking a lot 💧of data.”

Going into further detail aboꦯut wh✨at the major changes are at Yamaha, Quartararo alluded to corner entry being one of the areas where the M1 has changed.

“Bꦇasically it is how we are going into the corner,” began the 2021 world champion. “The power we have on the bike in different gears is completely different. Sometimes you ask a lot but the bike is not giving much. 

“Most of the tim🎃e compared to last yཧear we use less power but in different areas that last year made us want more and more. 

“I think we are l𝓰earning how to use ou൲r bike and what our bike is accepting.”