Fabio Quartararo introduced his Yamaha V4 engine to inside a second of quickest man Marco Bezzecchi throughout Friday follow for the Dutch MotoGP in Assen.
The Frenchman was simply 0.385 seconds away from breaking into the highest 10 and gaining direct entry to Qualifier 2.
Nevertheless, that was adequate for fifteenth place and Quartararo was left visibly pissed off on the monitor earlier than giving one other harsh evaluation.
“As you may think about, it was powerful,” Quartararo mentioned of the day.
“I believe the objective in the mean time is to combat for factors and take advantage of what we’ve got.”
Fabio Quartararo, 2026 Assen MotoGP.
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When requested if Yamaha had made progress in turning the bike by way of high-speed corners, Quartararo mentioned it was missing in all areas besides straight-line braking.
“No, there isn’t any progress there,” he mentioned.
“So you will have zero grip, zero rotation, zero energy, so you must progress in all places.
“However we’re attempting to get essentially the most out of it, particularly straight-line braking. That is the one level the place you may nonetheless brake exhausting, however you may’t open the throttle in a flip.
“So, like I mentioned, the objective will likely be to get factors on Sunday.”
Fabio Quartararo, 2026 Assen MotoGP.
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Quartararo added that the turning downside is additional exacerbated by the burden of the bike.
“In comparison with final yr, the bike weighs much more.
“Effectively, final yr it was heavier than different bikes, however this bike particularly is admittedly, actually heavy.
“Bodily, properly, it is simply as powerful as final yr, however in fact with all this further weight it is heavier and tougher.”
Take a look at rider Augusto Fernández appeared on monitor carrying the brand new entrance wing and mentioned if this weekend’s knowledge proves to be constructive will probably be accredited by the race riders.
“I examined it,” Quartararo mentioned of the “wave” type wing. This seems like a mix of his trefoil design and the boxy commonplace 2026 spec.
“It is a actually, actually small distinction.”
Teammate Alex Rins completed second to the Yamaha rider in seventeenth place, 1.249 seconds behind Aprilia, the place Bezzecchi set the tempo.
