Fabio Quartararo mentioned he doesn’t anticipate any main upgrades for Yamaha and is concentrated on getting essentially the most out of the present V4 bundle for the remaining MotoGP races with Yamaha.
The Frenchman dropped from sixth place on the finish of the Sachsenring dash to ninth throughout a busy opening lap of Sunday’s German Grand Prix.
Fabio di Giannantonio’s crash left him eighth, and Alex Marquez’s retirement on the ninth lap moved him seventh.
Quartararo remained in that place till he took the checkered flag.
Fabio Quartararo, 2026 Sachsenring MotoGP.
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“I nearly crashed in Flip 3 on the opening lap. Then I made contact with Jorge in Flip 5. Then he acquired a bit extra optimistic in Flip 8! However I am not complaining, that is racing,” Quartararo mentioned.
“The exit from Flip 7 was very dangerous contemplating our grip. And Jorge, Pecco and Acosta really handed me there and I stayed in the identical place for the entire race.”
“The tempo was precisely the identical as yesterday, so my purpose was to complete ninth, so that might have been an ideal outcome (for us), however then Alex and DiGia crashed, so we completed seventh.”
The previous MotoGP champion, who introduced Yamaha’s most up-to-date victory on the similar circuit in 2022, as soon as once more completed because the producer’s high rider after being handed by Pramac’s Jack Miller in Friday’s follow.
“On Friday, I needed the bike that I raced in the present day, the setup. However the staff needed to attempt one thing totally different than the bike they utilized in Assen, and I really went again to this bike on Saturday morning and I used to be sooner,” he mentioned.
Quartararo, who is because of transfer to Honda in 2027, remains to be awaiting official approval however plans to stay to his desired bundle.
“That is the bike I raced at Le Mans (and Barcelona),” he mentioned.
“It is fascinating to see that the entire finest outcomes I’ve had this yr have been with this bike and this setup.”
Fabio Quartararo, 2026 Sachsenring MotoGP.
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Yamaha is at present “absolutely centered” on creating its 2027 850cc MotoGP machine, so Quartararo doesn’t anticipate any enhancements to the present bike.
“Although I knew from the start of the season that I would not be capable of stick with Yamaha, I anticipated one thing from Yamaha as an enchancment, as a result of I wish to really feel good for myself and for the model because of this,” he mentioned.
“However now I do know they’re fully centered on the 850. So, in fact, I do not anticipate something. I am not asking for something, however simply attempting to maximise every part (we have already got).”
Quartararo, whose finest end this season is sixth in Catalonia, will begin the summer time break in 14th place within the World Championship, however may have double the factors of his manufacturing unit teammate Alex Rins, the following finest Yamaha rider.
