Losail.- The Frenchman, MotoGP champion last year, has been warning and pressuring Yamaha since November that the development of the 2022 M1 was not on the right track, regrets that the Japanese manufacturer admits, but after the tests in Indonesia Fabio Quartararo was summoned to the first Grand Prix of the year to see where the new bike really is.
The result after the first day of the Qatar Grand Prix, which takes place this weekend, was not to the Devil ‘s taste.
“I expected to start better. We lack grip. My sensations are not bad but I’m going very slow, just that,” Quartararo summed up after finishing 0.474 behind Alex Rins, who was the fastest on the first day.
Fabio was able to win the second race last year held on this track.
“I don’t have the sensations of last year. I hope that Yamaha looks at what Suzuki has done with the engine,” he said after verifying that Rins set the best speed in the two sessions of the day.
“Now I will not complain, nor will I until Valencia. There is nothing that can be done, but it is not normal to be ten kilometers per hour slower,” he stressed.
The Frenchman has put pressure on Yamaha to get a faster bike, and his annoyance has multiplied when he saw that Suzuki, who had the same handicap, had solved his problems.
“I didn’t expect Mir and Rins to be so fast from day one,” he admitted.
MotoGP FP2 classification:
| Cla | # | Pilot | Motorcycle | laps | Weather | Difference | Interval | Km/h | Top speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42 |  Alex Rins |
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Suzuki | 17 | 1’53.432 | 170.745 | 0 | ||
| two | 93 | Marc Márquez |
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Sling | 17 | 1,53,467 | 0.035 | 0.035 | 170,692 | 0 |
| 3 | 36 | Joan Mir |
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Suzuki | 16 | 1’53.579 | 0.147 | 0.112 | 170.524 | 0 |
| 4 | 89 | Jorge Martin |
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Ducati | 17 | 1’53,652 | 0.220 | 0.073 | 170,414 | 0 |
| 5 | 21 |  Franco Morbidelli |
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Yamaha | 19 | 1’53,845 | 0.413 | 0.193 | 170.126 | 0 |
| 6 | 43 |  Jack Miller |
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Ducati | 16 | 1’53.870 | 0.438 | 0.025 | 170.088 | 0 |
| 7 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró |
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April | 15 | 1’53,886 | 0.454 | 0.016 | 170,064 | 0 |
| 8 | 20 |  Fabio Quartararo |
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Yamaha | 17 | 1’53,906 | 0.474 | 0.020 | 170.034 | 0 |
| 9 | 44 | Pol Espargaro |
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Sling | 14 | 1,53,963 | 0.531 | 0.057 | 169,949 | 0 |
| 10 | 63 | Pecco Bagnaia |
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Ducati | 17 | 1’53.971 | 0.539 | 0.008 | 169.937 | 0 |
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