Fabio Quar♏tararo says the new engine on his Yamaha MotoGP bike encount💟ered an issue in MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix practice and won’t be used for the rest of the weekend.

The 2021 world champion revealed on Thursday at Sepang 🍸that he would be running a new engine, though admitted that it didn’t last very long when he first tested it.

W๊hile feedback from team-mate Alex Rins in testing was that it was “clearly, clearly” better, Quartararo once again encountered trouble with the engi♛ne and has had to shelf it for the rest of the Malaysian GP.

“I could only make one and a half laps with 🎐the engine,” Quartararo, who was sixth at the end of practice, said.

“We had an issue with the engine, so we will not use it anym♈oꦜre.

“We tried the new engine, as you saw with the long exhaust, and we had an issue; we ꧟b🐲roke the engine.

“I don’t know if it’s broken or not, but at least it stopped on the straight and we could not fix it for this week𝄹end.𓃲”

'Forgot it's easier to highside'

Team-mate Alex Rins did use the new engine all day and was eighth, marking t💃he first time༒ both Yamaha riders have made direct passage to Q2 since the Portuguese GP back in March.

Despite being 𓄧forced to revert to the bike he used at Buriram last week, Quartararo was competitive all day at Sepang.

Sixth at the end of practice follows on from a strong time attack showing in Thailand, in which he qualified sixth, 🍎with Quartararo crediting his speed on a drastic electronics ch🃏ange Yamaha has made to his bike.

“So, to be honest, since Tha𒀰iland, but really we are changing today the way of managing th𒊎e electronics, which for me we are still with the old base but like usual, like Yamaha back in the day,” he explained.

“So, we 🙈are riding in a compl🐓etely different style.

“Myself, it’s difficꦚult to adapt because we changed a lot on the electronics and I still have to remember a few things because we are c🍌ontrolling the bike much less.

“So, if I forget it’s much easier to make a highside.🌠 I think I was🏅 riding in a good way today.”

♕He add🐼ed: “We have been talking for a long time, but really never made the step because it’s quite big.

“But what do I have to lose? Maybe start✤ing in Q1? I’m used to this from this year.

“But what I want is to prepare next year, I want to feel the best and try to see if we can manage to ge🦹ဣt the best as possible.”

This radical set-up shift with the electronics is something Quartararo says comes from technical director Max Barto🎶lini’s input.

“Of course; the things come from him,” Quartararo s🍌aid of Bartolini.

“I think I’ve spoken more to him this year than my mum. So, I’m a little 🍎bit ti🐷red of him already!

“No, I’m joking. But we talk a lot with༒ Max and I think from 🐎my point of view I have to talk a lot and understand pretty well how it is going, especially on the side of where he was working in the past.

“I understand more things that in the beginning of the season he was telling me, but I was notও r𝔉eally believing completely.

“And now I see step by step w🐟e are working in⭕ this way and I feel we have to improve. And we improved.

“But we need more time, and now I understand why it takes ♊so much time to really make some steps.”