MotoGP, Quartararo: "Yamaha's speed made us lose our strengths"

One thing is certain: Le Mans is a special weekend for Fabio Quartararo because it is his home race. A chance to be in close contact with his people and experience the atmosphere he has been waiting for all year.

Obviously on the track he is called upon to chase, but the Yamaha bearer does not have the slightest care to raise the white flag before the start.

"It is always special to race in Le Mans ," he said , "this is one of the few tracks where the party starts as early as Wednesday. We will try some new features evaluated in testing without any particular upheaval. For sure we will use the new chassis while for the swingarm we will have to wait until Mugello, since we will do a test."

Then among the issues is the question related to the new regulations.
"I think it is important to remove the lowerer. At the same time I don't think there will be a big change at the level of aerodynamics, and even for the displacement issue it doesn't change much. At Mugello the speed is extreme as we know and it makes no difference between the 850 and the current one."

The focus then returns to the bike, because as of this year the Yamaha has a higher point speed than the Honda.
"Being faster is always an advantage, but I think this advantage makes us lose several strengths. The engine has changed a lot and all this affects the identity of the bike, which is the ability to corner and grip, which used to be better than now. We know we have to work and we certainly won't back down."

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