A long agony
“Yamaha has no idea how to solve the problems“. Fabio Quartararo in the United States was very clear in putting the Iwata house in front of its responsibilities. A year ago El Diablo in Jerez had taken pole and a stunning second place in the race, 12 months later the ‘V4 engine project’ did not go beyond 17th time on Saturday and 14th position under the checkered flag.
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Fabio Quartararo has been separated at home for months because the agreement reached with Honda only needs to be formalized. The 2021 world champion decided to change bike after too many years of disappointments and from next season he will be the flagship of a Honda HRC that wants to return ahead of everyone in conjunction with the new regulations without lowering devices, displacement reduced to 850cc and with a tightening of aerodynamics (which will still be a significant factor in terms of performance).
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From tomorrow the French GP will start, the last for Quartararo as a Yamaha rider. A year ago pole also came at Le Mans for the home idol, a scenario that is utopia in this 2026. According to Neil Hodgson Yamaha should prevent Quartararo from speaking to the media during race weekends in light of an already compromised relationship and a critical technical situation: “Quartararo should be put on media silence – said the 2003 Superbike world champion now commentator and technical analyst for TNT during the podcast ‘Gas it out‘ – he can only say negative things and for Yamaha it would be further damage to the image besides the results on track”.
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