At Yamaha there is undoubtedly satisfaction for having conquered the riders’ world championship after a five-year absence Fabio Quartararo, but also an understandable apprehension for the rise of Ducati, which clearly appeared as the best bike of the lot in the final phase of the championship just ended. In addition to having won the titles for constructors and teams, the Borgo Panigale house has in fact won four of the last six races, with the crash at Misano depriving the Red of another success. And what we saw in the Jerez de la Frontera tests certainly did not reassure Quartararo, given that Bagnaia bluntly congratulated the Ducati “for improving an already almost perfect bike“. The Frenchman asked Yamaha for a prompt reaction, publicly disclosing his disappointment with the material received in the tests and theintention not to sign the contract renewal before having experienced first hand the progress made by his M1.
‘El Diablo’ thus explained that he wanted to wait for the February tests in Sepang before entering the heart of the negotiations, a situation that however does not seem to worry the head of the Yamaha team. Lin Jarvis: “That we will talk to him is sure, but we always talk to him. Our desire is to have the same success next year as well. We will talk about many things, obviously our desire is to keep Fabio in the factory team also in the future. Certainly there will be negotiations with him and his manager to evaluate the possibility of extending his contract. The current one ends at the end of 2022. For me, the best thing is to avoid having complicated negotiations over the course of the season and therefore on the Yamaha side we will have no doubts in wanting to continue the relationship“, He assured Brand.
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