Fabio Quartararo reckons the quantity of new parts he had to try at Sepang's pre-season running made it the 'first real test' of his MotoGP career ⬇️
was clear in his comments to Yamaha for the winter that it had to make big gains with the top speed of its M1.
But the Yamaha rider also had various parts to try, including new chassis and aerodynamics, which he admits made the first day “a bit of a mess” as he had never had so much to test before in his MotoGP career. “We tried a new chassis; the response was pretty clear. We tried a new engine; the response was pretty clear. Also the aerodynamics.“But it’s the first time in my career that I did a real test, because in previous years I tried maybe a swingarm, some settings.
“That is positive, because at the end in the past, last year we were struggling also the chassis, but especially the top speed,” he added when asked how he felt about the speed chart.“We have two more days here [in Malaysia], two more days in Portimao and we tried so many things here today that we didn’t actually focus on what was the best bike.
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