Quartararo riding in Jerez: “A challenging period begins for us” | FP

The first victories in Jerez

The last Grand Prix of the Americas ended not without difficulty Yamaha prepares for the appointment with the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez de la Frontera on a circuit that holds good memories for both its drivers, especially a Fabio Quartararo. The 2021 world champion, fresh from renewing his contract with the Japanese manufacturer, took his first victories (consecutive) in the premier class here four years ago, returning to the podium for the last time in 2022.

Yamaha in Spain before and after the GP

A slightly longer stay in Andalusia is about to begin for 'El Diablo', between this weekend's race and the subsequent official tests that he will conduct together with his teammate Alex Rins, determined to redeem himself from a complicated start to the season in front of the public home. Yamaha which, moreover, has already carried out others private rehearsals in Barcelona last week, this time with Cal Crutchlow.

Party over, everyone back to work

Tests which will therefore be useful for the team to be able to collect further data in view of the next weekends, starting from Jerez, in order to grow and improve performances also with Quartararo, who recently turned 25: “I celebrated my birthday last weekend and I want to thank everyone because I received a lot of wishes and saw a lot of messages from fans – he has declared – but now let's get back to work. We tried a lot of things in Austin, and it was great because it gave us more clarity. Cruthlow tested in Barcelona last week, and we will also have a day of testing here in Jerez after the race. So, this It's a busy time for us and we hope to do a lot of work, because our the main objective now is the development of the bike“.

The emotion of the home match

Only in the points in the Portuguese GP and 19th in the Drivers' standings, Rins will try to give the best of himself in front of the compatriot public to start his recovery, while at the same time taking advantage of the work done by the team in recent days: “I can't wait to race in front of the Jerez crowd again, who create a really nice atmosphere – he added – last time in Austin we decided to try some new things during the warm up and the race, but it didn't work. Now we know. We have analyzed the Round-3 data well and learned from it, and now we can work in a different direction. We also have an extra day of testing on Monday which will help us in this sense.”