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MotoGP, Quartararo: "With the changes to the electronics, the M1 has improved."

"Although it is more difficult to ride now, performance-wise we have made progress. Why not before? We had other problems to deal with. The GP? Impossible to make predictions."

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The technical gamble rewarded Yamaha and in particular Fabio Quartararo, who, at the end of Saturday's action at Sepang appeared confident and encouraged for the future. Starting from Pitch 8, the Frenchman put in a solid Sprint Race, finishing in fifth position almost eight seconds behind winner Martin.

"Today was a positive day, especially in Free Practice 2 my pace was very good, in qualifying instead we don't understand why others are able to progress so significantly, even by more than 2 seconds like Bagnaia and Jorge, while we by just 1"2 - he reasoned hotly - In the afternoon on the comtrary, we went well, although we struggled with the front. We'll see tomorrow, however, who is ahead of us is hard to catch up. At the performance level they are much better off than us."

The last positive appointment for the House of the Diapason was Misano, but in Sepang the conditions are different. "It's a totally different track," he said, "Unfortunately, we didn't use the budgeted engine, which especially in racing can make a difference, however we have to think about the present. Today we were competitive and usually in the GP we go better, but I wouldn't know what to expect."

Certainly the level of the group has risen and putting the Ducatis in trouble is becoming more and more complicated: "We all held very high speeds in the Sprint, I think we were 10 seconds faster than in 2023 although nothing has changed in the circuit. Credit to the bikes and maybe the lower temperatures."

Some of the adjustments made on the M1 paid off. "We made big changes in terms of electronics. Usually that's a point I criticize a lot and I think it's a flaw of ours compared to the others, that's why for this weekend I wanted a drastic change. Even though it might not work I tried it. We took a step forward, although without overdoing it since the electronics are delicate and it only takes nothing for you to make a highside. Now I have to control a lot more and it's harder to manage the bike, but the performance is better and that's what we were looking for. Is it like being on a 500? Not exactly, but it is a little bit if you compare it with the Desmosedicis. As said, it's not easy to ride when you don't have enough grip to have full control of the throttle and traction control since then the bike is moving all the time. In any case in a few days we have made good progress."

"Why did we do it now, it would have been possible earlier as well, but there were other critical issues to address. Now we can better analyze the situation and what others are doing. There are many turns here where we can get an idea," he concluded.

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