Since the start of the pre-season, Fabio Quartararo has sent various messages to Yamaha , urgently requesting an improvement in terms of speed. And after not seeing any significant changes, the Frenchman is desperate and hesitant about his title chances.
Under cover of this situation, rumors linking the Frenchman with the possibility of listening to other offers have not been slow to emerge. Given this paradigm, the manager of the current world champion has been firm. Eric Mahé prefers to wait to see Yamaha’s progress before making a decision.
“We discussed technical progress with Yamaha at the end of the season. For reasons I can’t go into, it hasn’t been as promising as expected. Instead we are trying to assess what 2023 can be in terms of the technical package.
However, Mahé assures that, for the moment, “there is no urgency”.
“As Livio Suppo said, Fabio has an interesting driver profile,” added Mahé. “We’re not there yet, but we’re thinking about it.”
“Yamaha is explaining to us what it wants to put in place for the future, and once they have explained it to us, we will ask ourselves these types of questions,” he replied in relation to the future of the Nice driver.
The unstoppable growth of Fabio Quartararo in the premier class, added to his potential on the prototype, has drawn the attention of riders and teams in MotoGP, and Mahé is aware that the Frenchman has other alternatives within the paddock.
“Personally, there is no temporary goal,” says Mahé. “The important thing is to understand what will happen at Yamaha in the future. Then we will see what happens with the others. For me, there is no real time frame. It is likely that Yamaha will say ‘well, let’s go’. At the moment, it is not the case.” .
When asked if Quartararo is the only one who should decide, Mahé is sincere: “I would say that the keys are on the table. Depending on what happens, we will see who acts first,” he concluded to the Canal+ microphones.
