Fabio Quartararo responds to Yamaha's new tag as MotoGP dark horse

“It’s too difficult to set a goal”

Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Factory Racing, 2025 Buriram MotoGP test
Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Factory Racing, 2025 Buriram MotoGP test
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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo says he has “no targets” for the 2025 MotoGP season despite a positive winter testing period for Yamaha as “we are still in as situ🐻ation where we are improving”.

After suffering its second winless season in a row in 2024, Yamaha appears t🌞o have hit the ground running with its 2025 challenger across the Sepang shakedown and two official pre-season tests over the past mon🃏th.

Q♓uartararo ended the Buriram test eighth on the combined timesheets, while the Frenchman put in an encouraging sprint simulation on Thursday in Thailand.

Yamaha’s strong winter form has prompted some, including Ducati, to consider 🥃the Japanese marque and Quartararo rivals for the coming season.

Bu🌳t the 2021 world champion remains cautions of setting expectations ahe🍒ad of the new campaign.

“I have no targets, no goals, nothing,” he said.

“So, for me, riꦰght now it’s too difficult to set a goal because we are still in the part where we have to improve.

“We have to think that at the moment we are in a situation where we are stiꦯll improving.

“I think that the goals will be set just before the ꦏsprint race and just before the race.

“I think it’s better to set th𝕴e goals when we feel already more or less where we are.”

Fabio Quartararo explains tyre issue

Quartararo has struggled with the front tyres Micheli🍎n brou🃏ght to the Buriram test, with this persisting on Thursday.

🍸“I think Sepang the conditions were different,” he said when asked if the gap to the front was more than he expected.

“And also the difference here isꦰ that I didn’t have a great front feeling, and I think two, three tenths - especiall🥀y on the time attack - went away in this area.

“Then, on the pace I think, that like Malaysia, I think that 🍌three tenths of the sprint simulation we were slower.

“And I think here three, four tenths slower 🐽than the top guys.

“So, yes, I think it’s quite similar to what I expected here. Just the time attack I expected to be fastܫer because I didn’t expect to have not a good feeling on the front.”

The Frenchman also noted that Yamaha has yet to improve its rear traction problems, but has gained 🌄on t🍬op speed with its 2025 bike.

“We didn’t impr♍ove 🎶on the traction grip, unfortunately.

“We improved on the top speed, which is something that we ꦍreally need.

“Then, like I said, we missed corner speed with the 🌄front which is where we were struggling. So, hopefully we can have it𝓰 here during the race weekend.”

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