Fabio Quartararo has resigned himself to saying that he does not believe the V4 engine of the Yamaha has made the bike take a step forward so far. The Frenchman set the 16th fastest lap time, 1.224 seconds behind Pedro Acosta – the fastest in the session – after improving his time to 1min31.598s in the afternoon period of the test in Misano.
“There’s work to be done, it’s too early to say if it’s a good base,” Quartararo told Sky Italia.
“At the moment, the new bike is worse than the inline-four. I noticed improvements from the V4 compared to the inline-four in Barcelona that I didn’t feel here. I don’t think the V4 engine will solve our problems; I found them to be identical. So far, I don’t see any progress in the areas we need, although there is room for improvement.”
“This was the first real test with the other riders. So, we see a bit of our real position now. A lot of work to do. We have the same comments. We saw how much Augusto suffered in yesterday’s race, it’s a bit what’s happening to us today. We have to work on everything.”
“The top speed is quite slow. The grip is still not there. And we have a lot of work to do with the electronics. The aerodynamics is more or less a copy of the inline-four. So, it’s clear that we’re not really ready, but it’s the second Shakedown. I repeat, there’s a lot of work to do.”
